{"id":455198,"date":"2026-02-07T21:57:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T21:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/455198\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T21:57:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T21:57:07","slug":"shinedown-more-drop-out-of-kid-rocks-rock-the-country-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/455198\/","title":{"rendered":"Shinedown, More Drop Out Of Kid Rock&#8217;s &#8216;Rock the Country&#8217; Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAs <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/kid-rock\/\" id=\"auto-tag_kid-rock\" data-tag=\"kid-rock\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kid Rock<\/a> prepares to lead Turning Point USA\u2019s alt-Super Bowl halftime show, his \u2018Rock the World\u2019 tour has lost another performer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tOn Friday, alt-rock band <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/shinedown\/\" id=\"auto-tag_shinedown\" data-tag=\"shinedown\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shinedown<\/a> dropped out of the lineup out of concern it would \u201ccreate further division,\u201d given the Rock\u2019s MAGA ties and his current headlining spot on TPUSA\u2019s \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/02\/turning-point-usa-super-bowl-halftime-show-lineup-1236706342\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The All-American Halftime Show<\/a>\u2018.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cSHINEDOWN is everyone\u2019s band. We feel that we have been given a platform to bring all people together through the power of music and song,\u201d the group wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUaz0A1kXqt\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=07a8e349-f5f7-4a36-814b-bbd40a3d5ec5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">statement<\/a>. \u201cWe have one BOSS, and it is everyone in the audience. Our band\u2019s purpose is to unite, not divide. With that in mind, we have made the decision that we will not be playing the <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/rock-the-country\/\" id=\"auto-tag_rock-the-country\" data-tag=\"rock-the-country\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rock The Country<\/a> Festival.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe band added, \u201cWe know this decision will create differences of opinion. But we do not want to participate in something we believe will create further division. And to our fans, thank you for supporting and believing in us. We love and appreciate you always. All love and respect, SHINEDOWN\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tMeanwhile, Rolling Stone previously reported that Morgan Wade and Carter Faith also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-country\/rock-the-country-tour-lineup-carter-faith-morgan-wade-leave-1235505404\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">dropped out of the event<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe \u2018Rock the Country\u2019 tour kicks off May 1 in Bellville, Texas, also featuring Jason Aldean, Blake Shelton, Jelly Roll, Miranda Lambert, Nelly and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAfter Ludacris was originally included on the tour\u2019s poster, his rep told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/ludacris-drops-off-maga-rock-the-country-tour-1235500605\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">outlet<\/a> that inclusion was \u201ca mix-up. Lines got crossed, and he wasn\u2019t supposed to be on there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As Kid Rock prepares to lead Turning Point USA\u2019s alt-Super Bowl halftime show, his \u2018Rock the World\u2019 tour&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455199,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,61007,216,198045,35259,212890],"class_list":{"0":"post-455198","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-kid-rock","10":"tag-music","11":"tag-rock-the-country","12":"tag-shinedown","13":"tag-tour-canceled"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}