Kid Rock has been forced to pull out of an appearance at the U.K.’s Download Festival after he was admitted to hospital on Friday.

The rocker canceled his performance just minutes before he was due to take to the Main Stage at the music event.

A statement from festival organizers reads: “We’ve had the curse of Download. Kid Rock is not very well (and) we’ve had to rush him to hospital in Nottingham (England). He apologizes to his fans.”

Fellow rock acts Judas Priest and Disturbed made up for Kid Rock’s no-show by treating festival-goers to longer sets.

As WENN went to press no further details about Kid Rock’s illness were available.

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Kid Rock has compared his marriage to ex-wife Pamela Anderson to being “thrown under the bus” - because the experience was so traumatizing.

The 36-year-old rocker married the blonde beauty in 2006, but their rocky relationship only lasted five months before they filed for divorce.

And Rock admits his time with Anderson was one of the most difficult periods of his life.

He says, “It (marriage) taught me a lot. I touched the stove, it’s f***ing hot; it burnt the f*** out of my hand. I’m not going to touch the stove anymore.”

And the star - who has also dated rocker Sheryl Crow - claims his high-profile relationships have turned him off dating another celebrity in the future.

He adds, “I got burnt too hard. I got completely thrown under the bus, no question about that. I don’t want anything to do with the whole world she is in. It’s a very dark place. I’m not going to get caught up in any of that s*** anymore… those Hollywood relationships.”

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Kid Rock has had a $25,000 lawsuit against him dropped, after a U.S. jury ruled the woman who accused the star of assault had no grounds to sue.

Kelly Ann Kozlowski filed papers against the rocker last year, claiming he threw her into a snowdrift outside his Brandon Township, Michigan, recording studio in March after she had refused to spend the night with him.

The 29-year-old old filed a police report against Rock - real name Robert James Ritchie - but no charges were ever brought.

Richie subsequently countersued Kozlowski, claiming she embarrassed and defamed him in her statement to police, but the lawsuit was dropped in November after the star failed to show up for a court hearing.

Now a seven-man jury has dismissed Kozlowski’s own suit, dropping the case in a U.S. court on Friday. And Richie’s attorney William Horton reveals the star is delighted with the result.

He says, “We’re very pleased. We wish we wouldn’t have had to be here in the first place, but we think the jury’s decision was justified. We said all along that he was a lightning rod for a celebrity shakedown.”

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Kid Rock, Fergie and Quentin Tarantino Celebrate Birthday “Love” at The Beatles Revolution Lounge inside the Mirage Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, yesterday.

Also in attendance were Vivica Fox and Daryl Hannah.

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Kid Rock has been sued for battery by three men accusing him of lashing out after they asked for his autograph, leaving them “seriously injured”.

Michael Medlin, Carlos Bonilla and Jose Perez filed suit in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday. They are demanding $15 million in damages after Rock and members of hip-hop group the Boo-Yaa Tribe allegedly assaulted them outside Hollywood club Teddy’s on 22 March, 2006.

According to legal documents obtained by entertainment TV channel E!, Rock and fraternal rappers Paul, Ted, Donald, Roscoe, Danny and David Devoux have all been listed as defendants in the case. The three plaintiffs are claiming wage loss, loss of use of property, hospital and medical expenses, property and general damages and loss of earning capacity. They were allegedly attacked after approaching Rock and the Devoux brothers with notebooks. Medlin, Bonilla and Perez have also taken aim at the Roosevelt Hotel’s poor security system, where the club is located - which left them in a “dangerous and hazardous” situation.

The suit states “Kid Rock and members of the Boo-Yaa Tribe assaulted and battered all three plaintiffs” and they were “left on the ground seriously injured as Kid Rock and his entourage drove off”.

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Kid Rock is returning to the Waffle House restaurant where he was arrested for battery last year - to sign autographs for charity.

The star and five members of his entourage were arrested and charged with misdemeanor battery after an October brawl in the Duluth, Georgia restaurant. A not guilty plea was entered on Kid Rock’s behalf in a DeKalb County State Court last week.

According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper, the musician has now decided to make amends by greeting fans and signing autographs at a Waffle House fundraiser for local homeless shelter charity Nicholas House.

The event will take place at the restaurant on March 11th before Kid Rock performs at the nearby Gwinnett Arena. Waffle House spokesperson Pat Warner says, “For a while now, we’ve been working with Kid Rock’s management to try and turn a negative into a positive. “We’re hoping to raise some money for a worthwhile charity.”

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Kid Rock has pleaded not guilty to a battery charge following a fight in a Waffle House last year. The star and five members of his entourage were arrested for misdemeanor battery after a brawl in an Atlanta restaurant in October following a concert in the area.

Rock - whose real name is Robert James Ritchie - wasn’t at the DeKalb County State Court. His lawyer Darryl Cohen waived an arraignment hearing and entered a not guilty plea on the 37-year-old’s behalf.

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