Béla Fleck cancels Kennedy Center appearance, says it's become 'charged and political'

Celebrated banjo player Béla Fleck, performing at the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony in Los Angeles in Feb. 2025.

The 18-time Grammy Award winner is the latest musician to cancel an show at the Kennedy Center. Béla Fleck says he cannot currently perform there because it "has become charged and political."

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