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February 28, 2002 - WireImage.com has photos of Kid Rock from Clive Davis' pre-Grammy party on Tuesday as well as the Grammy show itself on Wednesday. Check them out here.

February 27, 2002 - WireImage.com has photos of everybody who was anybody that attended the Clive Davis Pre Grammy Party in Beverly Hills, California on Tuesday. Among those showing up were Alicia Keys of course, plus Britney Spears, *NSYNC, the Backstreet Boys, Ja Rule, Pamela Anderson, Kid Rock, Angie Stone, Slash, and Clive Davis himself. Check out photos of all here.

February 26, 2002 - Gary Graff of Launch.com was at Kid Rock's sold-out show at Wendler Arena in Saginaw, Michigan and gave great reaction to his hometown opener. Graff gushed, "Kid Rock delivered a blistering performance featuring more pyrotechnics than most bands shoot off during the course of an entire tour." As for what to expect, he said, "With a dancing [Pamela] Anderson cheering him on from the soundboard--where she attracted considerable audience attention--Rock not surprisingly concentrated on hits from 1998's 10-times platinum 'Devil Without A Cause' and offered a liberal sampling of material from the million-selling 'Cocky'." Read more.

February 25, 2002 - The Los Angeles Times examined the current funk in the music industry right now and got the thoughts of Tom Calderone, MTV senior vice president for music. Calderone explains, "There's nervousness right now because we haven't seen a new crop of stars like we've been having over the last couple of years. Whether it was Fred Durst (of Limp Bizkit) or Kid Rock or Britney Spears or *NSYNC, we had wall-to-wall stars for a while... There are a lot of great songs out right now, but we went from superstars to a group of potential superstars." Read more.

February 22, 2002 - Kid Rock has overhauled his tour a bit before it kicks off tomorrow night in Saginaw. Stops in Chicago and Florida cities of Tampa and Jacksonville are no longer on the list while the west coast dates have been altered quite a bit. Read on for the latest schedule. Read more.

February 21, 2002 - Launch.com reports Hank Williams Jr. and his wife, Mary Jane, chartered a private plane in Nashville early last week and picked up Kid Rock in Detroit and Pamela Anderson in Los Angeles along the way. The foursome headed to Kansas City, Missouri to dine at Maxine's Cafe, the inspiration for the song 'Last Pork Chop' on Williams' current album Almeria Club. The owner, Maxine got a visit from the group after they learned she had moved to a nursing home. Hank spent $23k on the trip.

February 17, 2002 - Globe reports Pamela Anderson was spotted at a chic Beverly Hills shop buying $700 worth of lacy bras and thongs while she told the clerk, "Kid is going to love these."

February 15, 2002 - Launch.com spoke with Kid Rock after hearing news of Waylon Jennings's death on Wednesday. Kid Rock said, "He was one of the original outlaws, always will be. The first time (country music) hit triple-platinum was with the (Outlaws) album he did with Willie (Nelson) and all them. The first (country) triple-platinum is hanging on his wall, not a lot of the bulls--t pop that's going on (in country) today." Country Music Television (CMT) will dedicate the Rock Hank Williams Jr. episode of Crossroads to Jennings when it debuts on Sunday.

February 15, 2002 - Jenna Jameson spoke with Metal Sludge on Valentine's Day where she addressed her thoughts on several bands and musicians. Jenna said she's currently listening to P.O.D., Disturbed, A Perfect Circle, Godsmack and The Deftones. As for her thoughts on certain artists, her word association with Kid Rock was "sold me out on the Grammy's", addressing when the show wouldn't allow her to attend or appear on stage with him. Read all of her comments here.

February 15, 2002 - Atlantic Records held a video interview with their label ace Kid Rock who gave details on his upcoming tour as well as details on his personal life. Kid Rock insists he's an open minded person. Rock praised his band but said the extra antics he does are to give fans a good show, even if it takes away from the attention of the group. Kid Rock talked about how he's trying to be fair in ticket pricing and those charging huge amounts, rather than those trying to get rich after one expensive tour. For more on Kid's comments, check out the interview here.

February 15, 2002 - IMDB quotes Sheryl Crow talking about her thoughts of checking herself in for professional help to deal with depression but she sought other was following the press blowup that followed Mariah's similar move. Crow said, "There's no handbook on becoming famous and successful and I'm a person who had this overwhelming need to be right with the world and make sure everyone is happy with me. I became totally sick of myself, I got tired of seeing myself. I got tired of feeling that if I wasn't in a magazine that interest in me was waning. Fame is a weird trip. It was really a mindblower. It took a few trips to Mount Sinai for some psychiatric help. I'm not joking. Had Mariah not had the incident that she had I would have fully checked myself in but I just didn't want the press. In a funny way, visiting Kid Rock was an important turnaround for me. I went to Detroit and it was so much fun. It totally reminded of what it was like growing up - it was all about Lynyrd Skynyrd and trucks and Budweiser and hanging out with your friends and it was like, 'I remember now who I am.' Stevie was also instrumental. She has been an awesome friend and influence on my life. There's nobody like her. I feel really blessed."

February 9, 2002 - Dan Baesler of The Hoya reviewed the latest effort from Kid Rock and wasn't too impressed with 'Cocky'. Baesler says Kid Rock "reverts back to the rap aspect of his music only slightly, while going strong on the whole rap-rock style yet again. While there's nothing terribly awful about this CD, there’s nothing new here." Read more.

February 7, 2002 - Cynthia Fuchs of Popmatters.com profiled Kid Rock including thoughts on his appearance on Last Call with Carson Daly last week and an earlier appearance with Howard Stern. Check it out here.

February 6, 2002 - Burly Bear Network spoke with Kid Rock about what keeps him grounded and the rap-rocker answered, "I don't really have any secrets, just that some things you can't change, and you are who you are and I just try to be that person and I guess that's my words of wisdom, if that equals wisdom in any way." Read more.

February 5, 2002 - Pamela Anderson spoke with Extra TV about any marriage plans she might have with Kid Rock on the heels of her marriage to former Motley Crew drummer Tommy Lee. Pam admits, "I want to have a husband. I want a traditional family for my boys. I really do. But I’m not going to jump into anything too quickly because I don't want to do what I did in the past. I married Tommy in four days, I thought fate and destiny and everything. Slowly, as time progressed, I thought, ‘What have I gotten myself into?'" Read more.

February 3, 2002 - The New York Post reports Pamela Anderson, Kid Rock, Michael Stipe, The Edge, and RuPaul were onhand at the Black Book magazine bash in New York a few days ago. Pam reportedly saw a woman with gigantic boobs and said at The Park hosted bash, "She has the biggest tits I've ever seen."

February 1, 2002 - Howard Stern had Pamela Anderson on his show Thursday and they basically were talking about her for most of the show. Pamela talked about Kid Rock and how it is possible that they might get married, though Howard was strongly recommending she didn't. Pam explained the night she was spotted partying when she was supposed to be on Leno. Pamela said she was only there 1/2 hour and Kid Rock had to go because it was his record party. Howard also talked about how he made out with Pamela at a strip club but she was denying it, saying it was her friends that were. Read more on the appearance here.

February 1, 2002 - Kid Rock spoke with Extra TV about girlfriend Pamela Anderson and admitted there's no marriage talk right now but he said the couple and their children are living like a family: "We spend time with the kids. She's a great cook. She likes to cook a lot, and that's good because I like to have a couple of beers and eat a lot." Check out a video interview here.

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