In a new interview with Tucker Carlson, Kid Rock discussed his secret to success and commented on rock bands that reunite after running out of money.
“Yeah, a lot of them,” the rocker said, before mentioning how Creed’s Scott Stapp turned his life around. “Scott Stapp changed his life, he was pretty messed up for a while, trust me. I hear Creed’s back doing great stuff. So it is possible, though it’s not a story you hear often.”
He continued, “A lot of times the band breaks up like, ‘Screw you, screw you! We all hate each other.’ Then 10 years later, it’s like, ‘You got any money?’ ‘No, do you?’ ‘I don’t either.’ So they say, ‘We’re getting the band back together! Reunion tour!'”
Kid Rock retired from touring in July last year, first announcing his retirement in 2022. “At 51 years old, it’s not getting any easier to do jumps and carry on stage,” the singer explained. “I’m really keeping myself together—preparing mentally and physically, working out every day, trying to eat healthy… I want to be at my peak for this tour because I don’t know if we’ll do a big tour again.”
He acknowledged that his health wouldn’t allow him to perform in his 70s like Mick Jagger.
Although he seems to miss performing, Kid Rock insists it’s not for the money. “Eventually, I’d like to get back to trying to bring people together,” he said in a recent video on social media. “We can believe differently. That’s what makes this country great.” He added that “the powers that be want to divide us,” but “united we stand, divided we fall.”
Since his retirement announcement, Kid Rock has made appearances at various conventions and performed at the Rock The Country festival this year.
