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    Vanilla Ice Calls Off Fourth of July Performance Following Backlash

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    The ‘Ice Ice Baby’ star is no longer scheduled to perform at the upcoming Independence Day concert in Austin, Texas after he came under fire amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
    Jul 3, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Rapper Vanilla Ice has backed out of plans to perform at an Independence Day party after confessing he “didn’t know” how bad the coronavirus spike was in Austin, Texas.
    The “Ice Ice Baby” star came under fire this week after he promoted his appearance at The Independence Day Throwback Beach Party on Friday (03Jul20) when 2,500 people were expected to pack the outdoor Emerald Point Bar & Grill to celebrate the American holiday.
    The show had only been allowed to go on due to a legal loophole as the venue is technically classified as a restaurant – not a bar, enabling bosses to keep the place open at 50 per cent capacity after Texas Governor Gregg Abbott recently ordered the closure of all drinking establishments as a result of a surge in COVID-19 cases.
    Local officials at the Travis County Health Department even warned people not to attend the show for their own safety, but at the time, Vanilla Ice remained defiant and refused to cancel.
    “I take the coronavirus serious (sic). But we can’t live in a bubble,” he posted on Twitter early on Thursday.
    “I think at this point we all understand the severity of it. practice social distancing and wear a mask. This is an outside venue, Fourth of July on the lake with fireworks. Plenty of room for distancing.”
    However, less than four hours later, Vanilla Ice announced he had changed his mind and would postpone his show due to mounting safety concerns.
    In a video posted to social media, the MC said, “Basically, I’m not going. I listened to my fans, I hear all you people out there.”
    “I didn’t know the numbers were so crazy in Austin, but we were hoping it would be a lot better by Fourth of July, ’cause we booked this concert a long time ago.”
    “Basically, we just wanna stay safe,” he continued. “We do take it serious (sic) and we wanna make sure that everybody’s safe…”
    “We were just hoping for a good time… but it turned into a big focal point on me, and it’s not about that, so anyway, Happy Fourth July, and hopefully, by New Year’s, this corona c**p will have a cure…! All the best everybody.”
    More than 8,000 new cases were reported in the state on Wednesday, two months after Texas authorities began allowing some businesses and services to reopen following the initial coronavirus shutdown.

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      Singer Vanilla Ice Under Fire for Planning Fourth of July Concert Amid Pandemic

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      The musician, who is known for his hit ‘Ice Ice Baby’, announces that he will be holding a show at Emerald Point Bar and Grill in Austin, Texas this weekend.
      Jul 2, 2020
      AceShowbiz – During this pandemic era, people are advised to avoid large crowds and stay at home. It appears singer Vanilla Ice, who is known for his hit “Ice Ice Baby”, is missing the message as he announces his plan on holding a Fourth of July concert at Emerald Point Bar & Grill in Austin, Texas this weekend.
      Speaking of his upcoming show, Vanilla Ice said along with footage of his past concert, “I can’t wait to get back to this. The 90s were the best. We didn’t have coronavirus, or cell phones, or computers. we had 5.0’s, blockbuster, Beavis and Butthead, Wayne’s world, Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan.”
      He continued, “And Mortal Kombat is still better than fortnight but we got out of the house, We danced, we invented house parties in the 90s. The last of the great decades.”

      People, naturally, didn’t take this announcement well and went on to attack Vanilla Ice on social media. “imagine you live but you have to admit you put your body in severe disrepair to the point of being intubated and contracting like 5 new chronic diseases because you had to go to the vanilla ice concert,” one said. “Getting the coronavirus at a Vanilla Ice concert has to be one of the lamest ways to die,” another wrote.
      Someone was so in disbelief, “Dear Jesus help me understand the cultural collision where someone will die to see Vanilla Ice,” while another person reacted, “What is wrong with them? It’s a pandemic for God’s sakes. I think it’s a possibility we’re going to get up to a million people dead at this point. Republicans are the most selfish, moronic people.What’s happening is that they are killing frontline workers & healthcare workers.”
      Despite the criticism, Vanilla Ice still shows no sign of canceling his concert.
      Coronavirus cases have continued to arise in Texas. On Wednesday, July 1, the Texas Department of State Health Service reported 8,076 new cases, marking the first time Texas crossed the 8,000 threshold for new cases in a single day.

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