When a colleague first shared the announced headliners for this summer’s Great American State Fair concert series on the National Mall, my first thought was: Is that a joke? It wasn’t, but now sort of is.
The list of mostly late 80s and 90s-era performers, as released Wednesday by Freedom 250 — the White House-affiliated organization led by Trump-appointed CEO Keith Krach which is planning many of this year’s D.C. events celebrating America’s big birthday — was:
- Martina McBride | June 25 - C+C Music Factory | June 26 - Vanilla Ice | June 26 - Milli Vanilli | June 26 - Young MC | June 26 - The Commodores | June 27 - Morris Day and The Time | June 27 - Flo Rida | July 2 - Bret Michaels | July 3
Less than a day and a half later, the lineup has become yet another Trump 2.0 fiasco. Amid apparent backlash from fans, three groups have backed out, and (original) members of two of the other groups have spoken out against the event and distanced themselves from the zombie versions of their bands who may still perform there.
Not this time, Morris Day said Wednesday on Instagram:
