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6 Of 9 Artists Pull Out Of 'Great American State Fair'; Some Say They Were Misled About The Event, Others Claim They Never Even Agreed To Attend
- On Friday, six of nine original headliners withdrew from the Trump-backed Great American State Fair, part of the Freedom 250 festival scheduled for June 25 to July 10 at the National Mall.
- Departing artists cited political ties and misleading event descriptions. Country singer Martina McBride stated she was 'greatly upset' after learning the event was not the nonpartisan celebration she was promised.
- C+C Music Factory co-founder Robert Clivillès claimed Freedom Williams had no right to use the group's name for the tour, asserting Williams was only a featured guest artist and never a contractual member.
- Freedom 250 spokesperson Julia Friedland maintained Friday the series is 'inherently nonpolitical' and intended to celebrate America's 250th anniversary. Despite artist departures, she insisted the event remains open to all Americans.
- Only Vanilla Ice, Flo Rida, and C+C Music Factory remain on the docket as the festival faces uncertainty approaching the June 25 start date. The severely depleted lineup raises questions about the event's viability.
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The majority of the artists for Donald Trump’s ‘The Great American State Fair’ have withdrawn, less than 48 hours after the announcement of the...
·Antwerp, Belgium
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Trump-Affiliated Freedom 250 Concert Is Having an Awfully Hard Time Convincing Musicians to Perform
The lineup for “The Great American State Fair” was thin to begin with—but now that Bret Michaels, Martina McBride, and Morris Day have all dropped out, it looks like the Trump-affiliated concert series is skating on Vanilla Ice.
·New York, United States
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Freedom 250 woes pile up as Martina McBride, Bret Michaels latest singers to drop out of fair lineup
Singers Martina McBride and Bret Michaels, leader of the band Poison, have pulled out of the Great American State Fair, a celebration marking America's 250th anniversary that is organized by Freedom 250, a group founded by President Trump.
·United States
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