Child Rock Rock the Nation music festical cancels South Carolina cease after Shinedown Ludacris pull out
The Child Rock-led “Rock the Nation” music pageant canceled the South Carolina cease on its tour as a number of marquee artists dropped out of the “politically charged” bash.
The 2-night occasion was scheduled to happen on the Anderson Sports activities & Leisure Middle in Anderson, SC, in July and have headliners, rock bands Creed and Shinedown, nation music star Brantley Gilbert and 3-time Grammy award-winning rapper Ludacris.
Extra artists included Gretchen Wilson, Morgan Wade, Lakeview, Parmalee, Chase Matthew and Fox N’ Vead.
Nevertheless, Anderson County officers had been notified on Thursday that the pageant canceled the gig, County Administrator Rusy Burns informed the Greenville Put up and Courier.
The administrator declined to present a purpose for the cancellation however mentioned a minimum of one band had points with the pageant being politically charged, in keeping with the outlet.
Anderson County, which might have benefited economically from internet hosting the two-day occasion, was working to search out performers for an unrelated live performance in April.
Child Rock, whose actual title is Robert James Richie, based the annual pageant in 2024 and marketed the tour as an enormous multi-state pageant with stops in eight totally different cities, celebrating america’ 250th birthday.
This yr’s tour was set to run from Could to September 11 and 12, the place the ultimate gig could be held in Hamburg, NY.
“Rock The Nation is greater than only a pageant, it’s a celebration of group, custom, and the spirit that’s carried America by 250 years. It’s the place neighbors develop into mates, households come collectively below the wide-open sky, and folk from each stroll of life share the easy pleasure of nice music and good firm,” in keeping with the tour’s web site.
“As we honor this milestone 250th yr, each music, each snigger, and each toast feels just a little larger. It’s an opportunity to go searching and recognize the energy of our cities, the tales that formed us, and the moments we’ll be speaking about lengthy after the lights go down.”
Shinedown, who was the highest group for the July twenty sixth present, had beforehand introduced its determination to tug out of the occasion.
“Shinedown is everybody’s band. We really feel that we now have been given a platform to deliver all individuals collectively by the ability of music and music. Now we have one boss, and it’s everybody within the viewers,” the band mentioned.
“Our band’s function is to unite, not divide. With that in thoughts, we now have made the choice that we are going to not be taking part in the Rock the Nation pageant.”
“We all know this determination will create variations of opinion,” the band mentioned. “However we don’t wish to take part in one thing we imagine will create additional division.”
The group was the fourth to drop out of the gig.
Moreover, Ludacris, Wade and nation singer Carter Religion had additionally backed out of the live performance forward of the cancellation, in keeping with the Put up and Courier.
Ludacris, whose actual title is Christopher Brian Bridges, was named as one of many headliners however claimed there was a “mix-up” after the announcement.
