A D.C. event announced as a 16-day “national exposition” to commemorate the United States’ 250th anniversary lost performers rapidly after its connection to Trump’s “Freedom 250” initiative became public. The original lineup of nine performers shrank to three, with multiple artists claiming they were misled about the event’s “non-partisan” nature. Young MC withdrew, Martina McBride announced she was misled and left once the truth became clear, and Bret Michaels stepped down citing the event’s divisive character. The remaining performers are C+C Music Factory, Vanilla Ice, and Flo Rida, with scheduled appearances in June and July. The situation prompted online jokes and speculation about potential White House social media retaliation using AI videos.
"The remaining line-up includes C+C Music Factory, Vanilla Ice, and Flo Rida. We'll see if they actually make it to the stage in June and July when they're scheduled to perform. In the meantime, the quick exodus of performers has given the internet a lot of fodder for jokes."
Read at Kotaku
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]