{"id":2015276,"date":"2026-06-27T19:59:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T16:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2015276"},"modified":"2026-06-27T19:59:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T16:59:30","slug":"vanilla-ices-show-at-donald-trumps-troubled-freedom-250-fair-rained-off-at-last-minute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2015276","title":{"rendered":"Vanilla Ice\u2019s show at Donald Trump\u2019s troubled Freedom 250 fair rained off at last minute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/vanilla_ice_2024.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><i class=\"tdb-bread-sep td-icon-right\"><\/i><span>Music News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Vanilla Ice\u2019s show at Donald Trump\u2019s troubled Freedom 250 fair rained off at last minute<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>He was one of the only names remaining on the line-up after several other artists pulled out of the politicised event<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Max Pilley<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-06-27T20:59:30+01:00\">27th June 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- .\/block --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure>\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/vanilla_ice_2024-696x442.jpg\" alt title=\"Chicago Bears v Minnesota Vikings\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Vanilla Ice at U.S. Bank Stadium on December 16, 2024 in Minneapolis, MInnesota. (Photo by Todd Rosenberg\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Vanilla Ice\u2019s headline set at\u00a0Donald Trump\u2019s Freedom 250 State Fair was cancelled less than two hours before he was due on stage.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0\u2018Ice\u00a0Ice\u00a0Baby\u2019\u00a0rapper \u2013 real name Robert Van Winkle \u2013 had been due to perform as part of\u00a0the\u00a0troubled\u00a0\u00a0\u2018I Love The 90s!\u2019 concert at the National Mall\u00a0in Washington, D.C. on Friday (June 26), but Freedom 250 announced\u00a0in the late afternoon\u00a0that the fair would be closed for the rest of the day \u201cdue to inclement weather\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe safety of our guests, staff, and partners remains our top priority,\u201d the organisation wrote on X, adding that it was \u201cactively monitoring conditions\u201d and that the fair would reopen at 10am the following day.<\/p>\n<p>The cancellation came just hours after Vanilla Ice had posted from the National Mall, calling the show a \u201conce in a lifetime\u201d moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re about to have a great party tonight,\u201d he said in a video from the site. \u201cThis is\u00a0gonna\u00a0be epic.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DaD74DmJA5d\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u26a0\ufe0f Due to inclement weather in the area, the Freedom 250 Great American State Fair and FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 Fan Zone will be closed for the rest of the day \u2014 Friday, June 26, 2026. <\/p>\n<p>The safety of our guests, staff, and partners remains our top priority. We are actively\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Freedom 250 (@Freedom250) June 26, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Great American State Fair is part of Freedom 250, the Trump-backed organisation set up to mark the 250th anniversary of American independence. The Freedom 250 concert series has been dogged by controversy, however, since it was announced last month, with a number of\u00a0acts distancing\u00a0themselves from the event.<\/p>\n<p>Vanilla Ice was among the last remaining performers attached to the \u2018I Love The 90s!\u2019 line-up. Morris Day &amp; The Time denied that they would be taking part shortly after the line-up was announced, while The Commodores, Young MC, Bret Michaels and Martina McBride were among those who later pulled out.<\/p>\n<p>Young MC said the artists \u201cwere never told about any political involvement with the event\u201d when they were booked, while McBride said she had been presented with the chance to perform at a \u201cnonpartisan event\u201d that \u201cturned out to be misleading\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Vanilla Ice, however,\u00a0defended his decision to remain on the bill earlier this month, saying he did not see the show as political.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s simple as a pimple for me, there\u2019s nothing to it,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s the birthday of America. Two hundred and fifty years. It\u2019s not anything to do with politics. I don\u2019t know why they\u2019re turning it into politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also said he would perform for anyone, adding: \u201cPutin. Whoever. You want \u2014\u00a0I\u2019d\u00a0go to Iran.\u00a0Don\u2019t\u00a0matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump stepped in for a rally at the opening event on Wednesday (June 24), after much of the original concert line-up had fallen away. Opera singer Christopher Macchio also performed Leonard Cohen\u2019s \u2018Hallelujah\u2019,\u00a0despite the late singer\u2019s estate objecting to the use of the song.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Leonard Cohen Estate has learned that the song \u2018Hallelujah\u2019 is to be performed at a Donald Trump rally on June 24,\u201d a statement posted to Cohen\u2019s official social media read before the event. \u201cThis use is not authorized, and the Estate does not support or approve of this or any similar usage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Great American State\u00a0Fair\u00a0is scheduled to continue until July 10.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_tags tdi_87 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_87\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<ul class=\"tdb-tags\">\n<li><span>Related Topics<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Donald Trump<\/li>\n<li>Rap<\/li>\n<li>Vanilla Ice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_wrap vc_raw_html 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more<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-image-container\">\n<div class=\"td-module-thumb\"><span class=\"entry-thumb td-thumb-css\" data-type=\"css_image\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/kneecap-starmer@2000x1270-400x254.jpg\" data-img-retina-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/kneecap-starmer@2000x1270-800x508.jpg\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Music News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Kneecap react to Keir Starmer\u2019s resignation<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span>                <\/article>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Vanilla Ice\u2019s headline set at\u00a0Donald Trump\u2019s Freedom 250 State Fair was cancelled less than two hours before he was due on stage.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0\u2018Ice\u00a0Ice\u00a0Baby\u2019\u00a0rapper \u2013 real name Robert Van Winkle \u2013 had been due to perform as part of\u00a0the\u00a0troubled\u00a0\u00a0\u2018I Love The 90s!\u2019 concert at the National Mall\u00a0in Washington, D.C. on Friday (June 26), but Freedom 250 announced\u00a0in the late afternoon\u00a0that the fair would be closed for the rest of the day \u201cdue to inclement weather\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe safety of our guests, staff, and partners remains our top priority,\u201d the organisation wrote on X, adding that it was \u201cactively monitoring conditions\u201d and that the fair would reopen at 10am the following day.<\/p>\n<p>The cancellation came just hours after Vanilla Ice had posted from the National Mall, calling the show a \u201conce in a lifetime\u201d moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re about to have a great party tonight,\u201d he said in a video from the site. \u201cThis is\u00a0gonna\u00a0be epic.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DaD74DmJA5d\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u26a0\ufe0f Due to inclement weather in the area, the Freedom 250 Great American State Fair and FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 Fan Zone will be closed for the rest of the day \u2014 Friday, June 26, 2026. <\/p>\n<p>The safety of our guests, staff, and partners remains our top priority. We are actively\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Freedom 250 (@Freedom250) June 26, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Great American State Fair is part of Freedom 250, the Trump-backed organisation set up to mark the 250th anniversary of American independence. The Freedom 250 concert series has been dogged by controversy, however, since it was announced last month, with a number of\u00a0acts distancing\u00a0themselves from the event.<\/p>\n<p>Vanilla Ice was among the last remaining performers attached to the \u2018I Love The 90s!\u2019 line-up. Morris Day &amp; The Time denied that they would be taking part shortly after the line-up was announced, while The Commodores, Young MC, Bret Michaels and Martina McBride were among those who later pulled out.<\/p>\n<p>Young MC said the artists \u201cwere never told about any political involvement with the event\u201d when they were booked, while McBride said she had been presented with the chance to perform at a \u201cnonpartisan event\u201d that \u201cturned out to be misleading\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Vanilla Ice, however,\u00a0defended his decision to remain on the bill earlier this month, saying he did not see the show as political.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s simple as a pimple for me, there\u2019s nothing to it,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s the birthday of America. Two hundred and fifty years. It\u2019s not anything to do with politics. I don\u2019t know why they\u2019re turning it into politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also said he would perform for anyone, adding: \u201cPutin. Whoever. You want \u2014\u00a0I\u2019d\u00a0go to Iran.\u00a0Don\u2019t\u00a0matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump stepped in for a rally at the opening event on Wednesday (June 24), after much of the original concert line-up had fallen away. Opera singer Christopher Macchio also performed Leonard Cohen\u2019s \u2018Hallelujah\u2019,\u00a0despite the late singer\u2019s estate objecting to the use of the song.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Leonard Cohen Estate has learned that the song \u2018Hallelujah\u2019 is to be performed at a Donald Trump rally on June 24,\u201d a statement posted to Cohen\u2019s official social media read before the event. \u201cThis use is not authorized, and the Estate does not support or approve of this or any similar usage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Great American State\u00a0Fair\u00a0is scheduled to continue until July 10.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/vanilla-ices-show-at-donald-trumps-troubled-freedom-250-fair-rained-off-at-last-minute-3953689&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/vanilla_ice_2024.jpg&#8221;] NewsMusic News Vanilla Ice\u2019s show at Donald Trump\u2019s troubled Freedom 250 fair rained off at last minute He was one of the only names remaining on the line-up after several other artists pulled out of the politicised event By Max Pilley 27th June 2026 Vanilla Ice at U.S. Bank Stadium on December [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,78],"class_list":["post-2015276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nme-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2015276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015276\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2015276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2015276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2015276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}