Kid Rock abruptly cut off a performance alongside Bon Jovi founding member David Bryan in Nashville after scolding the crowd for not clapping along to the music.

Kid Rock isn’t afraid to clap back.

The “All Summer Long” singer joined Bon Jovi founding member David Bryan onstage as the keyboardist celebrated his 63rd birthday Feb. 8 at JBJ’s Nashville, a bar owned by Jon Bon Jovi. However, as the duo performed a cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Proud Mary” with an accompanying band, Kid Rock scolded patrons for an apparent lack of enthusiasm.

“If you ain’t gonna clap, we ain’t gonna sing,” he told the crowd, as captured in a TikTok post Feb. 9. “That’s how it’s gonna work.”

After resuming the performance and establishing a tempo for spectators to follow, the 54-year-old seemingly remained dissatisfied with the audience participation and abruptly exited the stage before finishing the song.

“You know what? F–k y’all,” he declared before storming off. “You ain’t gonna clap, I’m going.”

While Bryan later posted a clip of the event on his Instagram page, he made no mention of Kid Rock or his outburst, simply writing in the caption, “THANK YOU FOR THE BIRTHDAY WISHES!”

E! News has reached out to Kid Rock’s rep for comment but has not heard back.

Weeks before the tense performance, the “Picture” singer took to the stage at U.S. President Donald Trump’s inauguration in Washington, D.C., alongside acts including Carrie Underwood and Billy Ray Cyrus—who both faced technical difficulties at the event. In fact, the incoming American Idol judge was forced to power through her performance of “America the Beautiful” at the U.S. Capitol when an audio mishap caused a delay in her musical accompaniment.

“If you know the words,” she told the crowd at the Jan. 20 proceedings before belting the tune A Capella, “help me out here.”

As for Billy Ray, he faced more significant technical difficulties at the Liberty Ball later in the evening, even asking at one point, “Y’all want me to sing more or you want me to just get the hell off the stage?”

Despite the snag, the “Achy Breaky Heart” singer later insisted it didn’t put a damper on his day.

“I wouldn’t have missed the honor of playing this event whether my microphone, guitar and monitors worked or not,” he wrote in an Instagram post Jan. 21. “I was there because President Donald J. Trump invited me.”

Source: www.eonline.com