Donald Trump’s name has been fully removed from the Kennedy Center’s facade
Celebrations have been kicking off outside the building, though the new signage remains covered by tarp
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Watch Fatboy Slim play impromptu set at anti-fascism protest rally in Brighton
“More disco, less fascism...”
US government approves Paramount and Warner Bros. merger despite industry backlash
They ruled that the merger is "not likely to result in harm to competition or consumers", although many major Hollywood names dispute this
Dave Matthews speaks out about his Pro-Palestine stance and Israel protests being “twisted” into anti-Semitism
"I will never stop calling for an end to the violence in Gaza and the West Bank and Lebanon and for that matter, the Congo, and Sudan, and Ukraine"
Kennedy Center staff start removing all references to Donald Trump
The Center's lawsuit against a jazz musician who cancelled his Christmas concert at the venue in protest at the name change has also been dismissed
Gorillaz introduced at Primavera Sound by Palestinian activist Aarab Barghouti
Massive Attack's Robert Del Naja said he had also invited Barghouti to speak at the Barcelona festival, before their set was cancelled due to extreme weather
Ben Folds pens open letter to rally support for National Symphony Orchestra as Trump’s name removed from Kennedy Center
“The NSO doesn’t have the luxury of time as it’s been suffocated by the financial turmoil that resulted from the presidential takeover"
Massive Attack on taking aim at Palantir with their live show: “I find their declarations, objectives and moral framing pretty terrifying”
“We need a much wider debate on the suitability of a company like this having such capture of our societal infrastructure”
Earl Sweatshirt, Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker will no longer be appearing at SXSW London 2026
Sweatshirt is prevented from appearing due to an "accident", while political commentators Uygur and Piker have been controversially denied entry to the country
Donald Trump offers to perform at Freedom 250 concert himself after acts continue dropping out
The President referred to himself as "the man who gets much larger audiences than Elvis in his prime"
Trump hits out after judge orders removal of his name from Kennedy Center: “The radical left would rather see it die”
"Unless I am free to do what I do better than anyone else," he wrote, "I have no interest in continuing"
Milli Vanilli, The Commodores and more drop out of Donald Trump’s Freedom 250 Great American State Fair
Martina McBride, Brett Michaels, Young MC and more have also announced they won't be performing, with some artists saying they were made to believe the show would be non-partisan