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The history of Rock has a new chapter. Pimp of the nation Kid Rock proposed to his girlfriend, Pamela Anderson, in the Las Vegas desert on Thursday night. Anderson flew out for Kid Rock’s performance on April 6 at Vegas’ Hard Rock Hotel, and the couple remained in the city for the week. They were alone under the desert stars when Rock proposed and slid a rock onto the actress’ finger, said Anderson’s publicist Marleah Leslie, who added that the couple is “extremely happy.” No wedding date has been set. Rock, 31, and Anderson, 34, have been dating since April… Read more »

Aerosmith are the second artists to achieve “icon” status, as the band will be the subject of mtvICON, an annual show/event honoring one band or recording for its significant contribution to music, music video and pop culture. Last year, the show paid tribute to Janet Jackson. She will open this year’s show with an Aerosmith testimonial. Kid Rock and Pink are the first two artists to sign on to reinterpret classic Aerosmith songs, with more artists to be added. Now in their thirtieth year, Aerosmith themselves will close the show with a performance of their own. The show will be… Read more »

Kid Rock is a man with simple tastes. Cable television’s Burly Bear Network, dedicated to college audiences ages 18 to 24, asked the rock-rapper what keeps him grounded and the answer wasn’t complicated. “I don’t really have any secrets, just that some things you can’t change, and you are who you are and I just try to be that person and I guess that’s my words of wisdom, if that equals wisdom in any way,” he said. “You know, when I started I liked Big Macs and Budweiser and I still like Big Macs and Budweiser. I am happy to… Read more »

Kid Rock has revealed dates to go along with the previously announced cites for his tour, which starts February 22 at the Wendler Arena in Saginaw, Michigan. The tour runs through Rock’s May 4 appearance at Atlanta’s Music Midtown Festival. The king of rap-rock revealed about the tour. “A couple of laps around the world take some corporate sponsorships,” he said. “Sell out for one reason, because ticket prices are out of hand, and I want to bring back that $25 ticket to see a great show.” Meanwhile, Rock has released his next single, “Lonely Road Of Faith,” and the… Read more »

Kid Rock’s latest album, Cocky, has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association Of America (RIAA) for shipping 1 million copies. Cocky is Rock’s third consecutive platinum album, following in the footsteps of Devil Without A Cause and History Of Rock. The new album is currently Number 27 on the Billboard 200 chart, and has actually sold more than 500,000 copies since its release (RIAA certifications are based on units shipped to stores, not albums sold to consumers). Rock was asked if there is a message to fans in Cocky. “No, I think the message is the overall picture… Read more »

Fresh from his blockbuster performance before U.S. military forces stationed at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, Lava/Atlantic recording artist Kid Rock has just scored RIAA platinum with his new album, “COCKY.” The announcement comes less than one month after the release of the Kid Rock-produced collection, which includes the current hit single, “Forever.” Recent weeks have seen Kid Rock continuing to demonstrate his support of American military personnel, including a very special appearance at San Diego’s Naval Base Coronado, where he signed autographs and posed for pictures with thousands of U.S. sailors. In early December, Kid Rock and his Twisted… Read more »

Kid Rock and his band, Twisted Brown Trucker, head to Frankfurt, Germany, this weekend for a USO show for U.S. armed services on Saturday (December 8) that’s being sponsored by MTV. Uncle Kracker, Twisted Brown Trucker’s DJ and a solo artist in his own right, said that the group looks forward to entertaining the troops, who are involved in America’s war against terrorism. “I think it’s good for the troops, I guess, man, give ’em something to look at-give ’em something to do. I mean, I’ve been to Germany, and if they’ve been in Germany for any length of time,… Read more »

A one-of-a-kind Gibson electric guitar, made especially for Lava/Atlantic recording artist Kid Rock, is missing and presumed stolen. The guitar, a new Gibson SG model custom-painted in a “stars and stripes” motif, was discovered missing by customs inspectors overseas, where Kid Rock arrived this week on his way to an undisclosed location to perform for U.S. servicemen and women as part of an MTV/USO holiday television special.            The guitar was last seen at Kid Rock’s Michigan studio, where it was packed in a large case with a number of other guitars and then transported to… Read more »

No one is suggesting that Kid Rock and his camp are unhappy with initial sales of his latest album, Cocky, which has so far sold more than 337,000 copies and debuted at Number Seven on the Billboard 200 its first week out. But there are those in the industry who expected it to do even better as the follow-up to 1998’s 10 million-selling Devil Without A Cause, and there were hopes that it would debut closer to Creed’s Weathered, which premiered at Number One on sales of almost 880,000. This week Cocky is Number 15 with sales of nearly 115,000,… Read more »

Jennifer Lopez, Kid Rock and Ja Rule will do their part for the war effort by performing at a concert for U.S. servicemen and women at an undisclosed military base overseas. The show will be part of a 90-minute holiday television special MTV is producing with the United Service Organizations dubbed “For the Troops: An MTV/USO Special,” airing January 1. “I’ve always considered myself to a be a pretty patriotic guy, I don’t know if you’ve been living in a cave or not,” Kid Rock said. “I feel that it’s my part as an American [to participate]. If they needed… Read more »