Kid Rock and Tommy Lee, who are incidentally both ex-husbands of Pamela Anderson, threw punches at MTV's VMAs and were quickly thrown out of the venue. Kid Rock was initially cited for misdemeanor battery, but no charges were pressed in the scuffle, which witnesses said Lee started, although Kid Rock's punches were the only ones that landed.

In an unrelated incident six weeks later, Kid Rock and his entourage reportedly were involved in a fist fight in an Atlanta Waffle House restaurant with another male customer. Rock faces a misdemeanor battery charge for the brawl.