And then there were three, maybe. After announcing the throwback lineup for the Great American State Fair concert on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. earlier this week, organizers have been hit by a raft of cancellations. At press time, it appeared that nearly two-thirds of the nine acts originally revealed on the poster for the series of shows slated to take place from June 25-July 10 to celebrate the nation’s 250th anniversary had dropped out.
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And though former Poison singer Bret Michaels, Morris Day & the Time, Young MC, Milli Vanilli, Martina McBride, the Commodores have all said they will not be participating despite being announced as part of the lineup, two of the remaining acts on the diminished bill vociferously confirmed their participation over the last 24 hours.
In a cheerful Instagram post on Thursday (May 28), MAGA-friendly 90s rapper Vanilla Ice said he’s all-in on the event operated by Freedom 250, a not-for-profit organization created by a Trump administration task force to plan and lead the U.S.’s official semiquincentennial anniversary celebrations.
