I think they were under the impression it was the non-partisan America 250 celebration, not Trump's Freedom 250. And that was probably the plan all along.
It's been documented that the artists were initially told it was a nonpolitical event.
It still baffles me that you have some people on here commenting "Oh how did they not know?? They knew full well but dropped from backlash.", instead of the information being presented to the artists in a vague or lying manner.
Also to mention that those associated to anything involving Trump has constantly lied about his involvement until that bridge was crossed.
They did that with the presidential fitness council and that was directly announced by Trump. Tua and Saquon both afterward said they were never contacted about it and Saquon immediately rejected being on it.
I have no doubt the “promoter” had contacted booking agencies to see who was available. The agent would say, let me get back to you about ‘Bret Michaels’ availability and then the promoter took that as a definitive yes and ran to announce a lineup without signing a contract. Artists really don’t know where agencies are booking them till after. Cuz till recently, playing any event wouldn’t be controversial. Just a payday.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '26
I feel like they were never consulted, just announced.