Kid Rock plays a familiar show for a hometown crowd -- in an intense new environment [View all]

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Those hard-core fans were certainly in full force, streaming into DTE in an array of Harley-Davidson gear, Johnny Cash shirts, Kid Rock merch and the occasional Trump MAGA hat. They’ve been the heart of the Kid Rock base for many years, and on Friday, after an evening of tailgating and a two-hour show, they got the hard-partying good time they came for.

Missing, though, were the white-collar weekend warriors, soccer moms and other casuals who made up a sizable chunk of crowds at previous hometown Kid Rock dates. They may not have been blasting Kid Rock albums at home, but they knew what his shows promised: high-energy entertainment with a raffish wink, a few hours of drinks and escape, all of it with a big, proud Detroit stamp.
If some of Kid Rock’s audience has peeled away, he certainly isn’t the first artist to have run off fans with his politics. The modern era’s most famous example comes from the other side of the spectrum, when the Dixie Chicks alienated much of their country music base in 2003 by attacking President George W. Bush.

Put a fork in him, he's done.