After being injured repeatedly by an ever-increasing celebrity population and an onslaught of #brands, the Burning Man festival died on Monday, July 28, 2014. The final, fatal blow came when Grover Norquist, a 57-year-old tax policy agitator and the president of Americans for Tax Reform, tweeted that he would be attending this year’s iteration of the festival.

First Diplo and Diddy, and now this? Our condolences for longtime attendees, who may have to get dusty (and dusted) elsewhere.

Its official. Samah and I are off to "Burning Man" this year. Scratch one from the Bucket List.

— Grover Norquist (@GroverNorquist) July 28, 2014

It seems Norquist has been trying to go for at least two years:

Which idiot put the GOP convention the same time as "Burning Man" in Nevada? Is there time to change this?

— Grover Norquist (@GroverNorquist) July 1, 2012