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Freedom 250 has a much more interesting music lineup than it did on May 27, when the Great American State Fair first announced its performers.

Bret Michaels, The Commodores, Young MC, Morris Day and Martina McBride are among the artists who have dropped out of the event's lineup.

As artists continue dropping out of the White House’s Freedom 250 event, Vanilla Ice is ready to rock the mic like a vandal.

"The artists were never told about any political involvement with the event," Young MC wrote on social media.

Mayhem erupted after the lineup for the President Donald Trump-backed Freedom 250 concert series dropped earlier this week.

This is what we know about the Great American State Fair, from themes and activations to remaining performers on the bill.

As Kris Kristofferson might have put it, “Freedom 250” is just another word for a festival with very few acts left to lose.