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Young MC is out: (Original Post) demmiblue Thursday OP
Don't just stand there Prairie Gates Thursday #1
LOL, this was exactly my first though, as well. ECL213 Thursday #11
Okay smarty BaronChocula Thursday #23
Morris Day & The Time are out too. PunkinPi Thursday #2
Let's see who is performing: AZLD4Candidate Thursday #3
I didn't know that Milli Vanilli still exists. yardwork Thursday #4
Ditto a kennedy Thursday #6
Ditto a kennedy Thursday #7
And Katcat Thursday #25
One guy in the pic Millus Vanillus Ursus Rex Thursday #13
Touche! yardwork Thursday #15
One died in 1998 when I was closing in on one and a half years old. Celerity Thursday #26
Thanks MustLoveBeagles Thursday #36
Same MustLoveBeagles Thursday #35
I looked up Mili Vanilli and they are listed as "WERE" musicians. Maybe someone got ahold of their Maraya1969 Thursday #5
That would be in brand. yardwork Thursday #9
I think the Commodores announced they won't do it. thucythucy Thursday #40
I just put them in the NOPE file. AZLD4Candidate Thursday #41
Compare that line up to the one odins folly Thursday #27
Which event is this, and when ?....please. dixiegrrrrl Thursday #28
Just saw it on AP, but this is the headline from odins folly Thursday #29
This is the "woke" "DEI" concert. Lol IcyPeas Yesterday #45
What? No Ted Nugent and Kid Rock? llmart Thursday #38
My money's on Jason Aldean Seinan Sensei Thursday #44
Glad I have no idea who he is llmart 19 hrs ago #47
Remember 'Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome,' set in a post-apocalyptic hellscape with to-the-death cage matches? Timeflyer Thursday #8
White Housee lawn BumRushDaShow Thursday #17
Are people really that fucking desperate to be entertained? Damn. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Thursday #10
Possibly just that desperate to be in a crowd of people who are just as idiotic, tasteless, and easily impressed as them Attilatheblond Thursday #19
Caligula gave the people bread and circuses SCantiGOP Thursday #21
There's an old story from Caligula's reign that his games in the amphitheater went on for so many days, Aristus Thursday #24
"Milli Vanilli" comprises surviving member Morvan and a band, live vocals...... ColoringFool Thursday #12
I don't know this performer, but I do know he is uninformed Raven123 Thursday #14
How do you not know that a "Freedom 250" event, Ms. Toad Thursday #16
Vanilla Ice Old Crank Thursday #18
Next up: Trump and the Lipsinkers fail to organize a 'piss up' in a brewery Attilatheblond Thursday #20
Call 'em the LipSTINKERS and you're right again! calimary Thursday #30
As usual, MAGAt promoters and agents have to lie to the artists to get them to agree to performing. I wonder how many ChicagoTeamster Thursday #22
Martina, how could you? Rastapopoulos Thursday #31
Commodores of 70's-80's are commodes of '26. oasis Thursday #32
Milli Vinilli said they are not part of Figarosmom Thursday #33
Yay! Coventina Thursday #34
This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Thursday #37
Did someone add Martina McBride? Muskie_Mama Thursday #39
Kid Rock to the rescue! Big payday! Marcuse Thursday #42
BREAD AND CIRCUSES. "You bring this Network's ratings down, Flavius, and we'll do a Special on you!" Marcuse Thursday #43
Excellent.. "..politically charged.." Cha Yesterday #46
Who's out edhopper 18 hrs ago #48

AZLD4Candidate

(7,007 posts)
3. Let's see who is performing:
Thu May 28, 2026, 09:09 AM
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Vanilla Ice - POSER
Martina McBride - MAGA TOOL
Young MC - NOPE!
C&C Music Factory - HAS BEEN
Milli Vanilli - FRAUDS
The Commodores - SECOND FIDDLES to Lionel Richie
Morris Day & the Time - NOPE
Flo Rida - SELLOUT
Bret Michaels - NEVER WAS

Yeah, every suburban white kid from the 1990s will go.

Celerity

(55,035 posts)
26. One died in 1998 when I was closing in on one and a half years old.
Thu May 28, 2026, 12:59 PM
Thursday
Rob Pilatus, dead at 33 (other reports say 32yo, as his birth year, either 1964 or 1965, is disputed)

Formerly half of Milli Vanilli

https://variety.com/1998/music/news/rob-pilatus-dead-at-33-1117469814/

Rob Pilatus, a former model whose career as half the pop music duo Milli Vanilli crashed in disgrace and drug addiction after it was revealed that the group lip-synched its songs, was found dead April 3 in a hotel room near Frankfurt, Germany, after consuming alcohol and pills, according to the Bild am Sonntag newspaper. He was 33.

snip

MustLoveBeagles

(17,556 posts)
36. Thanks
Thu May 28, 2026, 06:15 PM
Thursday

I couldn't remember his last name. What they did was wrong. I still felt sorry for Rob after his meltdown and death.

Maraya1969

(23,591 posts)
5. I looked up Mili Vanilli and they are listed as "WERE" musicians. Maybe someone got ahold of their
Thu May 28, 2026, 09:24 AM
Thursday

title and songs and are trying to create a new band ??

thucythucy

(9,158 posts)
40. I think the Commodores announced they won't do it.
Thu May 28, 2026, 10:52 PM
Thursday

I was surprised to see them on this list, but then I don't know anything about the current members or their politics.

odins folly

(651 posts)
27. Compare that line up to the one
Thu May 28, 2026, 02:07 PM
Thursday

Just recently announced by Tom Morelo:

The one-day festival will feature special performances from an extraordinary lineup of artists and activists including Foo Fighters, Dave Matthews, Bruce Springsteen, Joan Baez, Brittany Howard, Dropkick Murphys, Jack Black (featuring Roman Morello, Revel Ian, Yoyoka Soma and Hugo Weiss), Serj Tankian, Cypress Hill, Killer Mike, grandson, The Neighborhood Kids, Taylor Momsen, Matt Cameron, The Linda Lindas, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels and Tom Morello, alongside artwork and a DJ set by legendary artist Shepard Fairey.

Quite the contrast in talent….

odins folly

(651 posts)
29. Just saw it on AP, but this is the headline from
Thu May 28, 2026, 03:13 PM
Thursday

Rolling Stone:

TOM MORELLO ANNOUNCES POWER TO THE PEOPLE FESTIVAL WITH BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, FOO FIGHTERS, MORE
The one-day, D.C.-area event taking place in October “celebrates the spirit of activism, creativity, and hope,” Morello says


And this:
The one-day event takes place on Oct. 3 at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland.

Hope that helps

Seinan Sensei

(1,661 posts)
44. My money's on Jason Aldean
Thu May 28, 2026, 11:50 PM
Thursday

He sang controversial song, “Try That in a Small Town”

Music video for “Small Town” was filmed at Maury Co. Courthouse in TN, where in 1927 Black teenager Henry Choate was lynched.

I’m betting Aldean will be invited to join Trump’s cast of singing chuds

Timeflyer

(3,810 posts)
8. Remember 'Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome,' set in a post-apocalyptic hellscape with to-the-death cage matches?
Thu May 28, 2026, 09:29 AM
Thursday

"Two men enter, one man leaves!" Not music, but BLOOD, to celebrate the Emperor and satisfy the appetite of the masses. Oh, wait--we now have ICE to do that.

Attilatheblond

(9,327 posts)
19. Possibly just that desperate to be in a crowd of people who are just as idiotic, tasteless, and easily impressed as them
Thu May 28, 2026, 10:38 AM
Thursday

Plus, beer?

SCantiGOP

(14,763 posts)
21. Caligula gave the people bread and circuses
Thu May 28, 2026, 10:50 AM
Thursday

Now, they can’t afford the bread, and the circus is a bunch of B-listers from 40 years ago.

Aristus

(72,610 posts)
24. There's an old story from Caligula's reign that his games in the amphitheater went on for so many days,
Thu May 28, 2026, 12:42 PM
Thursday

that they started to run low on viable acts. All they had left were paunchy, arthritic old gladiators, and skinny, toothless lions to feature in the games. The spectators were not amused, and made their displeasure known. Caligula reportedly had the ringleaders executed.

ColoringFool

(1,176 posts)
12. "Milli Vanilli" comprises surviving member Morvan and a band, live vocals......
Thu May 28, 2026, 09:39 AM
Thursday

He's in the midst of a career comeback and he's NOT AMERICAN, SO PROBABLY COULDN'T CARE LESS ABOUT OUR POLITICS.

Raven123

(7,924 posts)
14. I don't know this performer, but I do know he is uninformed
Thu May 28, 2026, 09:44 AM
Thursday

Of course this was all about Trump.

Ms. Toad

(38,853 posts)
16. How do you not know that a "Freedom 250" event,
Thu May 28, 2026, 10:05 AM
Thursday

Especially one held in DC, is part of Trump's appropriation of the countries 250th birthday?

ChicagoTeamster

(1,293 posts)
22. As usual, MAGAt promoters and agents have to lie to the artists to get them to agree to performing. I wonder how many
Thu May 28, 2026, 10:51 AM
Thursday

more would back out if they knew they were being solicited for a Trump event.

Figarosmom

(13,781 posts)
33. Milli Vinilli said they are not part of
Thu May 28, 2026, 05:55 PM
Thursday

The America Freedom Fair event. That they were never asked nor consented.

Coventina

(29,979 posts)
34. Yay!
Thu May 28, 2026, 05:59 PM
Thursday

I was very disappointed to see him on the list yesterday.

So glad he clarified the situation and busted right out of there!

Response to demmiblue (Original post)

Marcuse

(9,105 posts)
43. BREAD AND CIRCUSES. "You bring this Network's ratings down, Flavius, and we'll do a Special on you!"
Thu May 28, 2026, 11:39 PM
Thursday

Cha

(320,907 posts)
46. Excellent.. "..politically charged.."
Fri May 29, 2026, 12:02 AM
Yesterday

That's an understatement.

PEDO Pushing Gaslit Shit to brainwash America.

"Freedom" equals Concentration camps, and having all your money stolen.

edhopper

(37,543 posts)
48. Who's out
Fri May 29, 2026, 08:47 AM
18 hrs ago

Martina McBride
Young MC
Milli Vanilli
The Commodores
Morris Day & the Time
Bret Michaels
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