NBC News reports:
Kid Rock won’t renew his licensing agreement for Kid Rock’s Made in Detroit restaurant, the owners of the sports arena in which it’s housed said Wednesday. The news comes after the singer and musician was recently filmed delivering a vulgarity-laced rant against Oprah Winfrey.
Chris Granger, president of sports and entertainment for Ilitch Holdings, said in a statement that Kid Rock “voluntarily decided” not to renew the deal that comes up in April for the restaurant inside Little Caesars Arena.
The Ilitch statement says its “venues are open, inviting, inclusive and respectful to all.” The restaurant opened in 2017 in the arena that’s home to the Detroit Pistons and Red Wings.
Voluntarily. Yeaaaah.
Kid Rock’s Little Caesars Arena restaurant to close; decision follows controversial video https://t.co/ROWcHW20Yy
— Detroit Free Press (@freep) December 4, 2019
All this BS going on has just go my blood pumpin’ and is only more songwriting fuel for a new record and tour in 2021.
I am beholden to no one, no corporate sponsors, no label and I am gonna go the fuck off!
(1 of 2)— Kid Rock (@KidRock) December 4, 2019
You haters better be shaking in your boots.
To my supporters and fans, I will not let you down.
I guarantee it will be my best record and tour ever.
Devil Without a Cause…
Kid Rock pic.twitter.com/ByZVKjAEqU— Kid Rock (@KidRock) December 4, 2019