Shinedown Drops Out of Kid Rock’s Controversial Rock the Country Festival

Shinedown became the latest act to withdraw from Kid Rock’s MAGA-adjacent Rock the Country festival, the fourth departure after Ludacris (whose inclusion was later described as a mix-up), Morgan Wade, and Carter Faith. Other big-name acts like Jason Aldean, Blake Shelton, Creed, Brooks & Dunn, Hank Williams Jr., Lynyrd Skynyrd, Riley Green, Miranda Lambert, and Jelly Roll remain attached, underscoring the festival’s divisive political context as performers distance themselves from the event.