MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota music legend Morris Day apparently was not cool with Donald Trump’s Freedom 250 team sending out word he and the Time would be performing at their Great American State Fair on the National Mall in late June.

After Freedom 250 organizers listed Day and The Time among the June 25-July 3 concert in Washington, D.C., Day’s social media pages refuted the claim that they would be part of the event, intended to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

Day’s Instagram and Facebook pages posted a picture with the text, “Contrary to rumor, Morris Day & The Time will not be performing at the ‘Great American State Fair.’”

Further comment was offered by Day in the comments section, with the sunglasses emoji included: “It’s A No For Me.”

The “Jungle Love” and “Cool” hitmakers had been announced Wednesday by Trump’s Freedom 250 team alongside Vanilla Ice, Milli Vanilli and Poison’s Bret Michaels as performers at the 16-day Great American State Fair, leading up to the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on July 4. The Time also was included in widespread news reports on the lineup from outlets including USA Today and Billboard.

The series is set to kick off June 25, purportedly with country singer Martina McBride. Other acts announced as performers include Flo Rida, C+C Music Factory, the Commodores and Young MC.

With or without the D.C. event on the gig schedule, Prince’s childhood friend Day is getting out to perform often this summer with his remade Time lineup, including two upcoming Twin Cities gigs.

He’s part of the all-star lineup in the Prince tribute concert June 5 at the Armory, part of Paisley Park’s annual Celebration. The tour industry site Pollstar also lists him and his modern-day Time as headliners for the all-Minnesotan Setting the Stage concert June 20 with Motion City Soundtrack and Ber at Live Nation’s new Mystic Lake Amphitheater in Shakopee.

Day’s Time recently hired Californian session player Curt Bisquera as its new drummer after local music hero Jellybean Johnson’s death in November. No other 1980s-era members of the Time remain in Day’s touring lineup.

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