Shinedown singer Brent Smith says that the band's summer tour, slated to begin on July 31st in Canada, is still “a go” for now, adding, “We are not afraid to play for you.”
Shinedown's spring North American “Deep Dive Tour” was postponed to the summer once the pandemic broke out, and Smith told Zippo Encore, “As of right now, that’s all a go. So we’re not backing off of that rescheduled timeline.”
Smith added, “Obviously our number one priority is the safety of the public, but we also want the public to know something from us to all of them out there: we are not afraid to play for you. We wanna do everything safely and we wanna go by the professionals in the medical community and what we’re gonna need to do, but you can’t stay inside forever,”
The singer also said that the band needs to be “extremely diligent” with fans who are older, have pre-existing conditions or compromised immune systems. But he continued, “Don’t be paralyzed by fear. You can’t allow that to happen, because then this invisible virus, however you wanna put it, then it begins to win. And we can’t allow that.”
Smith told us he's confident that the human race will get through the current crisis: “I think we are at our best when we need one another, and I cannot say this with more gusto and more honesty: we are going to get through this and we are going to get to the other side of this. It's gonna take some time and you're gonna have to be patient, but try your best. It's very important that you take care of yourself physically and mentally right now.”
If it’s not canceled or postponed again, Shinedown’s summer tour is slated to run from July 31st through September 12th. The “Deep Dive Tour” promises deep cuts and B-sides from throughout Shinedown’s career, along with the group's many radio hits.
