The Biggest Rock Star Flex Is Bringing Your Kids Onstage

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As far as stereotypes go, rock stars aren’t supposed to be good parents. But there they were all summer—music’s biggest superstars, performing on stage at some of the season’s biggest concerts next to their kids. Jennifer Lopez performed “A Thousand Years" as a duet with her child Emme at Dodger Stadium.

Dave Grohl invited his daughter Violet to sing “Show Me How" with the Foo Fighters at their show at Glastonbury Festival, as she does on their album. P!nk sang her single “Cover Me in Sunshine" with her daughter Willow during opening night of her Summer Carnival tour. And then there’s Beyoncé, whose 11-year-old daughter Blue Ivy made a surprise cameo dancing alongside her mother at the “Renaissance" tour in Paris in May, and has been making appearances ever since.

Forget sex. Forget drugs. It’s the era of the family-friendly rock star.

Gavin Rossdale, the laid-back leader of the English rock band Bush, is known for touring with his kids Kingston, 17, Zuma, 15, and Apollo, 9. Zuma joined him onstage in Cleveland, playing guitar to a crowd of 15,000 people. “I’ve got the pictures of it.

I’m over backwards holding a note, and he’s playing and not even looking at me. He’s way too cool," Rossdale said. For him, having his kids on the road with him adds to the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle, rather than detracting from it.

“I don’t think [bringing your kids on tour] really infers that people don’t have an adventurous and fun life," he said. “It’s not at the cost of that." Having a family—and bringing them on the road—was once seen as antithetical to the subversive and hard-partying rock-star image. “I think we’ve softened, and that’s a good thing," Rossdale said.