Tucker Carlson opened for Kid Rock at recent US shows

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Kid Rock at two of the artist’s recent live shows – watch the footage below.The singer-songwriter played two nights at the Lamar Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales, Louisiana on April 5 and 6 as part of his current ‘Rock The Country’ tour with Jason Aldean.Ahead of the headline sets, former Fox News presenter Carlson delivered a speech during an unexpected support slot at the venue (via Loudwire).“You may be asking, what am I doing here?” said Carlson, who was standing behind a podium that displayed the message ‘United States Of ‘Merica – Kid Rock’. “And y’know?

I don’t really know.”He went on to tell the crowd that he ended up participating in the show after inviting Rock to his house for dinner a few months prior. “And he said, ‘You should come and open for me on my summer tour’,” Carlson recalled of the pair’s conversation.“And I said, ‘I’m honoured, of course.

But I don’t play an instrument. Actually, I’m an unemployed talk show host. So what would I do at your show?’ And he said, ‘You will figure it out, and you will like it!'”Carlson explained that he initially had “no idea” what he was going to talk about at the gig. “I woke up this morning and I went on the internet.

Familiar?” he continued. “And I read all these stories and I thought to myself, ‘This is the most depressing thing that’s happened to me in a long time’.”He added: “This country is fucked up!