Kid Rock threw a tantrum and stormed off the stage at Jon Bon Jovi’s Nashville bar, blaming the audience for not clapping enough during his surprise performance.

While performing with Bon Jovi founder David Bryan at his birthday show, Kid Rock told the crowd, "If you ain’t going to clap, we ain’t going to sing."

Rock, aka Robert James Ritchie of Detroit, stormed off stage during a performance of “Proud Mary” at the JBJ Nashville nightclub Feb. 8, complaining that audience members weren't clapping along. The trouble started early.

Kid Rock was caught on video having a meltdown and storming off the stage at Jon Bon Jovi’s Nashville bar after the audience didn’t clap enthusiastically enough when he asked them to. The Only God Knows Why singer was on the mic alongside Bon Jovi founding member David Bryan for the keyboardist’s birthday bash when he lost his cool with the lacklustre patrons during a cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Proud Mary .

Kid Rock was a special guest at Bon Jovi keyboardist David Bryan’s birthday bash in Nashville on Saturday night (Feb. 8), but his onstage appearance quickly went sideways after the crowd didn’t clap for him.