Martina McBride, Bret Michaels, The Commodores, Morris Day, Young MC, and other artists have pulled out of the Freedom 250 concert series after saying they believed it was supposed to be a nonpartisan celebration of America’s 250th birthday, not a Trump-linked political event. Who’s left to play the party now, and what does it say when even nostalgia acts don’t want to get dragged into the politics of 2026?




