Riding the wave of post-grunge-early-2000s-Nickelback-vocals, Shinedown launched onto the scene with "Burning Bright" and later with the hit single "Second Chance." This popular Southeast alt-rock band has done well for itself over the years but it's been rough since their biggest hit, "Second Chance," came out in 2008. People's taste for music has simply seemed to shift in other directions. Shinedown headlines the 2013 version of the Carnival of Madness tour, which creeps into the Washington State Fair for an early concert Wednesday. The band will be joined by Memphis rockers Skillet, L.A. heavy metal band In This Moment and Nashville Christian rock band We As Human. Fighting rush hour traffic to see a carnival of pseudo metal-pop bands at a state fair sounds like madness.
CARNIVAL OF MADNESS, 5 p.m., Washington State Fair, Ninth and Meridian, Puyallup, $35-$45, thefair.com
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