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Kid Rock plans to raise roof - and maybe $1 million - for orchestra in his hometown Detroit
Kid Rock is known for dabbling in all kinds of musical genres: hip-hop, hard rock, country and Southern rock. Classical? Not so much. But he jumped at the chance to play a show with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, May 12, 2012. The concert is designed to raise some much-needed cash for the DSO, which has been on shaky financial ground in recent years. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
DETROIT - The Detroit Symphony Orchestra hopes to have a million-dollar weekend with help from a hometown musician known more for rock, rap and country than classical.
The orchestra will collaborate with Kid Rock on Saturday in a benefit concert. The ensemble is trying to rebound from recent financial struggles. A six-month musicians' strike that ended last year worsened its already challenged bottom line.
Tickets to the show start at $100, though VIP tickets fetch as much as $1,500 and include an afterparty with the genre-jumping artist who still lives in suburban Detroit.
Officials hope to raise $1 million.
That won't erase a $54 million bank debt or boost the $14 million endowment the orchestra draws from to survive. But it's going to help pay musicians for community outreach and education efforts.
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