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Shinedown bassist Eric Bass skips tour start for mental-health treatment

7/11/2026

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Eric Bass, Shinedown bassist, will miss the tour start due to a serious mental-health crash.
The tour opens July 11, 2026 in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, and runs through September.
Bass is receiving transcranial magnetic stimulation and talk therapy at the Medical University of South Carolina.
Josh Sturm of Kairos and guitarist Zach Myers will temporarily replace him on bass.
Bass urged employers to support mental-health breaks and urged crisis help.

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Eric Bass, Shinedown bassist, will miss the tour start due to a serious mental-health crash.
The tour opens July 11, 2026 in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, and runs through September.
Bass is receiving transcranial magnetic stimulation and talk therapy at the Medical University of South Carolina.
Josh Sturm of Kairos and guitarist Zach Myers will temporarily replace him on bass.
Bass urged employers to support mental-health breaks and urged crisis help.