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Commodores

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Ronald LaPread, co-founder and bassist of the Commodores, has died at the age of 75. The group also withdrew from the Freedom 250 Great American State Fair event, alongside Milli Vanilli and others, following earlier media coverage of their music and legacy.

Artist· US funk/soul band with Lionel Richie

Commodores

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Jon Stewart Rails on Trump's Great American State Fair and Jeff Epstein Connection

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Stereogum Jun 2

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Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone France

Pollstar Jun 1

Freedom 250 Concert Fizzles; Judge Orders Trump’s Name Off Kennedy Center

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Taste of Country, The Boot, The Hollywood Reporter Music +1

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AllHipHop, Rolling Stone, Stereogum

4 articles May 30

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AllHipHop, Complex Music, Rolling Stone +1

2 articles May 30

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Billboard, Consequence of Sound

NME May 30

Milli Vanilli, The Commodores and more drop out of Donald Trump’s Freedom 250 Great American State Fair

Milli Vanilli Commodores Flo Rida Poison Vanilla Ice Bret Michaels Young MC

Billboard May 29

C+C Music Factory Rapper and Vanilla Ice Defend Playing Great American State Fair Show: ‘Super Honored To Do This Concert’

Vanilla Ice Poison Bret Michaels Young MC Martina McBride Commodores

9 articles May 29

Bret Michaels Poison Martina McBride Vanilla Ice Milli Vanilli Young MC Commodores

Billboard, Blabbermouth, Complex Music +5

BrooklynVegan May 29

Trump’s Freedom 250 loses everyone but Vanilla Ice, Milli Vanilli & C+C Music Factory; Flo Rida has yet to comment

Flo Rida Milli Vanilli Vanilla Ice Brad Howell Bret Michaels Donald Trump Fab Morvan Freedom Williams Jodie Rocco

6 articles Jun 15

Chuck Redd Ben Folds Milli Vanilli Commodores

Billboard, Consequence of Sound, NME +3

2 articles Jun 5

Lee Greenwood Vanilla Ice Morris Day Bret Michaels Martina McBride Young MC Commodores

Stereogum, Variety Music

Rolling Stone Jun 5

Trump Scraps Failed Freedom 250 Concerts, Makes Himself Headliner of ‘Greatest Rally, EVER’

Donald Trump Lee Greenwood Martina McBride Flo Rida Commodores Milli Vanilli

S SoulTracks Jun 4

R.I.P. Legendary Motown hitmaker James Anthony Carmichael

James Anthony Carmichael Gladys Knight & the Pips Eddie Kendricks The Jacksons Commodores Lionel Richie Diana Ross

Consequence of Sound Jun 2

Jon Stewart Rails on Trump's Great American State Fair and Jeff Epstein Connection

Martina McBride Young MC Commodores The Time Bret Michaels Fab Morvan

2 articles Jun 2

Ronald LaPread Commodores Lionel Richie The Mystics Milan Williams Thomas McClary

Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone France

5 articles May 31

Elvis Presley Bret Michaels Commodores Poison Young MC Morris Day

Taste of Country, The Boot, The Hollywood Reporter Music +1

4 articles May 30

Vanilla Ice Fab Morvan Milli Vanilli Bret Michaels Young MC Morris Day Martina McBride

AllHipHop, Complex Music, Rolling Stone +1

NME May 30

Milli Vanilli, The Commodores and more drop out of Donald Trump’s Freedom 250 Great American State Fair

Milli Vanilli Commodores Flo Rida Poison Vanilla Ice Bret Michaels Young MC

9 articles May 29

Bret Michaels Poison Martina McBride Vanilla Ice Milli Vanilli Young MC Commodores

Billboard, Blabbermouth, Complex Music +5

2 articles Jun 5

Vanilla Ice Flo Rida Lee Greenwood Christopher Macchio Giacomo Puccini Donald Trump

The Hollywood Reporter Music, Vulture Music

Billboard Jun 5

After Disastrous Great American State Fair Lineup Meltdown, Donald Trump Says He’ll Do It Live and Headline Revamped Freedom 250 Himself

Donald Trump Lee Greenwood Poison Bret Michaels Young MC Milli Vanilli Martina McBride

2 articles Jun 4

Bret Michaels Poison Morris Day Martina McBride Young MC Commodores Milli Vanilli

Loudwire, Variety Music

Consequence of Sound Jun 3

Trump "Never Heard of" Acts Booked for Great American State Fair

Martina McBride Bret Michaels The Time Young MC Fab Morvan Milli Vanilli

Stereogum Jun 2

Freedom 250 Down To Just Vanilla Ice & Flo Rida, Many Acts Booked Through Jeff Epstein

Flo Rida Vanilla Ice Afroman C+C Music Factory Donald Trump Fab Morvan Freedom Williams Milli Vanilli

Pollstar Jun 1

Freedom 250 Concert Fizzles; Judge Orders Trump’s Name Off Kennedy Center

Martina McBride Young MC The Time Commodores Bret Michaels Vanilla Ice

3 articles May 31

Donald Trump Bret Michaels Martina McBride Milli Vanilli Vanilla Ice Commodores Flo Rida

AllHipHop, Rolling Stone, Stereogum

2 articles May 30

Bret Michaels Commodores Martina McBride Flo Rida Fab Morvan Milli Vanilli

Billboard, Consequence of Sound

Billboard May 29

C+C Music Factory Rapper and Vanilla Ice Defend Playing Great American State Fair Show: ‘Super Honored To Do This Concert’

Vanilla Ice Poison Bret Michaels Young MC Martina McBride Commodores

BrooklynVegan May 29

Trump’s Freedom 250 loses everyone but Vanilla Ice, Milli Vanilli & C+C Music Factory; Flo Rida has yet to comment

Flo Rida Milli Vanilli Vanilla Ice Brad Howell Bret Michaels Donald Trump Fab Morvan Freedom Williams Jodie Rocco

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