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The Commodores Drop Trump’s ‘Great American State Fair’ As Lineup Crumbles
Key takeaways
- The band’s exit is the third dropout from the music acts scheduled to perform at the Great American State Fair, which now only has six of its original nine performers listed for the event.
- Young MC and Morris Day and The Time have also dropped from the concert series’ lineup.
Topline Funk and soul group The Commodores will not perform at the “Great American State Fair” later this month, becoming the third act to drop out of the event, which is being held as part of the Trump administration's “Freedom 250” celebrations.
Cody Orange of The Commodores performs on stage during PNE Summer Nights Concerts at Pacific Coliseum.Photo by Andrew Chin/Getty Images Key Facts The Commodores made the announcement across their social media profiles, saying in a statement they will not “publicly affiliate with any single political party.”
The band’s exit is the third dropout from the music acts scheduled to perform at the Great American State Fair, which now only has six of its original nine performers listed for the event.
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