Detroit orchestra hopes Kid Rock show raises $1M

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.