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HISTORICAL FACTS: Fab morvan | History Defined

“If 100 people think your song sucks, they will create 200 people who think your song is awesome”: Questionable music marketing didn't begin with the recent Geese scandal - it's been going on for decades

We shine a light on the music industry’s dubious marketing history and the shady activities artists, managers, labels and more have indulged in to find an audience…

MusicRadar

Trump Claims He 'Never Even Heard' of the Famous Bands Who Just Boycotted Him

Donald Trump has dismissed artists who pulled out of the Freedom 250 celebrations, claiming he has never heard of them. The growing boycott has raised fresh questions about the event's political connections and future format.

International Business Times UK

Great American meltdown: Trump’s Freedom 250 concerts are collapsing while the project rakes in taxpayer dough

IN FOCUS: The president wants heads to roll after artists dropped out. Now he might headline America’s birthday party, Alex Woodward and Andrew Feinberg report

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Trump Makes a Bizarre Claim About His Own Popularity as More Artists Flee His Birthday Concert

The Freedom 250 event is turning into a public relations nightmare for the president and the organizers.

The Mary Sue

'I Won't Be a Pawn': Milli Vanilli's Fab Morvan Pulls Out of Trump's Freedom 250 Birthday Concert

Fab Morvan has withdrawn from the Freedom 250 birthday concert on the National Mall, saying he refuses to be used as a political 'pawn.'

International Business Times UK

Donald Trump claims he’s bigger than Elvis after even more artists pull out of Freedom 250 concerts

"You're the Devil in disguise"... Donald Trump is considering holding an "America is back rally" instead of a series of concerts after the majority of artists planned for the Freedom 250 gigs have withdrawn from the "Freedom 250" shows. Trump even claims that he's bigger than Elvis.

Euronews

What to know about the artists backing out of the Trump-linked Freedom 250 concerts

Musical artists' cancellations from a Donald Trump-linked U.S. celebration in Washington continue the Republican president’s tense history with the entertainment industry

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Disaster line-up: More artists flee from Trump-linked ‘Freedom 250’ concert

The upcoming Great American State Fair has been hit with a wave of cancellations, as more artists are pulling out of the “Freedom 250” event after concerns emerged over the festival’s links to Donald Trump. Two more acts have announced they won’t be participating...

Euronews

The Trump-backed concert lineup for America’s 250th birthday has a strong 1990s feel

Freedom 250’s Great American State Fair is making 1990 great again with Milli Vanilli, Vanilla Ice and Bret Michaels

The Independent UK

Five Great Reads: Chris Hemsworth, Milli Vanilli, and two years with a romance fraudster

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales

The Guardian - AU

Milli Vanilli’s Fab Morvan on his lip-syncing downfall and Grammys comeback: ‘The truth will set you free’

Three decades after having his Grammy rescinded as part of the notorious duo, he is a nominee once more, for the audiobook of his unflinching memoir. ‘I had to tell my story,’ he says

The Guardian - UK

5 best new movies to stream this weekend on Netflix, Max, Peacock, and more

'Paddington in Peru,' 'Banger,' 'Y2K,' and more movie night hits just landed on streaming

Tom’s Guide

Milli Vanilli was tanked by an infamous lip sync scandal. Then the rules of music changed.

The music industry and global fans turned on Milli Vanilli after revelations that the duo did not actually provide vocals for their famous songs. A new documentary explores the group’s fall from grace – as surviving member Fab Morvan muses about how much has changed. Sheila Flynn reports

The Independent UK

Milli Vanilli to The Pigeon Tunnel: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

It’s a week full of fascinating documentaries, from the biggest lip-syncing scandal in pop history to John le Carré’s wild tales of being a spy

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21 of the wildest cons in history

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