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Showing posts with label concert. Show all posts
Saturday, June 13, 2026
Freedom 250’s fair on National Mall highlights conservative groups - POLITICO
Some Democrats have charged that Trump has taken the bipartisanship out of the monumental anniversary. Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) in February said that the administration was working to “hijack the country’s 250th anniversary and sell access, hide his donors and rewrite history.” Also in February, Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) launched a probe into Freedom 250’s fundraising practices...
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Monday, June 1, 2026
President proposes ‘wild’ rally instead of concerts after artists back out of series
“I don’t want so-called ‘Artists’ that get paid far too much money, who aren’t happy,” the president added. “I only want to be surrounded by Happy People, Smart People, Successful People, and People that know how to WIN. So, by copy of this TRUTH, I am ordering my Representatives to look at the feasibility of doing an AMERICA IS BACK Rally on Wednesday, Washington, DC, same time, same location. Only Great Patriots invited — It will be a Wild and Beautiful Celebration of America!”…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/30/trump-rally-social-media
Saturday, May 30, 2026
Musical artists bail from Freedom 250 fair over ‘political involvement’ - POLITICO
“Unfortunately, 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,” Michaels wrote Thursday on Instagram. The Poison lead singer also said the safety of his fans, band, crew and family was factored into his decision, including threats that were “completely unfounded and unforgivable.”…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/29/freedom-250-fair-musical-lineup-00942818
Wednesday, December 31, 2025
New Year’s Eve concert is latest cancellation at the Kennedy Center - The Washington Post
"I would never even consider performing in a venue bearing a name (and being controlled by the kind of board) that represents overt racism and deliberate destruction of African American music and culture," he said…
Sunday, May 18, 2025
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Two arrested over bomb plot targeting Lady Gaga concert in Rio attended by millions
The Rio police chief, Luiz Lima, said the group disseminated hate speech and violent content online "aimed at gaining notoriety in order to attract more viewers, more participants – most of them teenagers, many of them children"...
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/05/lady-gaga-concert-rio-bomb-plast-arrests
Sunday, December 15, 2024
Thursday, June 13, 2024
Arizona man planned a mass shooting targeting African Americans at an Atlanta concert to incite a race war, feds say
Mark Adams Prieto was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of firearms trafficking, transfer of a firearm for use in a hate crime, and possession of an unregistered firearm...
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Rocked by Deadly Terror Attack, Kremlin Amps Up Disinformation Machine - The New York Times
The bloody terrorist attack on a concert hall near Moscow had barely subsided before Russia launched a disinformation campaign suggesting that Ukraine and the West were somehow behind it, pushing a version of events molded to fit the Kremlin war narrative and downplay a significant security failure.
President Vladimir V. Putin has hinted several times that Kyiv and Washington played a part, and the latest to join the chorus was Aleksandr Bortnikov, the director of the Federal Security Service, the top security agency in Russia. On Tuesday he said, without offering any evidence, that the assault "was prepared by both radical Islamists themselves and, naturally, facilitated by Western special services."…
Monday, March 29, 2021
Sunday, March 28, 2021
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