President Donald Trump has announced that the original Freedom 250 concert series has officially been scrapped, and with most of the original acts pulling out, the show will now be a “rally to end all rallies” featuring the president himself, as well as MAGA-friendly country act Lee Greenwood and singer Christopher Macchio.
“We don’t want singers with no talent, but big fees to put you to sleep, we’ve told them all to stay home,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social on Thursday evening. “All we want is you, me, a few speakers, and the Greatest Music ever played, the same Music you have listened to for years!”
Trump said the event will take place on June 24 at 7 p.m. and will also feature the U.S. Army Band and Armed Forces Choir and Unites States Marine Band. Greenwood has long been in the smaller group of Trump-friendly recording artists, having performed his patriotic hit “God Bless the U.S.A.” at the inauguration in 2025. Macchio played that day as well, performing the Star-Spangled Banner.
The Freedom 250 concert series was first announced last week featuring a mainly ’90s-focused lineup that included Young MC, Morris Day, C+C Music Factory, Vanilla Ice, Milli Vanilli’s Fab Morvan, Flo Rida, Martina McBride, Bret Michaels and The Commodores. The show quickly fell apart, however, as Day and Young MC announced early that they were pulling out, with MC saying “the artists were never told about any political involvement with the event.” A wave of cancellations followed, as The Commodores, Michaels and McBride all said they wouldn’t perform either.
Trump subsequently called for the event to be canceled, calling the musicians who spurned the show “overpriced” and saying their music is “boring.”
Vanilla Ice was the lone act on the bill who actually doubled down on performing, saying “I’d go play for anybody. Putin. Whoever.” It’s unclear if he is still on the bill, as Trump didn’t include him in the Truth Social post on Thursday.
Ice went on Fox News’ Ingraham Angle on Thursday, according to The Hill, telling Laura Ingraham that “I’ll be there no matter what.”
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