The Kennedy Center in Washington DC is demanding $1 million in damages from musician Chuck Redd. Redd cancelled his usual Christmas Eve concert after the center added President Donald Trump’s name to its title. Chuck Redd, who has hosted the concert since 2006, called off the show because the board voted to rename the venue the Trump Kennedy Center. Richard Grenell, the center's president, said in a letter that the cancellation was a "political stunt" and has "cost us considerably." He wrote, "Your dismal ticket sales and lack of donor support, combined with your last-minute cancellation has cost us considerably. This is your official notice that we will seek $1 million in damages from you for this political stunt." The renaming followed Trump’s firing of several board members and replacing them with his allies, who then made Trump chairman. Last week, the board voted to rename the center as The Donald J Trump and John F Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts. The White House said the renaming honors Trump’s role in renovating the building. However, Democrats, many artists, and the Kennedy family criticized the change. Chuck Redd told the Associated Press, "When I saw the name change on the Kennedy Center website and then hours later on the building, I chose to cancel our concert." Ohio Congresswoman Joyce Beatty, a Democrat, filed a lawsuit to remove Trump's name. She argued the center’s name can only be changed by Congress, as was set in a 1964 law. Beatty also said she was muted during the board meeting when she opposed the name change. The Kennedy Center began as a national arts project in the 1950s. After President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, Congress designated the center as a living memorial to him.