Child Rock-Led ‘Rock The Nation’ Music Pageant Canceled In SC

MAGA’s reply to Dangerous Bunny, Child Rock, received’t be hitting the stage in South Carolina, of all locations, after his music pageant was canceled.

Child Rock’s “Rock the Nation” music pageant is not going to be happening in Anderson County, South Carolina, after officers there confirmed to The Put up & Courier that the two-day live performance deliberate for July 25–26, 2026, on the Anderson Sports activities and Leisure Middle is now canceled.

County administrator Rusty Burns advised the native information outlet that officers had been notified the night time of February 5 that the pageant was now not taking place, however they didn’t obtain a transparent motive for its cancellation.

“We weren’t advised a motive,” Burns stated. “It occurs within the enterprise. We had a great, two-year run.”

Whereas they weren’t given a motive, it may very well be because of the mass exit of music acts related to the pageant.

On February 6, Shinedown introduced to its followers that it could now not be part of the pageant because of issues about division related to the occasion.

“SHINEDOWN is everybody’s band,” the group wrote in a press release shared on X. “Our band’s goal is to unite, not divide. We don’t need to take part in one thing we consider will create additional division.”

Shinedown bowing out got here after a number of different artists stated nah to the pageant, together with Morgan Wade, Carter Religion, and Ludacris, after dealing with intense backlash because of their participation.

Reps for Ludcris declare his involvement was “a mix-up.”

“Traces bought crossed, and he wasn’t purported to be on there,” Ludacris’ rep advised Rolling Stone.

Child Rock, Nelly, Jason Aldean, Blake Shelton, Jelly Roll, and Brooks & Dunn are nonetheless on the invoice, no shock there.

Creed was additionally part of the pageant at one level, and was even featured as an act on the now-canceled Anderson date, however their identify has since been faraway from the lineup.

The “Rock The Nation” tour launched by Rock is billed as an eight-date summer season collection. Whereas the Anderson date is formally scrubbed, Ocala, Florida; Sioux Falls, South Dakota; and Hamburg, New York are nonetheless taking place… for now.

If Child Rock can’t even entertain Anderson, South Carolina, how on the earth do MAGA snowflakes suppose he’s going to compete with Dangerous Bunny, who’s the most-streamed artist in your entire world?

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