Grand Opening, Grand KKKlosing! Kid Rock-Led ‘Rock…
MAGA’s reply to Bad Bunny, Kid Rock, received’t be hitting the stage in South Carolina, of all locations, after his music pageant was canceled.
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Kid Rock’s “Rock the Country” music pageant is not going to be happening in Anderson County, South Carolina, after officers there confirmed to The Post & Courier that the two-day live performance deliberate for July 25–26, 2026, at the Anderson Sports and Entertainment Center is now canceled.
County administrator Rusty Burns told the local news outlet that officers had been notified the evening of February 5 that the pageant was no longer taking place, but they didn’t obtain a clear cause for its cancellation.
“We weren’t told a reason,” Burns said. “It happens in the business. We had a good, two-year run.”
While they weren’t given a cause, it could possibly be due to the mass exit of music acts related with the pageant.
On February 6, Shinedown announced to its followers that it will no longer be a half of the pageant due to issues about division related with the event.
“SHINEDOWN is everyone’s band,” the group wrote in a assertion shared on X. “Our band’s purpose is to unite, not divide. We do not want to participate in something we believe will create further division.”
Shinedown bowing out got here after a number of other artists said nah to the pageant, including Morgan Wade, Carter Faith, and Ludacris, after dealing with intense backlash due to their participation.
Reps for Ludcris declare his involvement was “a mix-up.”
“Lines got crossed, and he wasn’t supposed to be on there,” Ludacris’ rep told Rolling Stone.
Kid Rock, Nelly, Jason Aldean, Blake Shelton, Jelly Roll, and Brooks & Dunn are still on the invoice, no shock there.
Creed was also a half of the pageant at one level, and was even featured as an act on the now-canceled Anderson date, but their title has since been eliminated from the lineup.
The “Rock The Country” tour launched by Rock is billed as an eight-date summer time collection. While the Anderson date is formally scrubbed, Ocala, Florida; Sioux Falls, South Dakota; and Hamburg, New York are still taking place… for now.
If Kid Rock can’t even entertain Anderson, South Carolina, how in the world do MAGA snowflakes assume he’s going to compete with Bad Bunny, who is the most-streamed artist in your complete world?
You can see reactions to Kid Rock’s battle pageant dropping a date below.
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