Kid Rock Teams Up With Rick Rubin

Grammy-winning producer and Columbia Records Vice President Rick Rubin is kind of the King Midas of the mainstream music industry. Having produced groundbreaking albums for some of country music's biggest envelope-pushing stars—from Johnny Cash to the Dixie Chicks—Rubin's stamp on an artist's work can be lasting and career-changing. So, it's incredibly notable that he'll be heading into the studio with rockstar-cum-country singer Kid Rock, who just won a CMT Award for his video "All Summer Long."

According to CMT, Rock has been rehearsing for the album during his current US tour, and has acquired around 20 songs to record for the disc. He told Billboard that "we won't release anything until we both agree that every song on it is great."

Rock's current tour around the U.S. kicks off tonight in West Palm Beach, Fla., and will take him around the eastern half of the country, wrapping in Essex Junction, Vt., on September 6. For a full list of tour dates and other news, visit Kid Rock's Web site.

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