A little rain isn't going to stop a Detroit party “‘cause a Detroit party don’t stop” when Kid Rock’s closing out the second of his two sold-out hometown stadium shows.
Early Saturday evening fans were rightfully nervous as they walked out of their preconcert festivities at the different downtown bars and the rock ‘n’ roll carnival in the parking lot just north of the ballpark to head into the final night of Rock’s weekend home stand at Comerica Park under a threatening sky.
Comerica Park crowds are used to seeing fireworks on Friday nights - but usually not until the end of Tigers games.
Kid Rock, on the other hand, didn't make the 40,000-plus at the first of his two sold-out weekend shows wait nine innings. Or nine minutes, even.
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It was as if everything conspired to make it a perfect rock ‘n’ roll night in Detroit.
With Kid Rock supplying the energy and the music supplying the sizzle, even the visuals did their part: Framed by a full moon over one side of Comerica Park and the Detroit skyline over the other, Rock and more than 40,000 fans were right in the middle throwing a Friday night party to remember.
The Detroit rocker, playing the first of a two-night hometown stand, was in notably fine form as he drove through a 2-hour, 20-minute show for a high-charged
If someone said I could be any rock star I wanted, I would probably take Sammy Hagar. After attending Wednesday’s Kid Rock concert at the California Mid-State Fair, I may have to reconsider.
The Kidster, born Robert James Ritchie, put on a powerhouse 110-minute performance in front of over 10,000 hard-partying fans in the Main Grandstand Chumash Arena, his first appearance ever on the Central Coast.
The suburban Detroit native has come a long way since his early 1990s start as scrawny, trailer-trash rapping singer/ DJ.
