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The Kennedy Center demanded $1 million from jazz drummer Chuck Redd after he canceled his Christmas Eve performance to protest the center’s renaming as the Trump Kennedy Center.

The Guardian
Kennedy Center president demands $1m from musician who canceled Christmas Eve show

Drummer Chuck Redd decided to cancel his yearly Jazz Jam after Donald Trump added his name to the venue The president of the Kennedy Center has demanded $1m in damages and fiercely criticized a musician’s sudden decision to cancel a Christmas Eve performance at the venue days after the White House announced that Donald Trump’s name would be added to the facility. “Your decision to withdraw at the last moment - explicitly in response to the Center’s recent renaming, which honors President Trump’s extraordinary efforts to save this national treasure - is classic intolerance and very costly to a non-profit Arts institution, ” the venue’s president, Richard Grenell, wrote in a letter to musician Chuck Redd that was shared with the Associated Press. Continue reading. . .

Kennedy Center president demands $1m from musician who canceled Christmas Eve show
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The Independent
Kennedy Center demands $1M from jazz musician who pulled out of annual Christmas Eve concert in protest at Trump renaming

Kennedy Center President Richard Grenell said on social media that he would ‘not let’ artists cancel shows at the venue ‘without consequence’

Kennedy Center demands $1M from jazz musician who pulled out of annual Christmas Eve concert in protest at Trump renaming
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The Independent
Kennedy Center threatens musician with lawsuit over Trump name protest

Chuck Redd canceled a Christmas Eve performance after learning the president’s name would be added to the venue

Kennedy Center threatens musician with lawsuit over Trump name protest
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VRT NWS
Kennedy Center seeks $1 million in damages from musician who canceled Christmas concert in protest of Trump name change

The Kennedy Center is seeking $1 million in damages from jazz drummer Chuck Redd, who canceled a Christmas concert in protest of the center's name change to the Trump Kennedy Center. According to the board chair, it is a costly political stunt. Meanwhile a Democratic lawmaker is challenging the name change in court.

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