Odds & Ends: Kid Rock, Justin Bieber, One Direction, Your Shot USA

Kid Rock is going to be sticking around the DTE Energy Music Theatre a few more nights as part of his “First Kiss: Cheap Date Tour.”

The rocker has just added Aug. 21-22 to his residency at the Clarkston, Mich., venue bringing the total number of shows to 10. Previously announced gigs are scheduled Aug. 7-8, 11-12, 14-15 and 18-19.       

Kid Rock is expected to sell more than 145,000 tickets for the 10-night run, breaking Garth Brooks’ record for ticket sales in the state of Michigan. He’s also just beat Bob Seger’s record for consecutive shows at DTE Energy Music Theatre.

Tickets go on sale May 2 at 10 a.m. EDT. As with the rest of the dates on the “First Kiss: Cheap Date Tour,” tix will be available for just $20 if purchased via the venue box office or Walmart. Visit KidRock.com for more information.

There are some things you can count on at your prom from bad food to a cheesy theme. But you’d probably never expect Justin Bieber to show up.   

The pop star was on his way to a recording studio in Los Angeles on Saturday when he decided to stop by a local school’s prom, which was being held nearby, according to Hollywoodlife.com. EOnline.com points out that the prom took place at Jim Henson studios in Hollywood. 

Based on the Vine clips of kids happily screaming, it looks like the prom attendees were pretty pleased with the surprise. Bieber reposted a few of the videos on Twitter along with a tweet from Chatsworth Charter High School’s senior class saying, “Justin Bieber showing up at our prom? I think we know who had the best prom this year.” The high school is located in Chatsworth, Calif.

Bieber replied to the school by tweeting, “@CCHSRoyals always wanted to go to prom. Thanks for having me. #promcrasher J”

Bieber was joined in his weekend escapades by model Hailey Baldwin and a pal, according to EOnline.com.

As aspiring DJ will get the chance to play Las Vegas with Tiësto as well as 2016’s Ultra Music Festival in Miami.  

Following five years of competitions in Australia, “Your Shot” is making its debut in the USA. If you don’t have any experience being a DJ, don’t let that hold you back. Folks that are selected for the competition will undergo four weeks of education with professional DJ trainers at the Your Shot Training Academy in Los Angeles before the finalists perform at a sold-out event in Los Angeles.

Rolling Stone points out that the competition is being filmed for a 10-part Vevo web series. Visit YourShotUSA.com for more details.

Weeks after Zayn Malik left One Direction, some fans are still not over the devastating incident. Thankfully, Stephen Hawking has a hopeful message to share with Directioners.

One of the audience questions posed to the theoretical physicist/cosmologist/author on Saturday at the Sydney Opera House was an inquiry about “the cosmological effect of Zayn leaving One Direction and consequently breaking the hearts of millions of teenage girls around the world?”

Hawking, who appeared via hologram, replied, “My advice to any heartbroken young girl is to pay close attention to the study of theoretical physics because, one day, there may well be proof of multiple universes.

“It would not be beyond the realms of possibility that somewhere outside of our own universe lies another, different universe and, in that universe, Zayn is still in One Direction.

“This girl may like to know that in another possible universe, she and Zayn are happily married.”  

So there you go.