Shinedown Exit Rock the Country Fest… After Drummer Called Ludacris a “Coward” for Doing the Same

By wazup on February 6, 2026 No Comments / 10 views

Shinedown have become the latest act to drop out of Rock the Country, the traveling festival tour headlined by Kid Rock.

The Florida hard-rock band had been slated to headline the Anderson, South Carolina, stop of the tour on July 25th and 26th. It’s unclear whether that stop is still taking place, as it no longer appears on the festival’s website.

Shinedown announced their departure from the festival in a statement posted to social media:

“Shinedown is everyone’s band. We feel that we have been given a platform to bring all people together through the power of music and song.

We have one BOSS, and it is everyone in the audience. Our band’s purpose is to unite, not divide. With that in mind, we have made the decision that we will not be playing the Rock The Country Festival.

We 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.