The rapper remained on the bill after nearly every other act withdrew, but the stage never went live.
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The rapper remained on the bill after nearly every other act withdrew, but the stage never went live.
After defending his decision to play the Trump-backed fair, Vanilla Ice’s set was scrapped hours before showtime. The fair reopened the next day; his performance was not rescheduled.
The Leonard Cohen estate has publicly stated it does not support or approve of the song’s performance at the June 24 rally, after a planned concert lineup collapsed over organizers’ ties to Trump.
The Great American State Fair, a Fourth of July concert on Washington D.C.’s National Mall, has lost multiple performers who said they were told the event was nonpartisan. Donald Trump now says he may hold a rally at the same time and location instead.
The rapper says music isn’t political and he doesn’t vote, even as the Freedom 250 concert loses half its lineup.
The Poison frontman joins four other acts in pulling out, citing a shift toward divisiveness beyond the event’s original scope.
The Minneapolis funk group withdrew hours after the event was announced, posting a brief statement on Instagram.
