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Re: Kid Rock Discussion
I know he has a lot of haters, but I think the man deserves his own thread here. Maybe I'll be the only one posting in it, but that's okay.
Once again, he's doing something cool for his fans. Even if you hate the guy, you have to admit he is very fan friendly. $20 for Kid Rock, Kool and the Gang, and Uncle Kracker/ZZ Top. That has to be worth the price of admission. Plus he owns his own brewery and they sell that beer at his shows for a LOT cheaper than the other name brand beers. That's what I'm talking about!
http://www.noise11.com/news/4kid-rock-g … dium=email
Kid Rock Goes Out On The Road With Kool And The Gang And ZZ Top
by VVN Music on April 11, 2013
Kid Rock will be on the road this summer with his Rebel Soul Tour, a unique tour in that the singer is offering tickets in all sections of each show for $20 along with reduced parking, refreshments and merchandise. He’s also putting checks in place to ensure that tickets go to fans and not to scalpers for resale at higher prices.
Now, take those ticket prices and add in music from veteran artists Kool and the Gang or ZZ Top and you have one of the best concert values in recent memory. Each group will be playing half of the Kid Rock tour with additional support at most venues from Uncle Kracker.
Here are the dates for the tour:
06/28 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live – Kool & The Gang & Uncle Kracker
06/29 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center – Kool & The Gang & Uncle Kracker
07/02 – Cleveland, OH – Blossom Music Center – Kool & The Gang & Uncle Kracker
07/05 – Darien, NY – Darien Lake Performing Arts Center – Kool & The Gang & Uncle Kracker
07/06 – Scranton, PA – Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain – Kool & The Gang & Uncle Kracker
07/09 – Camden, NJ – Susquehanna Bank Center – Kool & The Gang & Uncle Kracker
07/10 – Mansfield, MA – Comcast Center – Kool & The Gang & Uncle Kracker
07/12 – Hartford, CT – Comcast Theatre – Uncle Kracker & TBD
07/19 – Houston, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion – Uncle Kracker & TBD
07/20 – Dallas, TX – Gexa Energy Pavillion – Uncle Kracker & TBD
07/23 – Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheater – Kool & The Gang & Uncle Kracker
07/24 – Phoenix, AZ – Desert Sky Pavilion – Kool & The Gang & Uncle Kracker
07/26 – Irvine, CA – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Irvine – Kool & The Gang & Uncle Kracker
07/28 – Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre – ZZ Top & Uncle Kracker
07/31 – Sacramento, CA – Sleep Train Amphitheatre – ZZ Top & Uncle Kracker
08/03 – Denver, CO – Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre – ZZ Top & Uncle Kracker
08/09 – Detroit, MI – DTE Energy Music Theater – ZZ Top
08/10 – Detroit, MI – DTE Energy Music Theater – ZZ Top
08/11 – Detroit, MI – DTE Energy Music Theater – ZZ Top
08/24 – St. Louis, MO – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater – ZZ Top & Uncle Kracker
08/25 – Indianapolis, IN – Klipsch Music Center – ZZ Top & Uncle Kracker
08/28 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center – ZZ Top & Uncle Kracker
08/30 – Chicago, IL – First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre – ZZ Top & Uncle Kracker
09/04 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Saratoga Performing Arts Center – ZZ Top & Uncle Kracker
09/06 – Bethel, NY – Bethel Woods Center for the Arts – ZZ Top & Uncle Kracker
09/07 – Pittsburgh, PA – First Niagara Pavilion – ZZ Top & Uncle Kracker
09/10 – Charlotte, NC – Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre – ZZ Top & Uncle Kracker
09/14 – Atlanta, GA – Aaron’s Amphitheater at Lakewood – ZZ Top & Uncle Kracker
09/15 – Tampa, FL – Live Nation Amphitheatre – ZZ Top & Uncle Kracker
Re: Kid Rock Discussion
I truly wish I liked more of the dudes material. When he does shit like this, it really makes me like him as an person, but I just cannot get down with his material.
And he's the pride of Detroit Russ. Isn't it a prerequisite that you have to either like Kid Rock and/or Eminem?
You don't like these songs? Not even a little?
I have a friend who's a big fan and has seen him live a bunch of times. Says he puts on a great show. I have yet to see it myself, but I'd love to check it out sometime.
Re: Kid Rock Discussion
A more in depth article about this generous move by Kid Rock.
http://m.billboard.com/articles/news/15 … ummer-tour
Kid Rock Takes 'Pay Cut' With $20 Tickets on Summer Tour
By Ray Waddell
April 8, 2013 | 1:48pm EDT
Kid Rock will take a "pay cut" this summer, or at least risk one, by structuring a deal that allows for a $20 ticket price across the board at amphitheaters, and working with promoter Live Nation to lower prices on everything from beer to parking to merchandise for every show in every city.
Kid Rock and his Twisted Brown Trucker Band will tour with a combination of ZZ Top, Uncle Kracker and Kool & the Gang on various dates, beginning June 28 in Bristow, Va., through Sept. 15 in Tampa. The tour, promoted by Live Nation, includes three shows at the DTE Energy Music Theatre in Kid Rock's hometown of Detroit, Michigan. Tickets go on sale to the public in select markets beginning April 12th on LiveNation.com. Click here for dates.
This is a model Rock says he has been working on for a long time. "It's always going to come down to price, but I think [from the fan's perspective] it's more the service charges, the fees, getting in there and not knowing what beers will cost, what they'll hit you for parking," he says. "Every little thing they nickel and dime you, and it's not just music, it's sports, it's going to the movies. Artists demand so much money, and you have to set ticket prices at [a certain level]. Everyone's fighting the system, and it's really been all of our faults. We're all fortunate to make as much money as we do, and I can surely take a pay cut and help out in these hard times."
Beyond just a deal structured based on volume, in effect, Rock says he is becoming a partner with Live Nation on the tour. "If people show up, I'll get paid on that, and we'll become partners: partners on beer, partners on parking, partners on my T-shirts, partners on everything, and we'll take the money and split it at the end of the night," he says. "And we pass those savings on to our fans, which is what we really need to be thinking about. Even if the volume comes out, we're going to make less money, but I've got enough money to where it's not going to kill my lifestyle. And who doesn't want to play to a packed house every night?"
The shows will offer $4 12-oz. beers, value food packages, cheaper parking, and special $20 merchandise will be available. In a move geared toward fighting secondary market reselling, or "scalping," Kid Rock will be releasing 1,000 tickets from each show directly to Platinum Tickets via Ticketmaster. "Rather than fight Ticketmaster, fight Live Nation, it's about how do we get together, and be transparent with everything," Rock says. "The scalpers have been a nightmare, as everybody knows, so we're gonna scalp our own tickets. We're gonna scalp 1,000 a night, and be transparent about it, let people know there's a market that demands this, and when we see tickets out there being scalped, we're going to under-cut their prices and send [fans] to a spot you can buy them and know you're getting a real ticket and the money's gonna go in our pocket."
Rock says (where possible) the show will go paperless for the first 20 rows, and the first two rows won't be sold prior to the event. "We're gonna upgrade people we see around the venue, based on whatever we want to do," he says. "You can pick out the hard core fans, I'm gonna send a few people around the venue to have conversations with people, get a feel for em, and say, hey, these people deserve to be up front.'" That's not a bad job for the guys that are humpin' amps every night or doing something like that, either."
Rock would like to see other artists structure similar deals. "I know managers and booking agents are gonna hate me," he laughs. "[Live Nation CEO] Michael Rapino said, you're one of the only artists I have conversations with, none of the managers or booking agencies want me to talk to their artists.'"
There will still be a $5 service fee on tickets purchased at ticketmaster.com. "I'm not happy about that, that's 25% of my ticket price, that's ridiculous," he says. "I think they should go to 10% a ticket across the board. But we were able to work out something with Walmart, where you can go in there and $20, buy a ticket, parking and everything. If you go to Walmart, try to go early and get tickets for $20, take a friend with you. Have your shopping list, have someone go shop, you wait in line and get tickets, kill two birds with one stone."
In the venue, $4 for 12 oz. at every stand, "if you look at what ballparks are selling beers for, that's fair," says Rock, adding that he also tries to keep his merchandise reasonably priced. "A few tours back, we were selling shirts for $35-$40which everybody isand I'm like, this is highway robbery,' especially after owning a t-shirt business here in Michigan, Made In Detroit and really knowing what the prices are for us to buy em," he says. "Understandably, you've got to pay somebody to hump em around, and there are costs involved, but not to justify that. So I slashed our t-shirt prices to $20 and $25 and we made the same amount of per cap selling more shirts every night. I said, why can't we do this with beer in select markets?' and Rapino tried it, and, lo and behold it worked. So that was the spark for saying, let's go all the way.'"
With ZZ Top, Kool & the Gang and Uncle Kracker joining Rock and band, the artist believes he's offering great value. "I've been doing the math, if you buy ticket with service charge, that's $25, you have three beers, you buy a t-shirt, you're under $70 for a t-shirt, having a some beers, seeing a concert and parking," he says. "I don't think you can beat that. I think people will be pleasantly surprised. Who knows they may spend the same amount of money, but they'll feel good about doing it."
Rock points out that he won't shortchange production values or his crew. "I'm fortunate to be able to try this, and I think somebody like me has to, somebody that has had a lot of success that can go out and afford to possibly lose," he says. "I can roll the dice, and we might not make a dime this summer, but I can afford to do that. And I'm not asking my band or my crew to take a pay cut, I'm the one saying, if this doesn't work out, I'll take the pay cut.' It's a way of saying thank you' to the fans that have been coming to the shows for the last 15 years."
Kid Rock is touring in support of his 10th album, Rebel Soul and will perform a special set on the outdoor stage at Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight on ABC. He will also make a special appearance on Chelsea Lately on E!, Tuesday, April 9th and will be returning to Piers Morgan Live, along with Live Nation's Rapino, to discuss the tour April 12. As in the past, Jim Beam and Harley Davidson will be sponsoring the tour. Current members of Kid Rock's Rebel Soldiers fan club will have first access to presale tickets through kidrock.com/tour.
Kid Rock Tour Dates:
June 28 - Bristow, VA (Jiffy Lube Live w/ Kool & The Gang & Uncle Kracker))
June 29 - Holmdel, NJ (PNC Bank Arts Center w/ Kool & The Gang & Uncle Kracker))
July 2 - Cleveland, OH (Blossom Music Center w/ Kool & The Gang & Uncle Kracker))
July 5 - Darien, NY (Darien Lake Performing Arts Center w/ Kool & The Gang & Uncle Kracker)
July 6 - Scranton, PA (Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain w/ Kool & The Gang & Uncle Kracker)
July 9 - Camden, NJ (Susquehanna Bank Center w/ Kool & The Gang & Uncle Kracker)
July 10 - Mansfield, MA (Comcast Center w/ Kool & The Gang & Uncle Kracker)
July 12 - Hartford, CT (Comcast Theatre w/ Uncle Kracker) & TBD
July 19 - Houston, TX (Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion w/ Uncle Kracker) & TBD
July 20 - Dallas, TX (Gexa Energy Pavillion w/ Uncle Kracker) & TBD
July 23 - Albuquerque, NM (Isleta Amphitheater w/ Kool & The Gang & Uncle Kracker)
July 24 - Phoenix, AZ (Desert Sky Pavilion w/ Kool & The Gang & Uncle Kracker)
July 26 - Irvine, CA (Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Irvine w/ Kool & The Gang & Uncle Kracker)
July 28 - Mountain View, CA (Shoreline Amphitheatre w/ ZZ Top & Uncle Kracker)
July 31 - Sacramento, CA (Sleep Train Amphitheatre w/ ZZ Top & Uncle Kracker)
Aug. 3 - Denver, CO (Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre w/ ZZ Top & Uncle Kracker)
Aug. 9 - Detroit, MI (DTE Energy Music Theater w/ ZZ Top
Aug. 10 - Detroit, MI (DTE Energy Music Theater w/ ZZ Top
Aug. 11 - Detroit, MI (DTE Energy Music Theater w/ ZZ Top
Aug. 24 - St. Louis, MO (Verizon Wireless Amphitheater w/ ZZ Top & Uncle Kracker)
Aug. 25 - Indianapolis, IN (Klipsch Music Center w/ ZZ Top & Uncle Kracker)
Aug. 28 - Cincinnati, OH (Riverbend Music Center w/ ZZ Top & Uncle Kracker)
Aug. 30 - Chicago, IL (First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre w/ ZZ Top & Uncle Kracker)
Sept. 4 - Saratoga Springs, NY (Saratoga Performing Arts Center w/ ZZ Top & Uncle Kracker)
Sept. 6 - Bethel, NY (Bethel Woods Center for the Arts w/ ZZ Top & Uncle Kracker)
Sept. 7 - Pittsburgh, PA (First Niagara Pavilion w/ ZZ Top & Uncle Kracker)
Sept. 10 - Charlotte, NC (Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre w/ ZZ Top & Uncle Kracker)
Sept. 14 - Atlanta, GA (Aaron's Amphitheater at Lakewood w/ ZZ Top & Uncle Kracker)
Sept. 15 - Tampa, FL (Live Nation Amphitheatre w/ ZZ Top & Uncle Kracker)
- Son of a Gun
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Re: Kid Rock Discussion
Some say he's the pride of Detroit. For my tastes, I'll take Jack White over him any day of the week, by a long shot.
+1
Re: Kid Rock Discussion
I truly wish I liked more of the dudes material. When he does shit like this, it really makes me like him as an person, but I just cannot get down with his material.
I feel much the same way. I do like a handful of his songs though, and I never gave any of his albums after Devil Without a Cause a listen though. But I think I'll give them a chance now.
I did like Devil Without a Cause back in the day though, and I'll still rock out to Bawitdaba when it pops up in the shuffle. 
Re: Kid Rock Discussion
I enjoy listening to Kid Rock
Unfortunately many have preconceived notions of him (Pamela Anderson marriage, white trash style, etc.), but if you can get past that, I think a lot more people would enjoy his music. It's not the next Rolling Stones, but it's worth a listen
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Re: Kid Rock Discussion
Amen is corn music that appeals to the masses that like John mellancamp stuff. He puts on a hell of a live show. I like him. I like devil and Jesus Christ Rock Star. Very talented. I saw jack white live. So overrated.
