Kyle Rittenhouse’s name still doesn’t sit well with some people and it even caused the band to skip a headlining performance.
Shell Shock II, scheduled for October 19 in Orlando, Florida, saw frontman Evergreen Terrace as well as other bands leave the bill after it was announced Rittenhouse would join the festival.
Evergreen Terrace announced the news that they will no longer be the headliners for the event in a statement posted to their Facebook account. The statement shared that it was not “inappropriate for an event promoting murderers like Kyle Rittenhouse.”
“Evergreen Terrace has always supported and continues to support charity events for veterans, PTSD awareness, child poverty, etc., but we will not agree to an event promoting a Alleged murderers like Kyle Rittenhouse take advantage of their fake reputations,” the spokesperson said. the statement said.
“Unfortunately, we did not perform our due diligence on this particular event. Even after they offered to withdraw Kyle from the event, we discovered several entities involved that we simply disagree. As advocates of free speech, we respectfully cancel the Shell Shock festival. We will personally donate to veterans’ charities and urges you to do the same, out of understanding,” the group concluded.
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The bands Southpaw, Let Me Bleed and American Hollow all announced their departures.
“We knew going into this that the festival was veteran-based and we were supportive. But nothing was known about the specific individual who would be the main focus of support for the show until acceptance. accept it. Due to the events that have unfolded and the drama surrounding this particular individual, we have made the decision to respectfully resign,” Southpaw said in a statement via Result.
One of the organizers of the festival, Antihero podcastalso issued a statement obtained by Result where they blame the “liberal mob” for the events that happened.
They said: “We have been silent. But we are preparing. The liberal crowd has tried to destroy Shell Shock. But we will not allow it. This is not just a concert. This is an ideological war”.
Evergreen Terrace has now been replaced by cover band Slipknot as the festival’s new headliners.
In response, Evergreen Terrace announced that they would hold their own festival with all the other bands dropping out.
“Orlando. We’ll see you soon. We’re currently hosting a show with the bands that left the Shell Shock festival after being blindsided. All of Evergreen’s proceeds will go to a related veterans organization. Will update soon. We play shows, not rallies,” they said via Facebook.
Orlando. We will see you soon. We’re currently doing a show with bands that left the Shell Shock festival after being blindsided. All Evergreen proceeds will go to…
Shell Shock has not responded to Evergreen Terrace’s latest move.
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