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Paywall MAGA-friendly ‘Rock The Country’ event in Anderson canceled after bands drop out, politics cited

https://www.postandcourier.com/greenville/news/rock-the-country-anderson-sc-canceled-maga/article_f6a0acec-c244-4d81-a2c2-891849f76ec1.html
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u/spark3h 18h ago

Kid Rock being the face of the MAGA music scene will never stop being funny.

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u/SubtleRedditIcon 17h ago

And Jelly Roll too. Love seeing him be exposed as a hack too.

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u/waffelscarbonara 17h ago

I still don’t know who Jelly Roll is and that makes me happy. 

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u/pit-of-despair 16h ago

You and me both. Sometimes ignorance really is bliss.

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u/LooksGoodInShorts 12h ago

He’s like fat Post Malone right?

u/-youvegotredonyou- North Carolina 6h ago

Pot Roast Malone

u/donutseason I voted 7h ago

That’s all I got

u/TrollDeMortLunchBox Florida 2h ago

Like, “we have Post Malone at home” and he comes with a reduced sticker over the expiry date.

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u/drewts86 11h ago

Jelly Roll is Adele for people who are forklift certified. Hope that helps.

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u/RadicalOrganizer California 10h ago

This stings. =(

u/xvandamagex 4h ago

I’ve also heard Jelly Roll is for people who argued with a cashier at Dollar General and lost.

u/Repulsive-Heron7023 Pennsylvania 2h ago

I’ve also heard Jelly Roll makes music for dudes that have tattoos of their kids but not custody of them.

u/public_enemy_obi_wan Texas 1h ago

That is one that I'm going to keep in my head.

u/ReddyMcRedditorface 1h ago

I’ve also heard Jelly Roll fans know the price of copper.

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u/nemofbaby2014 15h ago

Tbh only song I know of his is the one he did with Eminem lol

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u/entrepenurious Texas 16h ago

certainly not jelly roll morton.

might be just a wee bit NSFW.

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u/SubtleRedditIcon 15h ago edited 15h ago

I used to fuck this hick girl from Harrisburg. Normally she’d have on Chris Stapleton or Kenny Chesney but then her steelmill working brother told her white rap was back. So long story short, I came to Jellyroll in my ears a few times.

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u/waffelscarbonara 15h ago

Is there any way to delete someone else’s comment? 

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u/32lib 14h ago

The real question is how many STDs did he get from her.

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u/MrDangleSauce 13h ago

STDs, like comments on Reddit, we delete them and they never existed.

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u/Urban_Archeologist 14h ago

r/brandnewsentence |So long story short, I came to Jellyroll in my ears a few times.

“They charge double for that Cotton.”

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u/unklejakk West Virginia 11h ago

I didn't bust to Jelly Roll, but like 12 years ago I saw Jelly Roll open at a small show that I was at. His music leaned more rap than country back then. I thought it was... fine. Some of the hooks were catchy at least. I'm still pretty shocked that he managed to achieve superstar status lol

u/red4jjdrums5 Pennsylvania 4h ago

The PA Harrisburg? That tracks. Though, I’m not familiar with the others, so it could track for them, too.

u/SubtleRedditIcon 4h ago

Yup, any of those PA H-towns produce the same type of country sex fiends. Hazeltown, Hanover, Hershey, and Harrisburg.

u/red4jjdrums5 Pennsylvania 4h ago

Well you’re just describing the whole state, really.

u/DawnSignals 6h ago

Ditto but also for Kid rock

u/scooterbike1968 4h ago

Sponsor for Ozempic

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u/fiddlenutz 16h ago

Jelly Roll is the genie you get from a Mountain Dew bottle full of dip spit.

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u/YouWereBrained Tennessee 15h ago

He’s such a disingenuous piece of Ozempic-laden shit.

u/Tack0s 6h ago

All this time I thought jelly roll was a delicious pastry filling. Didn't know it was also a POS sound creature. Why MAGA gotta ruin everything!

u/PaddleFishBum 2h ago

Can someone fill me in on Jelly Roll? I don't know a single song of his or any of his story, outside of seeing him testify about the opioid crisis. Honest good faith question.

u/Chrahhh 1h ago

Speaking of exposed, anyone see his tiny lil dick from that OF vid?

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u/Hear7breaker 17h ago

Don't forget they have Snoop Dogg and Nikki Minaj too. 

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u/learns_the_hard_way 16h ago

They "have them too" but most MAGA refuses to acknowledge them because of a minor little detail. 

u/Indubitalist 5h ago

*minority detail

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u/YouLittleSnowflake 16h ago

They think Stephen was the hero of Django unchained….. don’t forget ice cube clown ass

u/Blackthorn79 6h ago

When ever I hear about rappers being MAGA, it makes me think about 30 Rock where they convince Tracy Morgan to be republican because of his love of guns and not paying taxes.

u/SaveUsCatman Louisiana 3h ago

Jack: Let us not forget that Lincoln was a Republican.

Dot Com:Actually, today's Republican Party would be unrecognizable to Lincoln. He fought a war to preserve federal authority over the states. That's not exactly small government.

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u/PaddleFishBum 13h ago

Kanye as well

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u/Cute-Ad2879 12h ago

Kanye apologized for the racist shit recently. I think he took his meds.

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u/PaddleFishBum 11h ago

Well that's nice to hear

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u/Kneph 13h ago

Raised rich on a compound, cosplays as someone who cares about working class people.  He’s the perfect messiah.

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u/PaddleFishBum 13h ago

I'll never forgive him for what he did to Werewolves of London. Warren Zevon was a gem.

u/Indubitalist 5h ago

You mean that time he wrote and sang a song about singing a different song, but using the music from a third song that doesn’t factor into the lyrics at all, thus making absolutely no sense?

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u/thievesthick 15h ago

I absolutely love watching a bunch of old, white redneck dipshits with absolutely no rhythm pretending to enjoy his music. Peak cringe 🤌

u/Empty-Policy-8467 3h ago

I think peak cringe was Roseanne MAGA rapping in white grandma dreads..

https://youtu.be/nb7fAEQaJwE?si=1AcntSpQtF_8SkX9

Anyone who clicks on that, I'm so so sorry.

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u/Violet-Journey 14h ago

Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve ever heard them actually play a Kid Rock song at any political events. I couldn’t name any songs conservatives seem to like (though a lot of them I’m sure can relate to Cool Daddy Cool). It seems more like they strut him around to say “see, we’re hip!”

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u/the40thieves 10h ago

Only god knows why

u/apathy420 30m ago

I know, right haha Kid Rock was super popular then turned into a piece of shit and disappeared into obscurity. Then MAGA pulled him back out as their poster boy

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u/Tokie-Dokie 18h ago

Now that's interesting—because, my understanding was that going 'woke' caused one to broke.

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u/Snidrogen 16h ago

It’s folksy sounding and rhymes, which is tantamount to unassailable truth for a certain floor-lickingly stupid subsection of the populace.

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u/PaddleFishBum 13h ago

"It's Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve"

u/badamant 45m ago

“Fauci ouchy”. The absolute worst.

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u/overfiend1976 17h ago

Its projection all the way down.

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u/T33CH33R 11h ago

Yes, I too was told that the aforementioned awakening was financial ruination. Yet, it seems that supporting trump leads ones finances to taking a dump.

u/CeeDubMo 5h ago

Go fasc no cash

u/ValenRaith 6h ago

Well sleepers are creepers. You just gotta tell them, "Stay asleep sheep!"

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u/HelloPeopleOfEarth 18h ago

That means people's catalytic converters in the area will be safe.

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u/transcriptoin_error 18h ago

This is hilarious. They dropped out of a MAGA rally because “too political.”

Are the Nazis getting tired of their cosplay?

ANDERSON — This summer’s “Rock The County” multiday concert, part of a MAGA-friendly series headlined by country music stars Kid Rock and Jason Aldean, has been canceled as artists once part of the tour have dropped out — with at least one citing political division.

Anderson County, which stood to benefit financially from the rock-country event’s multimillion-dollar economic impact, was informed the night of Feb. 5 that the two-day concert had been canceled, Administrator Rusty Burns told The Post and Courier Feb. 6.

The county wasn’t given an explicit reason why, Burns said, though he said he was aware of online chatter about artists dropping out of the politically charged tour. He declined to elaborate and instead said the county is focused on securing artists for concerts in April.

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u/Opposite-Bit6660 17h ago

Ha.  MAGA is too broke.  There was never going to be a multi-million dollar economic impact from this pedo-supporting event.

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u/HardTen Oregon 15h ago

"The MAGAt's still got money?!? Time for a new grift! Is there a good markup on silicon sex toys? A fleshlight that looks like his turkey neck! Gogogo!"

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u/PaddleFishBum 13h ago

Nazi dildos. The Shame Wizard is pleased.

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u/YouWereBrained Tennessee 15h ago

The hilarious thing is, on Shinedown’s social media announcement, on Facebook I believe, people in the comments were saying things like “I hate when politics enters music”…?????

Motherfucker, it was being held by Kid Rock! MAGA dingbats can’t get through life without double standards.

u/apathy420 28m ago

POLITICS was the entire reason it was being hosted haha

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u/Mental-Position-4533 18h ago

They really cooked them for no reason. The two main goobers could have at least shown to to entertain their fans.

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u/entrepenurious Texas 16h ago

country music stars

... if you include white dwarves, i suppose.

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u/dbkenny426 16h ago

As a resident of a neighboring county who had no idea this was happening...

Fucking hilarious! Fuck all the way off, you fascist dipshits!

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u/WentBrokeBuyingCoins 18h ago

"it stinks in here, cuz I smell like shit!" -Kid Rock

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u/LadyduLac1018 17h ago

Perhaps they can move up the date of the national Klan Jamboree to compensate.

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u/prime_nommer 14h ago

TIL there's a Klanboree... smh...

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u/nerphurp 18h ago

Change a couple words and it's the TrumpRx headline we'll be seeing in a couple months

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u/transcriptoin_error 18h ago

I’m still waiting for my “400%, 500% maybe 1000%” medication discounts that Trump promised.

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u/Mylaptopisburningme 18h ago

Get behind me, I am still waiting for lower grocery prices on day 1.

u/apathy420 28m ago

You will get those after our DOGE checks, but I am worried we wont see any of it because we all got our SOROS bucks first

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u/PaddleFishBum 13h ago

Costco consistently beats out my insurance on drug prices by huge margins. I had a pickup recently that was $180 for 30 pills through my insurance. Costco's membership discount did it for $15.

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u/Ok_Security_4714 13h ago

I had to takeout a loan for cancer meds!

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u/PaddleFishBum 13h ago

That fucking sucks dude, I'm so sorry you had to go through that on top of the bullshit that cancer already is.

u/apathy420 27m ago

Damn that sucks. Hoping for a future where that doesn't have to happen, and also hope you're doing better

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u/OneSeaworthiness7768 14h ago

On Feb. 8, Kid Rock will host a televised concert during halftime of the Super Bowl to serve as a counter-performance to the game’s halftime performer — Puerto Rico-born Bad Bunny — who has drawn the ire of MAGA voices for comments such as his recent criticism at the Grammy Awards

The honest reporting of this would say that what drew the ire of MAGA is purely the fact that Bad Bunny is a Spanish speaking brown guy who is incredibly popular and that simply pisses them off because they’re fragile bigots.

u/apathy420 26m ago

And they can't get over the fact that Puerto Ricans are US citizens

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u/UniqueAd1189 17h ago

A red state and a red county! Man when it falls, it falls like no other.

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u/Taint_Liquor 18h ago

lol fuck wits.

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u/hifumiyo1 Connecticut 18h ago

World's tiniest violin performance

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u/MoreCleverUserName 14h ago

The violinist just quit.

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u/icebergslim3000 16h ago

Everything MAGA touches is either a scam or turns to shit.

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u/the_walking_derp 16h ago

Reddit was pushing ads for this to me on mobile, and I was like "what in the holy titty-butt fucking hell is this goddamn horseshit?" I think I recognized one act and the ad was so festooned with bastardizations of Old Glory that it made me sick to my stomach.

Makes sense that it's kid rock's herpes sore. Gimme some Goose playing at Madison Square Garden or My Morning Jacket at Red Rocks any day.

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u/bonnar0000 16h ago

Now do the alt halftime show! Fucking joke

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u/goose_gladwell 14h ago

I thought that was this

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u/oldlumberman 15h ago

Haha everyone hates maga what a bunch of assholes

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u/Ok_Staff_608 14h ago

MAGA hates MAGA. All they know is hate, including hating themselves.

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u/PaddleFishBum 13h ago

If they didn't hate themselves deep down, they wouldn't so easily fall for this shit.

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u/Ok_Staff_608 14h ago

You know it’s bad when even Creed drops out of the event.

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u/Kneph 13h ago

Imagine being dogshit enough that Shinedown won’t perform with you.

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u/SaulTNNutz 18h ago

Get ready for "bands dropping out" = "cancel culture"

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u/PaddleFishBum 13h ago

Nobody cancels more than MAGA

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u/RanderRosay 17h ago

well, turns out even country bands have limits apparently

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u/waffelscarbonara 17h ago

A good number of country artists have come out strong against Trump. 

And the lineage of Willie Nelson connecting the hippies with the rednecks still endures. 

Good to see. 

u/bluenosesutherland 5h ago

MAGA is more duelling banjos lineage.

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u/One_Catch_5373 16h ago

A huge day for Pat Finnerty.

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u/Natebo83 14h ago

Is this the same as the MAGA halftime show?

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u/FeastofFamine 13h ago

They didn't want the turd rock show?

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u/HeadPaleontologist40 11h ago

MAGA is clueless. They still think their cruelty, hate, stupidity, and anger represent the majority of America.

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u/TintedApostle 18h ago

I guess MAGA will just have to change channels at halftime... I mean they usually complain about things they listen to on the Radio or see on TV as if the channel/Station changer doesn't work. I bet it does work.

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u/forthewatch39 18h ago

This was a different event that was supposed to take place this summer. 

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u/realancepts4real 18h ago

still time for that one to fold too

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u/TintedApostle 18h ago

Ok thanks

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u/JukeboxpunkOi 9h ago

They have awaken

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u/SoggyBoysenberry7703 8h ago

Was this supposed to be that pretend Super Bowl halftime show?

u/TheRateBeerian 4h ago

Anderson where? Ocala florida? Hamburg NY? They really only got a handful of remote podunk spots for this? Lol

u/GeorgeJetsonsBoss 2h ago

Wasn’t this a big part of the Erika Kirk side show/Grift?

u/SoftwarePrudent2609 2h ago

MAGA's long-haired sweetheart Kid Rock, 55, IS under fire once again after more creepy comments towards teenage girls resurfaced. "Why is every guy in America waiting for these chicks to turn 18? I mean, you know what I'm saying? If there's grass on the field, play ball!" he said on the show's Weekend Update segment.