{"id":5974,"date":"2026-08-15T22:05:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T22:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=5974"},"modified":"2026-08-15T22:05:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T22:05:38","slug":"slipknot-confirms-sid-wilsons-sudden-exit-we-wish-him-the-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=5974","title":{"rendered":"Slipknot Confirms Sid Wilson\u2019s Sudden Exit: \u2018We Wish Him the Best\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\nSlipknot is officially parting ways with Sid Wilson, who had been part of the group for nearly 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=5972\">Director Frieda Luk on Olivia Luccardi\u2019s \u2018Sacred Creatures\u2019 Role and the Fine Line Between \u2018Crazy\u2019 and \u2018Enlightened\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cEffective immediately, Slipknot will no longer be associated with Sid Wilson,\u201d the band posted on its Instagram account in a post that has since been taken down. \u201cWe wish him the best in his future endeavors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe DJ and keyboardist had been part of the heavy metal group since 1998, a year before Slipknot\u2019s first studio album was released.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tNews of Wilson\u2019s departure was first reported by TMZ in late July, although the reason that Slipknot decided to kick him out remains unclear. That same day, Slipknot guitarist Jim Root posted a message on his Instagram story set to the band\u2019s 2008 song \u201c\u2018Til We Die.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cDon\u2019t believe everything you read,\u201d Root wrote. \u201cStop. Think. Take a breath. Sit with it for awhile. Maybe. Just maybe even wait until there\u2019s more information.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=5970\">Here\u2019s How to Watch Claressa Shields vs. Kaye Scott Boxing Live Online<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tWilson\u2019s exit comes after Craig Jones left the band in 2023 and Chris Fehn left in 2019. Joey Jordison died in 2021, while Paul Gray died in 2020. Slipknot\u2019s albums include \u201cSlipknot,\u201d \u201cIowa,\u201d \u201cVol. 3,\u201d \u201cAll Hope Is Gone,\u201d \u201c.5: The Gray Chapter,\u201d \u201cWe Are Not Your Kind\u201d and \u201cThe End, So Far,\u201d which was released in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe band\u2019s most recent live performance was in July 2025 at Inkcarceration, a music and tattoo festival in Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe remaining members of Slipknot have yet to speak out about Wilson\u2019s sudden departure and what it means for the future of the band.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=5968\">\u2018Lanterns\u2019 Bosses and Stars on How the Show\u2019s Grounded Approach Ushers in an \u2018Entirely Different Kind of Superhero\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slipknot is officially parting ways with Sid Wilson, who had been part of the group for nearly 30 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[4648,4649],"class_list":["post-5974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-sid-wilson","tag-slipknot"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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