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So, we kind of bumped up the BPMs a little bit on that. And ‘Dance Kid, Dance,’ we just went to the wall with that.”', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm6aw5ts700143b7px32jougg@published'}, {'data': {'_version': 2, 'autoPlay': False, 'contentId': 'AXCuuyus0R8', 'videoType': 'Editorial', 'isPlaylist': False, 'origSource': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXCuuyus0R8', 'videoValid': True, 'videoSource': 'video', 'playerCaption': None, 'videoLocation': 'article', 'videoPlaylist': '', 'playerHeadline': None, 'playerBorderTop': False, 'autoPlayNextVideo': True, 'componentVariation': 'youtube', 'playerBorderBottom': False, 'playerBorderTopCTA': 'Watch', 'previousTypeRelated': False}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/youtube/instances/cm6awgxvm002f3b7p6l34f2px@published'}, {'data': {'text': "“It's interesting,” he explains. “I had a friend of mine the other day say to me, ‘Are you a rock band? Are you a metal band? Are you an Alternative band? Are you a Pop… what are you?’ And I'm like, ‘We're just Shinedown.' We play in a big sandbox. We've always been a genre-bending band, because we're inspired by a lot of different styles and we're constantly evolving. We felt like the right move with the first new material that people would hear from us, that we gave them two sides of us.”", '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm6awder1001s3b7pyd03il3h@published'}, {'data': {'text': "“I think along the way people started to get pigeonholed,” Smith adds, “or they started using boxes, or ‘stay in your lane,’ or you know… ‘You're only this genre.’ When you expand your palette, sonically or what have you, you're just trying to reach as much of the audience as you can. Some days you feel like you want to throw down and rock, some days you're a little bit more emotional, but that's the beauty of music, man. It constantly evolves and the only thing that we've ever done in this band is, anybody from anywhere at any time we wanted them to be able to know that Shinedown has a lot of peaks and valleys -- kind of like a roller coaster ride, but there's something for everyone.”", '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm6awgjxn00293b7pqn87ktfx@published'}, {'data': {'tag': None, 'fill': None, 'items': [{'uri': 'www.audacy.com/_components/article/instances/cm66saugv002j01slv1vhci3u@published', 'url': 'http://www.audacy.com/national/music/shinedown-reveals-dance-kid-dance-tour-see-the-dates', 'lead': 'image', 'pageUri': 'http://www.audacy.com/national/music/shinedown-reveals-dance-kid-dance-tour-see-the-dates', 'feedImgUrl': 'https://images.radio.com/aiu-media/GettyImages1418254895-4ed366d0-4203-49e9-9875-971dab9d6222.jpg?crop=16:9', 'urlIsValid': True, 'contentType': 'article', 'canonicalUrl': 'http://www.audacy.com/national/music/shinedown-reveals-dance-kid-dance-tour-see-the-dates', 'overrideImage': None, 'overrideTitle': None, 'primaryHeadline': "Shinedown reveals 'Dance, Kid, Dance Tour': See the dates", 'ignoreValidation': False}], '_version': 2, 'articles': [{'uri': 'www.audacy.com/_components/article/instances/cm66saugv002j01slv1vhci3u@published', 'url': 'http://www.audacy.com/national/music/shinedown-reveals-dance-kid-dance-tour-see-the-dates', 'lead': 'image', 'pageUri': 'http://www.audacy.com/national/music/shinedown-reveals-dance-kid-dance-tour-see-the-dates', 'feedImgUrl': 'https://images.radio.com/aiu-media/GettyImages1418254895-4ed366d0-4203-49e9-9875-971dab9d6222.jpg?crop=16:9', 'urlIsValid': True, 'contentType': 'article', 'canonicalUrl': 'http://www.audacy.com/national/music/shinedown-reveals-dance-kid-dance-tour-see-the-dates', 'overrideImage': None, 'overrideTitle': None, 'primaryHeadline': "Shinedown reveals 'Dance, Kid, Dance Tour': See the dates", 'ignoreValidation': False}], 'missingItems': False, 'sectionFront': 'national', 'componentVariation': 'inline-related'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/inline-related/instances/cm69juf09002d3b7pn0tiuvu3@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'As the band gets ready to hit the road on their 2025 <a href="http://www.audacy.com/national/music/shinedown-reveals-dance-kid-dance-tour-see-the-dates"><em>Dance, Kid, Dance Tour</em></a>, Brent, obviously a fan of their tour partners <strong>Bush</strong> growing up, revealed that he had recently been on a call with <a href="https://www.audacy.com/national/music/bushs-gavin-rossdale-cooks-you-dinner-on-new-tv-series">celebrity chef</a>/Bush frontman <a href="https://www.audacy.com/topic/gavin-rossdale"><strong>Gavin Rossdale</strong></a> “just kind of reintroducing ourselves to one another. We met a while back and we really hadn\'t had a chance to connect, but I got to give a lot of credit to <strong>Zach Myers</strong> and Shinedown for Bush coming on this tour. He really was like, ‘Man, it would be amazing if we could get them for this!’ And then obviously having who we think is the epitome of the fearless female outlaw, <strong>Morgan Wade</strong>, is coming out on this tour as well, so there\'s a lot of diversity. But Bush specifically, having a 30-year anniversary for ‘Sixteen Stone,’ also I think the 20-year for ‘Razorblade Suitcase.’ I might be getting those confused, but they have this kind of nostalgia era coming into their new record where there\'s still this band that is very much very current, and they they\'re just a force to be reckoned with.”', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm6awmv6o002n3b7psyuoei16@published'}, {'data': {'text': "Making their way back to the new releases, “There's so much wrapped up,” Brent says in “Three Six Five”\xa0-- “That one really took hold very quickly. There was a lot of loss last year, personally in our families, and friends of ours that it was their time, and none of us know when it's our time. Our fanbase over the years have really talked about how our music and the songs that we write really helped them at times when they're going through difficulty with what their daily lives can be and how Shinedown is kind of like a security blanket in a way.”", '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm6awytee002x3b7pltlk2cc3@published'}, {'data': {'_version': 2, 'autoPlay': False, 'contentId': 'XKiom2pMuAo', 'videoType': 'Editorial', 'isPlaylist': False, 'origSource': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKiom2pMuAo', 'videoValid': True, 'videoSource': 'video', 'playerCaption': None, 'videoLocation': 'article', 'videoPlaylist': '', 'playerHeadline': None, 'playerBorderTop': False, 'autoPlayNextVideo': True, 'componentVariation': 'youtube', 'playerBorderBottom': False, 'playerBorderTopCTA': 'Watch', 'previousTypeRelated': False}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/youtube/instances/cm6axx9qk003a3b7plxwjrtnu@published'}, {'data': {'text': "“It's very emotional when I think about it, but we've always been considered a cerebral band,” he says. “The lyrics are the number one thing, specifically with myself and the guys… the message dictates the music. We’re always speaking from the heart, so ‘Three Six Five,’ when I think about last year, Eric lost his father; I lost my granny last year. Eric also lost his aunt; his wife Kelly lost her sister. It was just a really, really heavy year and I think that I remember when we were writing that song, looking across from Eric and all of us, myself, Eric, Zach, and Barry, you think about these people when they pass away and a lot of times the statement that's made is ‘I can't believe they're gone. I'm so sorry for your loss…’ and it's like, they're not really gone. They're everywhere. They may not physically be here, but they stay with us -- we represent them.”", '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm6axwkby00333b7pduxd8l0v@published'}, {'data': {'text': "Brent continues, “We keep that memory alive with us, and as you go through your life, the people that have passed on, they're still with you. They kind of wink at you from time to time out in your life, and let you know that they're watching over you. That's what I mean by it is kind of a love letter to just the people that mean the most to us and the ones that teach us the most valuable life lessons.”", '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm6axwkby00343b7pf7p8hf6d@published'}, {'data': {'text': "“There's another side of ‘Three Six Five,’” he says, “where you should roll the dice sometimes, because you're not promised tomorrow. Life is very precious and you don't want to waste time, because anything can happen and a lot can happen in a year. So, whatever you're going for or whatever you might have been holding back… just go for it. 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Shinedown's Brent Smith Checks In discussing the band's brand new singles and upcoming tour dates

'The lyrics are the number one thing... the message dictates the music'

By Joe Cingrana Jan 24, 2025

Shinedown frontman Brent Smith joins host Abe Kanan today for a special Audacy Check In, filling us in on the band's 2025 plans, including their upcoming live dates scheduled for this spring alongside Bush and Beartooth, and their double dose of brand new singles released today (1/24) -- "Dance Kid Dance," and "Three Six Five."

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Shinedown is kicking off the new year with new music and an impressive touring itinerary, after just revealing their 30-city Dance, Kid, Dance Tour -- featuring guests Bush on the summer dates and Beartooth in the spring -- scheduled to make stops in most major markets including Boston, Detroit, Nashville, New York, Seattle, Atlanta, and more before wrapping up at the end of August.

First touching on the two new tracks the band just offered up, “Three Six Five” Brent tells us, “We kind of felt like it definitely had a bit more tempo than maybe the last song that people were familiar with -- maybe the more mainstream leaning, Pop leaning-type songs. So, we kind of bumped up the BPMs a little bit on that. And ‘Dance Kid, Dance,’ we just went to the wall with that.”

“It's interesting,” he explains. “I had a friend of mine the other day say to me, ‘Are you a rock band? Are you a metal band? Are you an Alternative band? Are you a Pop… what are you?’ And I'm like, ‘We're just Shinedown.' We play in a big sandbox. We've always been a genre-bending band, because we're inspired by a lot of different styles and we're constantly evolving. We felt like the right move with the first new material that people would hear from us, that we gave them two sides of us.”

“I think along the way people started to get pigeonholed,” Smith adds, “or they started using boxes, or ‘stay in your lane,’ or you know… ‘You're only this genre.’ When you expand your palette, sonically or what have you, you're just trying to reach as much of the audience as you can. Some days you feel like you want to throw down and rock, some days you're a little bit more emotional, but that's the beauty of music, man. It constantly evolves and the only thing that we've ever done in this band is, anybody from anywhere at any time we wanted them to be able to know that Shinedown has a lot of peaks and valleys -- kind of like a roller coaster ride, but there's something for everyone.”

As the band gets ready to hit the road on their 2025 Dance, Kid, Dance Tour, Brent, obviously a fan of their tour partners Bush growing up, revealed that he had recently been on a call with celebrity chef/Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale “just kind of reintroducing ourselves to one another. We met a while back and we really hadn't had a chance to connect, but I got to give a lot of credit to Zach Myers and Shinedown for Bush coming on this tour. He really was like, ‘Man, it would be amazing if we could get them for this!’ And then obviously having who we think is the epitome of the fearless female outlaw, Morgan Wade, is coming out on this tour as well, so there's a lot of diversity. But Bush specifically, having a 30-year anniversary for ‘Sixteen Stone,’ also I think the 20-year for ‘Razorblade Suitcase.’ I might be getting those confused, but they have this kind of nostalgia era coming into their new record where there's still this band that is very much very current, and they they're just a force to be reckoned with.”

Making their way back to the new releases, “There's so much wrapped up,” Brent says in “Three Six Five” -- “That one really took hold very quickly. There was a lot of loss last year, personally in our families, and friends of ours that it was their time, and none of us know when it's our time. Our fanbase over the years have really talked about how our music and the songs that we write really helped them at times when they're going through difficulty with what their daily lives can be and how Shinedown is kind of like a security blanket in a way.”

“It's very emotional when I think about it, but we've always been considered a cerebral band,” he says. “The lyrics are the number one thing, specifically with myself and the guys… the message dictates the music. We’re always speaking from the heart, so ‘Three Six Five,’ when I think about last year, Eric lost his father; I lost my granny last year. Eric also lost his aunt; his wife Kelly lost her sister. It was just a really, really heavy year and I think that I remember when we were writing that song, looking across from Eric and all of us, myself, Eric, Zach, and Barry, you think about these people when they pass away and a lot of times the statement that's made is ‘I can't believe they're gone. I'm so sorry for your loss…’ and it's like, they're not really gone. They're everywhere. They may not physically be here, but they stay with us -- we represent them.”

Brent continues, “We keep that memory alive with us, and as you go through your life, the people that have passed on, they're still with you. They kind of wink at you from time to time out in your life, and let you know that they're watching over you. That's what I mean by it is kind of a love letter to just the people that mean the most to us and the ones that teach us the most valuable life lessons.”

“There's another side of ‘Three Six Five,’” he says, “where you should roll the dice sometimes, because you're not promised tomorrow. Life is very precious and you don't want to waste time, because anything can happen and a lot can happen in a year. So, whatever you're going for or whatever you might have been holding back… just go for it. Just lean into living.”

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Fans can pick up not one, but two brand new singles -- "Dance, Kid, Dance" and "Three Six Five" -- now, plus browse new merch, and more from Shinedown right HERE. Additionally, tickets for the band's upcoming Dance, Kid, Dance Tour are on sale now, with $1 donated for every ticket sold to Musicians On Call.

Don't miss our full Audacy Check In with Brent Smith of Shinedown above, and stay tuned for more conversations with your favorite artists right here on Audacy. Plus, listen to Shinedown's Drive All Night and more on the free Audacy app.

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