Kid Rock has been slapped with a $500,000 (€414,800) lawsuit, after a fight with a DJ in a Nashville, Tennessee strip club.

American rocker Kid Rock has hit out at TV talent show American Idol for failing to "sign talented people".

Rap-rocker Kid Rock was arrested in Nashville, Tennessee yesterday morning on assault charges.

Rapper Kid Rock was arrested by Nashville police today and charged with punching a strip club disc jockey.