{"id":3679,"date":"2026-07-11T13:09:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T08:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=3679"},"modified":"2026-07-11T13:09:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T08:09:22","slug":"shinedowns-eric-bass-steps-away-from-tour-due-to-pretty-serious-mental-health-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=3679","title":{"rendered":"Shinedown&#8217;s Eric Bass Steps Away from Tour Due to &#8220;Pretty Serious Mental Health Crash&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Shinedown-Eric-Bass.jpg?quality=80\" \/><\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" data-id=\"1610992\" data-title=\"Shinedown\u2019s Eric Bass Steps Away from Tour Due to \u201cPretty Serious Mental Health Crash\u201d\" data-url=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/07\/shinedown-eric-bass-steps-away-tour-mental-health\/\" data-page=\"1\" data-pages=\"1\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/artist\/shinedown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shinedown<\/a> bassist Eric Bass has posted a video message announcing that he will not join the band for the start of their <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/02\/shinedown-new-album-2026-world-tour-safe-and-sound\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">headlining summer North American tour<\/a>\u00a0due to a \u201cpretty serious mental health crash.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The outing kicks off Saturday, July 11th, in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, and runs through an August 23rd gig in Springfield, Illinois, featuring support from Coheed and Cambria (<a style=\"display: inline !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/vivid-seats.pxf.io\/c\/1882189\/952533\/12730?subId1=shinedown&amp;subId2=bassist-mental-health&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vividseats.com%2Fshinedown-tickets%2Fperformer%2F7567\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">pick up tickets here<\/a>). Bass says he hopes to join the tour at some point, but can\u2019t commit to a specific date as of yet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vivid-seats.pxf.io\/c\/1882189\/952533\/12730?subId1=shinedown%2Amental-health-bassist-button&amp;subId2=&amp;subId3=&amp;sharedid=&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vividseats.com%2Fshinedown-tickets%2Fperformer%2F7567\" class=\"button button-ticket\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Get Shinedown Tickets Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had a pretty serious mental health crash, I guess you could say, a few weeks ago,\u201d Bass said in the video posted to Shinedown\u2019s social media channels. \u201cI don\u2019t really feel it\u2019s the wise thing for me to do to go out on tour right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Related Video<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cI debated whether or not to make this announcement at all and just not be there and then show back up when it\u2019s time. But mental health being such a thing that I have championed and the band has championed, I thought that it would be not the best look to maybe seem like I\u2019m ashamed of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for when he\u2019ll join the tour, Bass added, \u201cHopefully it will be sooner rather than later, but I wanna make sure that I\u2019m safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bassist also noted that he is currently undergoing a treatment known as TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) at the Medical University of South Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>In his absence, Josh Sturm (of the band Kairos and husband of Flyleaf singer Lacey Sturm) will fill in, with Shinedown guitarist Zach Myers taking on bass duties, as well.<\/p>\n<p>Watch Eric Bass\u2019 full video message below.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DanW7uOIx7K\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shinedown bassist Eric Bass has posted a video message announcing that he will not join the band for the start of their headlining summer North American tour\u00a0due to a \u201cpretty serious mental health crash.\u201d The outing kicks off Saturday, July 11th, in Mt. 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