Ludacris will no longer perform at the 2026 Rock the Country festival. He dropped out of the lineup days after it was released.
A rep for Rock the Country told Rolling Stone that there was "a mix-up. Lines got crossed, and he wasn’t supposed to be on there."
As of now, Nelly remains on the bill, which was announced on Monday.
Rock the Country is a country music festival often described as catering to conservative and MAGA audiences. The 2025 iteration saw Donald Trump present headliner Kid Rock. In 2024, Gavin Adcock made an expletive-filled statement against Joe Biden onstage.
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