Sorry, Vanilla Ice. The “Freedom 250” concerts scheduled for the National Mall in Washington, D.C. have been officially canceled by President Donald J. Trump, after almost all of the artists bailed. The shows will be replaced, as he previously suggested, with a rally featuring one of his own speeches as the principal attraction.
The event Trump is promising will not be altogether without music, however. Trump says that he will be introduced by the MAGA movement’s most reliable musical stalwart, ’80s country hitmaker Lee Greenwood.
The president does not believe in the concept of “underpromise and overdeliver” when it comes to this rally. He is promising the moon — or the Capitol equivalent thereof — saying the event will be “the Greatest Rally, EVER!” and “a Rally to end all Rallies!”
He once again derided the acts who one by one dropped out of the concert series. In most cases they cited having learned that the shows would not be nonpartisan, as promised, although security concerns were raised as well. Those who bowed out included Morris Day, Bret Michaels, Martina McBride, Young MC, the Commodores and Milli Vanilli. In the end, at last notice, only Vanilla Ice was the only one of the nine still proclaiming he was still proudly determined to go through with his performance.
