Carrie Underwood is ready to carry out “America the Lovely” in the course of the swearing-in ceremony
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President-elect Donald Trump is scheduled to be sworn into workplace on January 20 — and in contrast to his first inauguration in 2017, which reportedly struggled to e-book high-profile performers, a number of well-known artists will partake on this yr’s inaugural occasions.
“The Trump Vance Inaugural Committee is proud to announce that a few of our nation’s most iconic [musicians] will probably be taking part within the inaugural celebrations,” mentioned co-chairs Steve Witkoff and Kelly Loeffler in a press release offered to NPR. “This monumental weekend will commemorate President Trump’s historic victory and the sixtieth Presidential Inauguration with a celebration of music, unity, and patriotism, ushering in America’s new Golden Age.”
Beneath is a listing of the artists scheduled to carry out all through inaugural occasions, not together with a shock musical visitor set to look on the Liberty Ball.
Carrie Underwood
Nation star Carrie Underwood, who jump-started her profession because the winner of American Idol 20 years in the past, is ready to carry out “America the Lovely” in the course of the swearing-in ceremony.
“I really like our nation and am honored to have been requested to sing on the Inauguration and to be a small a part of this historic occasion,” mentioned Underwood in a press release offered to NPR. “I’m humbled to reply the decision at a time once we should all come collectively within the spirit of unity and seeking to the long run.”
Christopher Macchio
Classical tenor Christopher Macchio will carry out the Nationwide Anthem in the course of the swearing-in ceremony. In a video posted to his YouTube web page, Macchio said that he first met Trump when Elton John dropped out of a New 12 months’s Eve efficiency at Mar-a-Lago and Macchio was employed to fill in.
Lee Greenwood
Lee Greenwood, whose track “I.O.U.” received a 1984 Grammy for finest vocal nation efficiency, will carry out on the swearing-in ceremony and the Make America Nice Once more Victory Rally. Greenwood has acquired 5 further Grammy nominations over time and was closely featured finally summer season’s Republican Nationwide Conference in Milwaukee.
“I’m humbled and honored to be requested to carry out for our forty seventh President Donald J. Trump throughout his inaugural occasions,” mentioned Greenwood in a press release offered to NPR. “The President has been a buddy of [my wife] Kim [Payne] and I’s for a few years and this is likely one of the most historic moments in our lifetime. I look ahead to celebrating this special occasion with proud Individuals in all places.”
Child Rock (proper) shakes fingers with President Donald Trump after signing the Hatch-Goodlatte Music Modernization Act in 2018.
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Child Rock
Child Rock, who has been a vocal supporter of Trump since his first time period and likewise carried out on the Republican Nationwide Conference, is ready to take the stage on the Make America Nice Once more Victory Rally. Final summer season, the Michigan singer-songwriter headlined the touring competition Rock the Nation, which celebrated a fusion of MAGA politics and nation music.
Village Individuals
The disco band Village Individuals, led by surviving authentic member Victor Willis, will carry out at two occasions: the Make America Nice Once more Victory Rally and the Liberty Ball. The group’s 1978 hit track “Y.M.C.A.” was a staple at Trump’s marketing campaign rallies, even resulting in a viraldance. In a Fb publish, Willis, who penned the track’s lyrics, wrote that the marketing campaign’s use of the track had broadly boosted its reputation, together with touchdown it on the prime of the Billboard dance digital track gross sales chart.
Willis went on to write down that whereas Trump’s use of “Y.M.C.A.” had drawn controversy as a result of the track has been broadly adopted as an unofficial homosexual anthem, it’s “a false assumption” that the track deliberately carries a queer subtext. In mild of the announcement that Village Individuals would partake within the presidential inauguration, Willis once more took to Fb.
“We all know this would possibly not make a few of you cheerful to listen to nonetheless we imagine that music is to be carried out with out regard to politics,” reads a assertion posted to each Willis’ and the group’s official pages. “Our track Y.M.C.A. is a world anthem that hopefully helps deliver the nation collectively after a tumultuous and divided marketing campaign the place our most well-liked candidate misplaced. Subsequently, we imagine it is now time to deliver the nation along with music which is why VILLAGE PEOPLE will probably be acting at numerous occasions as a part of the 2025 Inauguration of Donald J. Trump.”
Billy Ray Cyrus
Billy Ray Cyrus, who shared his help for Trump on the marketing campaign path, will carry out on the Make America Nice Once more Victory Rally. The “Achy Breaky Coronary heart” singer most just lately received two 2020 Grammys for his function on a remix of Lil Nas X’s country-crossover hit “Outdated City Street.” His daughter, pop star Miley Cyrus, has brazenly criticized Trump.
Liberty College’s Reward Choir
LU Reward is a gospel choir “devoted to glorifying God by means of testimony, track, and worship,” in line with Liberty College’s web site. The group will carry out in the course of the Make America Nice Once more Victory Rally.
Jason Aldean will carry out on the Liberty Ball.
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Jason Aldean
Nation singer-songwriter Jason Aldean, who launched Trump at a marketing campaign rally in Georgia, will carry out on the Liberty Ball. After the tried assassination on Trump in Pennsylvania final summer season, Aldean devoted a efficiency of his track “Attempt That in a Small City” to the then-candidate whereas on tour. On Election Day, he reaffirmed his help for Trump on Instagram.
“Over the previous a number of years we now have taken a number of warmth from the leisure trade and the media for our help of @realdonaldtrump,” wrote Aldean. “As a father and an American citizen, I wish to see our nation get again to its values and rules that made us nice to start with.”
Rascal Flatts
Nashville nation trio Rascal Flatts — which discovered business success with songs like “What Hurts the Most,” “Prayin’ for Daylight” and a canopy of Tom Cochrane’s “Life is a Freeway” — will carry out on the Commander in Chief Ball. After a hiatus, the band just lately reunited and introduced its 2025 Life is a Freeway tour.
Parker McCollum
Nation singer Parker McCollum, whose No. 1 songs on Billboard‘s Nation Airplay chart embrace “Burn It Down” and “Fairly Coronary heart,” will carry out on the Commander in Chief Ball.
Gavin DeGraw
Gavin DeGraw, the singer-songwriter who broke out onto the pop charts together with his 2003 album Chariot, will carry out on the Starlight Ball. His track “I Do not Need to Be,” which grew in reputation because the theme track for The CW’s teen drama One Tree Hill, was licensed platinum within the U.S.
