The lineup for the Trump-backed America250 Concert is a little sus

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So there’s this series of concerts scheduled to take place on the National Mall, ostensibly tied to the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, but almost certainly all about Trump. That Trump is all over this can be seen by the D-list performers scheduled to perform:

Martina McBride

C+C Music Factory

Vanilla Ice

Milli Vanilli

The Commodores

Flo Rida

Bret Michaels

So yeah, everyone on the list is well past their prime, and/or were one-hit-wonders when they were in their prime. Meanwhile, two other D-list acts had been scheduled to perform, but once they realized what they were getting themselves into, backed out.

“That’s a no from me,” says Morris Day, of Morris Day & The Time (Jay and Silent Bob will be thrilled). And Young MC gave a vague promise to perform “in D.C. in the near future at an event that is not so politically charged.”

I’m hoping Bret Michaels, who has previously stated that he endorses no candidate and is Independent, will realize what a fool he’s making of himself and set things right. Ditto The Commodores.

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What does “sus” mean?

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It’s more-or-less current slang for “suspicious” or “suspect.”

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The Milli Vanilli fake singing group is even faker than you think, because one of them died of a drug overdose back in '98 so the other half bought the rights to the name, hiring fill-ins.

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Yeah, so I’m wondering if the “concert” is going to be just the one guy, dancing by himself, to a backing track.

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I’m guessing they meant to book Bret Stephens.

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Will they go fake x2 and lip synch as well?

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They already have the makings of a supergroup called “Milli Vanilla.”

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I’m hoping to hear the Commodores call bullshit on this. I still like them.

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I wouldn’t call it particularly sus. I would say that’s a pretty much an expected lineup for someone who ..
A: has not listened to new music in 40+ years
B: never had good taste in music or cared about it
C: is a terrible fascist who no one wants to be associated with
D: never wants to spend money and has stiffed everyone who he ever owed money to
E: only employs useless lackeys who have no skill in booking big acts or anything else

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I wonder who the biggest MAGA act is. I’d say Nicki Minaj is the biggest, but her style of music isn’t going to have broad appeal among MAGA’s base. Kid Rock and Ted Nugent are both pretty washed up, although for some reason MAGA insists on believing Kid is relevant. A couple of Country musicians I couldn’t name.

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Yeah that was the one stand out act for me. I definitely hope they are just a victim of a scumbag agent

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I’m guessing the Village People were unavailable.

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Yeah they are the perfect act for this show.

Though still disappointed in them, even given all that.

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Or like, you know, actually getting paid

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Should be trivially easy for them to back out. Easy like … something.

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The last time C+C Music Factory did anything was in 1996, not counting that short-lived reformation/revival try back in 2011.

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As with a lot of bands from the '70s and '80s which are still “active,” the current iteration of the band bears little resemblance to its heyday. In this case, the Commodores lineup currently consists of only one original member (William “WAK” King), and three other musicians who joined last year – two of whom are sons of the group’s longtime drummer Walter Orange.

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They can just say “oh no.”