Singer and rapper Kid Rock stormed off stage at a Nashville performance over the weekend, cutting his performance short when the audience didn’t clap along to the song.
On Saturday night, Rock appeared as a special guest at the 63rd birthday party for Bon Jovi founding member and keyboardist David Bryan at JBJ’s Nashville, which is owned by Jon Bon Jovi.
Rock joined a band, which featured Bryan on the keyboard, on stage to perform a cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Proud Mary” but stopped midway through due to a lack of audience participation.
“Hey, hey, stop!” Rock said as the fellow musicians and accompanying singer paused the set. “If you ain’t going to clap, we ain’t going to sing. That’s how it’s going to work.”
Rock started clapping his hands over his head, showing the audience how he wanted them to participate. After resuming the performance, some audience members clapped along, but the amount of crowd participation seemingly wasn’t up to par for Rock.
He cut off the song again, saying, “You know what, (expletive) y’all. You ain’t gonna clap, I’m gone.”
After Rock left the stage, the band resumed the show. In an Instagram post the following day, Bryan shared a clip of Big Kenny’s special appearance and thanked the Big & Rich singer for participating. “THANK YOU FOR THE BIRTHDAY WISHES! Rocking at @jbjsnash last night with @bigkennytv!” Bryan’s caption read.

A representative for the band Bon Jovi declined to comment. USA TODAY has reached out to Rock’s team.
Rock, 54, recently hit the stage in January as a part of President Trump’s inaugural events to perform a four-song set.
He’s headed out on tour in March alongside Chris Janson and Uncle Kraker and will embark on his Rock the Country tour with Nickelback in April.
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