Kid Rock threw a tantrum and stormed off the stage at Jon Bon Jovi’s Nashville bar, blaming the audience for not clapping enough during his surprise performance.
The “American Bad Ass” singer, 54, took the stage at JBJ’s Nashville on Saturday, Feb. 8, to perform for the rock band’s keyboardist David Bryan’s birthday — but all hell broke loose when the crowd didn’t react the way Rock expected them to.
However, about two minutes into the show, Rock abruptly stopped singing and instructed the band to halt the performance.
He then taunted the audience, encouraging them to clap and even demonstrated how to do it before throwing out insults.
“F–k them. F–k them. Hey, hey, stop,” Rock said in one video on social media. “If you ain’t gonna clap, we ain’t gonna sing. That’s how it’s gonna go.”
The crowd began clapping as instructed — but about a minute later, the singer stopped again and cussed at the bar patron.
“You know what, f–k y’all. You ain’t gonna clap, I’m gone,” he said, marching offstage.
Bryan appeared confused by Rock’s reaction.
The Bon Jovi bandmate was seen throwing up his hand and talking to another musician as Rock stormed off.
However, the birthday boy made no mention of the incident when he recapped the night on social media.
Sharing a clip from a performance that night, which did not feature Rock, Bryan wrote: “THANK YOU FOR THE BIRTHDAY WISHES! Rocking at @jbjsnash last night with @bigkennytv!”
Rock has yet to address the situation.
