Young MC, Morris Day and others withdraw from Freedom 250
Young MC, Morris Day and The Time, Martina McBride and the Commodores announced they will not perform at the Great American State Fair, the Freedom 250 concert series tied to Donald Trump. The artists say they were listed as performers for the event on Washington's National Mall but withdrew after saying organizers did not disclose the event's connection to Trump. Those cancellations remove several marquee acts from the advertised Freedom 250 lineup and force organizers to find replacements. This matters because performers say bookings occurred without disclosure of political affiliation, a claim that implicates artist consent and reputation ahead of America's 250th birthday programming.
Here’s an updated list of artists who dropped out of the orange felon’s trashy fake state fair: Martina McBride Young MC C+C Music Factory Milli Vanilli The Commodores Morris Day & The Time Good, no one with morals should appease a fascist Dictator criminal.
davidonstrike22Milli Vanilli thinking this is too fake.
Ebenezer Foxnews18They don’t seem to be dropping out as much being shocked to learn that they were listed
@debbie15618Kid rock will be the only one😂
AyJay10But what about the Village Peepul? 🤪
Miami Master Photographer10Ricky The office of #MilliVanilli denied his participation on #Freedom250 #MartinaMcBride just confirming NO participation on the same event !!! Reporting is all about properly verifying information before uploading it to social media
Rude Dog 🇲🇽🇺🇲6Thank them by buying their music. Recommend The Time, Get it up.
Siouxzqb5Looks like he’’ll have to call in the big guns, Kid Rock and Ted Nugent as last minute replacements. 🤣
Quinn Ellis5Even Milli Vanilli couldn’t fake it!
TCFlyingV5Just have RFK Jr and the Brainworms handle some snakes.
The Opinionated Retiree and Nasty Part Owner of Canada 🇨🇦4Hope they've got Lee Greenwood, Kid Rock, the Village People and Vanilla Ice on speed dial.
Sarah needs a vomit bag4I thought Freedom from C&C made a whole ass video while sitting on the toilet defending his God given right to be a piece of shit? Huh, guess he changed his mind
Alan4Wow, he lost Milli Vanilli. You have lost the game😳
steve3797.bsky.social4The Child Rapist can ask his ever classy 60 year old "kid' (rock?) to do some more lip syncing if it's an early job ... As he will wothout a dbout be to drunk by noon to do it ..
Witty Librarian Resistance4I'm still waiting on Flo Rida, has ANYONE gotten him on the phone yet?
Fuck this timeline4Nikki Minaj and Kid Rock are probably waiting by their phones 😂
D3 - Mom, Business Woman, Ally and Friend4When you lose Milli Vanilla…🙄
𝒲𝒜ℒ𝒯 🇪🇺💯✊🏼💙🌊🏳️🌈🏴🦋🫘🔵3Why did they ever agree in the first place?
Witchy Wild Child 🥑3Freedom Williams did not confirm, looks like some problems about the name are about to pop!
Robin Byrd3I hope that many more music artists not only pull out of Trump’s fake state fair, but also refuse to perform in the first place. This man deserves nothing but contempt and disgust. He will do nothing but turn America’s celebration into a celebration of himself.
Bella Thomas3I’m sure kid rock will be more than happy to play every night 😂
Head on Fire 🔥3The Commodores? I saw them at an FSU homecoming in 1982.
@AnotherRobin243Trump will show up and dance.
J Cruz3Ice Ice Baby on an hours long loop will make at least one of the MAGAs drown themselves in a port-a-potty. I’m here for it.
Lily2When you've lost Milli Vanilli ! 😱😵
Nearly every artist booked for the Trump-backed Freedom 250 “Great American State Fair” on the National Mall has backed out. Morris Day & The Time, Young MC, The Commodores, Martina McBride, Bret Michaels, and Milli Vanilli have all withdrawn.
Alt National Park Service498Most said the same thing they were told it was a nonpartisan celebration of America’s birthday. They were lied to. Thank you to all that have pushed back!
Laura Cunningham35When you've lost Milli Vanilli, I think that is hitting rock bottom.
EARNED MY SPURS: "LIFE IS A GIMMICK" 🐎12Now both Lara Trump and Kash's I wanna be a country star girlfriend have a chance of taking the stage 🤗
Frank Gabbard7When Milli Vanilli take a hard pass on your lying toxic ass, you know you're in trouble.
Steve Bear5It looks like the White House gave Little Marco a new job
Lil Snot4Too toxic for Milli Vanilli. That's saying something.
Robert Sandoval4The funniest part is none of these acts have worked in decades!🤣
margot44.bsky.social3They're wrecking 250 years of democracy. They should start calling this year 1.5 of the sh!tshow.
Tom Jeltsch3Jeez. It's really telling when Milli Vanilli decides you're beneath them
Jack G.2Ummmm..... do Flo Rida and that other guy have the stamina? Content? To do 8 hours each? PS I know a gal that can do a 3 hour show in heels, no breaks, and nonstop singing.
The lineup for the National Mall event continues to shrink as artists back out
Brandon Friedman191The Commodores are now out as well
Diedrich Bader72Be pretty funny if it just ended up being Vanilla Ice every day all day playing the hit
Lauri Donahue13Are they "backing out," or saying that they never agreed to participate -- or were never even contacted?
Green Hombre10A gig too problematic for Milli Vanilli.
Joseph Britt8They’ll be down to the Trump Family Singers at this rate.
JP Antifa7Ivanka putting together the list:
vizslamum65.bsky.social4C+C Music Factory frontman Freedom Williams, said he was not informed of the Great American State Fair's affiliation with Trump: "[My agent] didn't mention Trump. ... 'We're going to cancel C+C Music Factory. "So, I told my agent, 'Yeah, no, I ain't good to do that. I don't [support] Trump."
Txnewsprincess3Wait ... the Vanilli peeled off?
MikeInSFCisco2By next week, we will need to have to settle for listening to a recording of "Tiny Dancer" for days on end instead.
G̟͇̺r̙̞̪o͙̘g͓͓̺ D͔͙̼a̢̼̺ C͎̘̦h̫͎a̠̘͚o̡͇s͓̦ G͔̞̫o̞̙͓b͓̠̻l̦͚͇i͇͉̝n̡̘͍2I don’t think they’re backing out… I think it’s quite literally they were never confirmed or even asked to perform in the first place.
James Petruzzi2Not sure which is funnier, that Milli Vanilli was invited in the first place, or that they backed out.
The Year of Glad2There was a Vanilla Ice concert at a bar just off campus when I was in college, well into the “actually kind of sad” portion of his career. I didn’t go, but somebody threw a plastic bag full of urine onto him when he was on stage, and then a fight broke out and basically everybody got arrested.
big fan of how the Republicans weren't left with many options and announced the most lackluster, has been musical bullshit selection you've ever seen in your life, only to have half of them drop out almost immediately after the announcement
Tyler, from the Internet32Haha Bret Michaels dropped out too.
✨circumcision tylenol✨15there's already been at least 3 who dropped off of this since the announcement lol i'm just editing the poster for it each time another one is like "wtf, no i'm not" & replacing them based off speculation alone
Heads Up Brendan6Morris Day and the Time to Get the Hell Away From this White Nonsense
Rick Healey, piecing it together5How many are dropping out versus how many never even confirmed in the first place? The administration that brought us a press conference at Four Seasons Total Landscaping feels like the sort that would readily do the latter.
kentisharsenal.bsky.social4But still the two most famous MAGA musicians, Nicki Minaj and Kid Rock are not on the bill, weird
chazsandiego3That list was made by ai (probably)
Byron Magrane3By the weekend, the only thing left will be a meet-and-greet with Bret Michael’s wig.
Megalulu ♡︎2And 3 of them have already been like us ? WTH noooo
okay going to compile all the Freedom 250 artist cancellations in one thread because I think this is hilarious
Feminist Proper Gander35starting top to bottom: Martina McBride
Silver Shamrock Novelties (Official)16Stop, collaborate, and treason Ice needs money to fix his beach home
Arcturus SaDiablo3Must not make a "7 of 9" joke.
Jerry2Why didn't orange boy get his buddies the Village People to perform? He could do his jerking off 2 guys dance to his favorite song Y.M.C.A.
Bret Michaels, Martina McBride, the Commodores, Young MC, and Morris Day have all bailed on Trump’s Freedom 250 celebration, while factions of C+C Music Factory and Milli Vanilli are clashing over their groups’ involvement. stereogum.com/2500500/mill...
Stereogum19Vanilla Ice is still in: “We’re gonna bring the ’90s. That’s how it works. Go ninja go ninja go.” stereogum.com/2500500/mill...
Ryan Dobbs10What kind of Milli Vanilli are you?
Blasé Boylan6Hahaha, a Vanilla Ice-Flo Rida concert. Must-not-see TV.
Robert Fessler2Okay, so we are down to Kid Rock, Laura Trump, Don Jr. and Eric doing an Everly Brothers tribute. Who else?
Midatlantica2Class move from Brett Michaels. I don't know his politics but he's at least smart enough to know that the "apolitical" tag is hard to win and easy to lose
IrwinsJournal2I was really concerned about Martina McBride. Her signature song is "Independence Day." Although it does not mean what I think they think it means (apologies to Inigo Montoya). Also, the song's writer Gretchen Peters would be aghast if it was performed there...
