The Commodores are the latest act to announce their exit from the Freedom 250 concert series set for Washington, D.C. next month, following the declared departures of Morris Day and Young MC from the retro-heavy bill. The exits have followed quick backlash from fans of these respective artists after the concerts were announced Wednesday morning, […]
The Commodores are the latest act to announce their exit from the Freedom 250 concert series set for Washington, D.C. next month, following the declared departures of Morris Day and Young MC from the retro-heavy bill. The exits have followed quick backlash from fans of these respective artists after the concerts were announced Wednesday morning, […]
Is every musical artist’s fan base just waiting to turn on them, at a moment’s notice? The fickleness of fandom was never more apparent than it was reading the comments this past week from self-proclaimed followers of the artists who were booked to perform at the ill-fated “Freedom 250” concert series on the National Lawn […]
Is every musical artist’s fan base just waiting to turn on them, at a moment’s notice? The fickleness of fandom was never more apparent than it was reading the comments this past week from self-proclaimed followers of the artists who were booked to perform at the ill-fated “Freedom 250” concert series on the National Lawn […]
Country star Martina McBride has become the latest performer to back out of the upcoming “Freedom 250” concerts on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., posting on her social accounts Thursday night that she was dropping out of her planned show after learning that it carried far more political baggage than she’d realized. McBride is […]
Country star Martina McBride has become the latest performer to back out of the upcoming “Freedom 250” concerts on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., posting on her social accounts Thursday night that she was dropping out of her planned show after learning that it carried far more political baggage than she’d realized. McBride is […]
President Donald J. Trump is now saying “cancel it” about the concert series his Freedom 250 organization is putting on in June and July, after five of the nine artists announced backed out within 48 hours of the shows being announced. He wrote in a Truth Social post Saturday night: “We should have a giant […]
President Donald J. Trump is now saying “cancel it” about the concert series his Freedom 250 organization is putting on in June and July, after five of the nine artists announced backed out within 48 hours of the shows being announced. He wrote in a Truth Social post Saturday night: “We should have a giant […]
As Kris Kristofferson might have put it, “Freedom 250” is just another word for a festival with very few acts left to lose. As of Friday morning, five out of nine artists announced roughly 48 hours earlier for the “Freedom 250” concerts on the National Lawn in Washington, D.C. have officially declared their intentions to […]
As Kris Kristofferson might have put it, “Freedom 250” is just another word for a festival with very few acts left to lose. As of Friday morning, five out of nine artists announced roughly 48 hours earlier for the “Freedom 250” concerts on the National Lawn in Washington, D.C. have officially declared their intentions to […]
Cartoonist Anthony Haden-Guest sues socialite to get art back; NYC’s Museum of Modern Art to display their animation cels collection; the MAD King and the MAD Mascot; ASIFA-East Awards for 2026 includes the inaugural Cartoon Brew Award. Anthony Haden-Guest Sues to Get His Cartoons Back Peter Senzamici reports for The New York Post that cartoonist […]
Cartoonist Anthony Haden-Guest sues socialite to get art back; NYC’s Museum of Modern Art to display their animation cels collection; the MAD King and the MAD Mascot; ASIFA-East Awards for 2026 includes the inaugural Cartoon Brew Award. Anthony Haden-Guest Sues to Get His Cartoons Back Peter Senzamici reports for The New York Post that cartoonist […]
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 […]
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 […]
On the very day the “Freedom 250” concert series was announced, rapper Young MC became the second artist to publicly back out of the government-sponsored festival taking place on the National Lawn in Washington, D.C.. His exit following Morris Day’s statement earlier Wednesday that he and the Time would have nothing to do with the […]
On the very day the “Freedom 250” concert series was announced, rapper Young MC became the second artist to publicly back out of the government-sponsored festival taking place on the National Lawn in Washington, D.C.. His exit following Morris Day’s statement earlier Wednesday that he and the Time would have nothing to do with the […]
And then there was… one? Going into this past weekend, there were two out of nine artists booked for the “Freedom 250” concerts in Washington, D.C. that were still proclaiming an eagerness to do the gig: Vanilla Ice and Milli Vanilli’s Fab Morvan. Now that number has been halved, as Morvan, who said he was […]
And then there was… one? Going into this past weekend, there were two out of nine artists booked for the “Freedom 250” concerts in Washington, D.C. that were still proclaiming an eagerness to do the gig: Vanilla Ice and Milli Vanilli’s Fab Morvan. Now that number has been halved, as Morvan, who said he was […]