Kid Rock.Photo: Dia Dipasupil/Getty
Days after announcing his “Bad Reputation” tour,Kid Rockrevealed he won’t be performing at venues with COVID-19 vaccine or mask mandates.
In a video shared to hisFacebookpage last Thursday, the 51-year-old “Don’t Tell Me How to Live” singer said he’s already chosen to eliminate certain stops — including Buffalo, New York and Toronto, Canada — due to venue policies regarding the coronavirus pandemic.
“If they’re not, trust me, you don’t have to worry. You’ll be getting your money back because I won’t be showing up, either.”
The Grammy-nominated musician added, “If you think I’m gonna sit out there and sing, ‘Don’t Tell Me How to Live’ and ‘We the People’ while people are holding up their f—ing vaccine cards and wearing masks, that s— ain’t happening.”
The artist has been no stranger to controversy in the past.
In 2021, Kid Rock — whose real name is Bob Ritchie — found himself in hot water after he was captured using a homophobic slur during a performance at FishLipz Bar & Grill in Smithville, Tennessee. TMZshared the videoat the time.
“F— your iPhone, yeah,” he said in the video while flipping off the patron and pointing at his crotch. “You can post this. You can post this d— right now. F—ing f—s with your phones out.”
Back in 2019, he was removed from the stage during a performance at the Honky Tonk bar for beratingOprah Winfreyand Joy Behar. At the time, he was captured saying they could “suck a d— sideways.”
In 2020, his Nashville bar Big Honky Tonk & Steakhouse was hit with a permit suspension forviolating coronavirus protocols.
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