Kid Rock has pleaded not guilty to a battery charges stemming from a fight at a Waffle House in Atlanta.

The singer, born Robert James Ritchie, was not present to enter his plea. His attorney, Darryl Cohen, waived an arraignment hearing and entered the plea on Kid Rock's behalf in DeKalb County State Court.

Kid Rock and five members of his crew were arrested in late October on a misdemeanor charge of simple battery at a metro-Atlanta Waffle House, where they had stopped following a nearby performance.

Officials say a fight broke out after another customer recognized a woman in Kid Rock's party and exchanged words with her, prompting Ritchie to exchange words, too.