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Kid Rock Cancels Shows as ‘Half the Band Has Fucking COVID’ After Sturgis

The singer says the situation is “out of my hands.”

Kid Rock was forced to cancel two shows in Fort Worth, Texas—and he’s not happy about it. “I am pissed. Over half the band has fucking COVID,” the singer tweeted, clarifying that he hasn’t gotten the virus. “And before u [sic] shit for brains bloggers and media trolls run your mouths, many of them, like me, have been vaccinated.” The entertainer was set to perform at Billy Bob’s on Aug. 27 and 28. He said he hoped to find a way to still perform, but the situation was “out of my hands.” The singer, whose real name is Robert Ritchie, previously bragged about playing for a “packed house” in Sturgis, South Dakota, in early August. “There is nothing the mainstream media or internet and social media trolls can do but look at this pic and weep, knowing they will never beat us,” he wrote on social media, in a post accompanied by a picture of him onstage at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally—which was labeled a “superspreader” by state health officials.

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