AI fakes and disinformation spread in first Bangladesh election since student protests

BBC Verify's Shruti Menon is in Bangladesh for the country's first election since the former prime minister was ousted in 2024 and has been assessing the spread of disinformation on social media We've ...

Kim Jong Un re-elected to top post of North Korea’s ruling party

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was re-elected to the top post of the ruling Workers’ Party, with delegates crediting him for ...

Canadians are redefining ambitions this year, says new CIBC report

“Our research shows that Canadians aren’t just adjusting to change, they’re redefining it,” says Carissa Lucreziano, vice-president, financial planning and advice, CIBC. “From prioritizing health and ...
The RootOpinion

15 Creepy Ways Life Has Changed Since Trump’s Second Term Began

In the second week of February, Gallup announced it will stop tacking presidential approval ratings after 88 years. While the ...
Rolling Stone

Shinedown Drop Off Kid Rock’s Rock the Country Festival

Shinedown announced today that they will no longer perform at the Rock the Country festival, which has ties to the MAGA movement, this summer. “Our band’s purpose is to unite, not divide,” the group ...
Paste

What if they held a Kid Rock country music festival and no one came?

It’s like the old proverb says: How can you win the hearts and minds of a nation if you can’t even keep Shinedown on your side? Such is the plight of Kid Rock’s Rock The Country music festival, which ...
Us Weekly

Ludacris, Carter Faith, Morgan Wade and More Drop Out of Rock the Country Fest: What Happened?

Months before the Rock the Country festival crosses the United States, three of its named performers have all dropped out. While official posters and the show website have removed Ludacris and Wade’s ...
Newsweek

Rock the Country Festival: Artists Dropping Out Amid Kid Rock Controversy

Shinedown has become the latest musical act to drop out of Rock the Country, the traveling music festival cofounded and headlined by Kid Rock, with the band saying its "purpose is to unite, not divide ...
Deadline.com

Shinedown, Others Drop Out Of Kid Rock’s ‘Rock the Country’ Tour, Not Wanting To “Create Further Division”

Brent Smith of Shinedown performs during iHeartRadio 103.5 KISS FM's Jingle Ball on Dec. 8, 2025 in Rosemont, Illinois. Barry Brecheisen/Getty Images for iHeartRadio As Kid Rock prepares to lead ...
loudwire

Shinedown Pull Out of Rock the Country Festival After Drummer Called Ludacris a ‘Coward’ for Doing the Same

UPDATE (Feb. 6, 12:30pm ET): Rock the Country’s Anderson, South Carolina date (where Shinedown were initially scheduled to perform) has been pulled from the festival’s website, suggesting the date was ...
Stereogum

Shinedown Drop Off MAGA-Associated Rock The Country Festival After Drummer Called Ludacris A “Coward” For Doing The Same

Later in the year, the country-focused touring festival Rock The Country will bring MAGA-affiliated headliners like Kid Rock and Jason Aldean all across America. The festival has a huge lineup that ...
People

Shinedown Follows Ludacris and More as the Latest Act to Drop Out of Rock the Country Festival Lineup

"Our band's purpose is to unite, not divide," the band said in a statement on Instagram Jemal Countess/Getty; Paras Griffin/Getty Shinedown is the latest performer to drop out of Kid Rock's festival ...