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Bruce Springsteen and Tom Morello announced a new festival, Power to the People, set for Oct. in the Washington area.
The lineup includes the Foo Fighters, Brittany Howard, Joan Baez and Dave Matthews.
Proceeds will benefit voter groups VoteRiders and HeadCount to reduce ID barriers and register voters.
Morello framed the event as about freedom, justice and creativity in activism.
Springsteen urged collective action, saying: “There is no one coming to save us. We’ve got to do it ourselves.”
The festival is set about a month before the midterm elections and aims to mobilize voters.
Other music events linked to Trump faced withdrawals over political involvement concerns.
Freedom 250 organizers position themselves as a public-private partnership tied to the White House initiative.
The article notes previous spins on political music events and public reactions to them.

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Bret Michaels, Martina McBride and others dropped out of the Freedom 250 concerts tied to a Trump-linked festival.
The artists said they were misled about the event’s theme and worried about being drawn into a political fight.
Remaining performers include Flo Rida, Vanilla Ice and Fab Morvan, while some acts still listed performed under question marks.
Freedom 250 organizers have not yet commented when approached for responses regarding the cancellations.
Michaels said he believed the event would honor veterans but felt it evolved into something more divisive.
Martina McBride said she was presented with a nonpartisan opportunity that turned out to be misleading.
Artists indicated the shows had become a political fight rather than a celebration of music.
The Great American State Fair is described as a series of events organized by Freedom 250 on the National Mall.
Freedom 250’s founder is connected to former President Donald Trump and an appointee from his first term.
The report notes a pattern of artist responses to Trump-era fundraising or celebratory events.

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