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KID ROCK Bumped From BUSH Concert Following Criticism

January 12, 2005

WorldNetDaily.com is reporting that KID ROCK, the vulgar rock-rapper whom inauguration staff initially talked of headlining the youth concert next week as part of the festivities for President Bush's swearing in, will not be appearing after all.

"He's not performing," a spokesman for the Presidential Inauguration Committee confirmed for WorldNetDaily.com.

Committee spokeswoman Jill Willis would not comment on the decision not to have KID ROCK perform.

"We're hoping to have our list of entertainers for inaugural events out sometime tomorrow, hopefully," she said.

So, why was KID ROCK bumped?

"I don't have a comment," Willis told WorldNetDaily.com. "We'll talk about the performers who will be performing after that information is released."

Later this afternoon, committee staff emphasized that KID ROCK was never officially booked to appear, arguing that he therefore could not have been canceled.

Word that the rapper will not join JOJO and HILARY DUFF as performers at the Jan. 18 concert, which will be hosted by Bush twins Barbara and Jenna, comes after WorldNetDaily.com and other outlets publicized the fact that the committee was talking about featuring KID ROCK, which caused several pro-family organizations to ask their supporters to protest his appearance.

As WorldNetDaily.com reported, the Detroit-based rapper, who dedicated his first album to songs about oral sex and who was voted the Sluttiest Male Celebrity at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards, has a history of vulgar lyrics. Read more.

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