The former pop duo Milli Vanilli (archive photo).Image: AP
June 2, 2026, 2:31 p.mJune 2, 2026, 2:33 p.m
Fabrice “Fab” Morvan from the former pop duo Milli Vanilli has canceled his planned appearance at the controversial concert series celebrating the 250th anniversary of the USA. “This is not what I agreed to,” the 60-year-old told CNN.
Just a few days ago, Morvan said he wanted to perform at the concerts and bring people together through music. However, after more and more artists withdrew their participation, he also began to have doubts. “Over the course of the week it became a circus,” he said. «I’m not in politics. That’s why you’ll hear it here first: I will not be taking part in the celebrations on June 26th.”
Trump sees himself as the “number one attraction in the world”
The concert series is organized by what it says is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to the anniversary celebrations in the US capital – but these themselves are based on a call from Donald Trump. Several artists canceled their participation, including The Commodores and Poison frontman Bret Michaels. Many justified their withdrawal by saying that the event was more political than originally portrayed.
US President Donald Trump himself attracted additional attention. On his Truth Social platform, he described the artists performing as “overpaid singers that no one wants to hear”. At the same time, he suggested replacing the concert series with the “number one attraction in the world” – himself.
Morovan: Don’t get drawn into the argument
In his rejection, Morvan also referred to his own history. The singer became world famous at the end of the 1980s with the pop duo Milli Vanilli (“Girl You Know It’s True”), produced by Frank Farian, before the so-called lip sync scandal surrounding him and his partner Robert “Rob” Pilatus was exposed. Actually, other singers were the real voices of Milli Vanilli.
“I fell, got back up, reinvented myself and kept going,” Morvan said on CNN. That’s precisely why he doesn’t want to be drawn into the current dispute. “I know what it’s like when a narrative is changed again and again until you hardly recognize it yourself,” he said. “That happened to me.” (sda/dpa)