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Responses were generally positive, with one person tweeting, \"Thank you for putting your fans' safety before money.\"

Vanilla Ice, whose given name is Robert Van Winkle, says the venue, which can hold 5,000, was going to limit capacity to 450. According to Brannam, 84 tickets had been sold on EventBrite, while he'd sold all 96 available VIP tickets, plus 104 tickets for seating in the venue's upper deck. Last year, the \"Ice Ice Baby\" artist, 52, performed at the same place and drew 1,800 people.

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PHOTO: Vanilla Ice performs at Mega Beer and 90s Music Festival at Magic City Casino, Nov. 9, 2019, in Miami.
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Another '90s act, Color Me Badd, was also supposed to perform at the Emerald Point on Saturday, but that show was also rescheduled. Other postponed upcoming shows include \"Wild Thing\" rapper Tone Loc and \"Gangsta's Paradise\" rapper Coolio.

Brannam said all the artists have already been paid, and he hopes to arrange a '90s \"super concert\" with all three in the future.

Last weekend, country artists Chase Rice and Chris Janson faced huge backlash after playing live shows where social distancing wasn't practiced.

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