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The Latest Breaking News from Bret Michaels

Poison star cancels solo tour after kidney stone surgery

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The Independent UK

Rock frontman forced to cancel tour after undergoing surgery for painful condition

Rock singer said he hoped he would return to health ‘sooner rather than later’

The Independent UK

Bret Michaels taking 'several months off to heal'

Poison star Bret Michaels will be taking the "next several months off" to focus on his recovery after undergoing kidney stone surgery.

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Bret Michaels cancels all upcoming shows on doctor's orders. "I may have just chosen to go sooner than I should have"

Michaels played a comeback show on Friday after recent surgery but cannot go on

Louder

Bret Michaels taking tour break after kidney stone surgery

Poison star Bret Michaels is taking a break from touring for "three to four weeks" after undergoing kidney stone surgery.

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'Career Poison': Trump Explores Nicki Minaj 'Nuclear Option' To Save Crumbling MAGA Festival

Donald Trump's Freedom 250 festival on the National Mall has unravelled amid artist walkouts, with a PR expert suggesting Nicki Minaj is the 'nuclear option' who could still rescue the MAGA‑branded event.

International Business Times UK

Performers keep dropping out of the Trump-linked Freedom 250 concert series

Six of nine announced artists have now dropped out.

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'Hurting Her Wallet': Rep. Maxwell Frost Claims Nicki Minaj Lost Over Half Her Fans After Going 'Full MAGA'

US congressman Maxwell Frost has claimed Nicki Minaj lost more than half her fans by going 'full MAGA,' questioning why the Trump-backing rapper is missing from a major Freedom 250 festival line-up in Washington DC.

International Business Times UK

Vanilla Ice Defends Donald Trump Despite Being 'Frozen Out' of Festival Lineup: 'Who Throws a Better Party?'

Vanilla Ice says he will still attend Donald Trump's Freedom 250 event in Washington, DC, even after the president scrapped most of the original concert line-up and turned it into a political rally.

International Business Times UK

Trump Makes a Bizarre Claim About His Own Popularity as More Artists Flee His Birthday Concert

The Freedom 250 event is turning into a public relations nightmare for the president and the organizers.

The Mary Sue

Freedom 250: Who’s in and out after several artists drop Trump’s concert event

“The Great American State Fair” is a series of concerts, exhibits, tributes and other programs scheduled to take place June 25 to July 10 on Washington’s National Mall

The Independent UK

Artists signed up for a 250th anniversary concert series. Then they found out it was Donald Trump-affiliated — and started dropping out

One artist said that the event turned out to be more divisive than they had agreed to.

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John Oliver roasts Trump’s Freedom 250 lineup as artists continue to drop out: ‘People you haven’t thought about since 2009’

Artists like Martina McBride, Bret Michaels, and the Commodores have all dropped out of the series in the last week

The Independent UK

Trump's Freedom 250 Lineup Implodes as Artists Flee and Critics Taunt Erika Kirk to 'Save' the Show

Acts are abandoning Donald Trump's Freedom 250 Great American State Fair amid claims they were misled about its political nature, while social media users taunt organisers by urging Erika Kirk and Lara Trump to 'save' the show.

International Business Times UK

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International Business Times UK

The Great American Fair Meltdown: Every Single Artist Who Just Bailed on Trump's Freedom 250 Event

The Freedom 250 celebration faces backlash as artists withdraw, turning a patriotic event into a political dispute. Trump's involvement and safety concerns add to the controversy.

AAP

Trump now headline act at 'Great American State Fair'

After several musical guests bailed on performing at 'The Great American State Fair', Donald Trump has been announced as the headline act at the festivities.

International Business Times UK

Trump MAGA Festival Chaos: POTUS Compares Himself to Elvis After Artists Quit

Donald Trump has offered to headline the Freedom 250 concert after multiple artists pulled out, shifting a planned nonpartisan July 4 show into a de facto MAGA rally.

The Independent UK

Trump set to headline 'Great American State Fair' after artists drop out over ties

An upcoming celebration of America's 250th anniversary, called "The Great American State Fair," has faced challenges as several musical guests backed out due to its connections to President Donald Trump

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International Business Times UK

'Third Rate Artists' Slammed by Trump as He Threatens to Replace Cancelled Acts with Himself at National Mall

Donald Trump criticises artists withdrawing from the Freedom 250 concert series, considering himself as a replacement headliner amid political tensions and event controversies.

Salon

Artists drop Trump, he takes their place

After multiple performers withdrew, Trump mocked them and proposed turning event into an “AMERICA IS BACK" rally

The Times of India

After artist exodus, Trump considers rally over Freedom 250 concert

US President Donald Trump has suggested replacing a planned concert series marking the United States’ 250th anniversary with a political-style rally after a string of performers withdrew from the event amid growing controversy.

MusicRadar

“What was presented to us as a celebration of our country has evolved into something much more divisive than what I agreed to be a part of”: Bret Michaels is the latest performer to excuse himself from Trump’s ‘Great American State Fair’

But you can see Milli Vanilli

International Business Times UK

Vanilla Ice Refuses to Quit America 250 Show as Fellow Artists Walk Away

Vanilla Ice remains committed to performing at the Freedom 250 festival in Washington, D.C., despite political controversies causing other artists to withdraw.

International Business Times UK

What to Know About 'The Great American State Fair': Artists Say They Were Misled into Joining Trump-Linked Shows

Several artists have withdrawn from a Trump-linked concert series, citing misleading political affiliations. The event, organised by Freedom 250, faces backlash as it struggles to maintain its lineup.

The Independent UK

What to know about the artists backing out of the Trump-linked Freedom 250 concerts

Musical artists' cancellations from a Donald Trump-linked U.S. celebration in Washington continue the Republican president’s tense history with the entertainment industry

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