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Kid Rock was charged with battery after allegedly hitting Tommy Lee at the MTV Video Music Awards. (Courtesy Wikimedia)

Ahhh, the VMAs… It's the magical time when the best of the best come out to celebrate themselves and punch each other in the face. The Palms Hotel and Casino became home to a three-ring circus last night when Britney Spears lazily mouthed the words to "Gimmie More," Kanye West had a temper tantrum and Kid Rock punched Tommy Lee.

"It looked like Tommy Lee initiated it because Kid Rock was ignoring him. And Tommy Lee kind of antagonized him. And then when Tommy Lee stood up, it looked a little weird, like, 'Yo, what?"'

Kid then threw the first punch, "And then Tommy Lee looked like he was trying to get at him to aggressively retaliate and then Kid Rock hits Tommy Lee again."

The two rockers were ejected from the Palms. Kid took off and police couldn't locate him, but he was found and questioned. He was formally charged with misdemeanor battery. The Las Vegas PD issued the following statement:

"A little after 8 p.m. last night we received a call that a disturbance had occurred at the MTV Video Music Awards. We had a lot of officers working in and around the awards so they got her fairly quickly. We determined that the altercation was between Kid Rock and Tommy Lee. After our investigation, Kid Rock did receive a citation for misdemeanor battery. Everyone involved was interviewed."