Donald Trump is conscionable hours distant from officially becoming the 47th US president - and a full big of celebrated faces are helping him people the occasion. Although the authoritative swearing-in ceremony is acceptable to instrumentality spot connected Monday, 20 January aft being moved indoors owed to upwind concerns, events person been held crossed the play to commemorate the historical event, which follows his archetypal inauguration successful 2017.
Eight years ago, Trump explained that the events would beryllium “elegant” and “very special” and artists including state instrumentalist Toby Keith and stone set 3 Doors Down performed crossed the weekend. Let’s instrumentality a adjacent look astatine immoderate of those high-profile names acceptable to instrumentality to the signifier astatine assorted events this clip around…
Kid Rock
In the tally up to the main lawsuit connected Monday, a campaign-style rally connected Sunday, 19 January volition spot a drawstring of artists perform. Among those performing is Kid Rock, who is known for the opus All Summer Long which peaked astatine the apical spot successful the UK Official Chart backmost successful 2008.
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AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)In the past Kid Rock, who reportedly has a nett worthy of $150 million, has been a vocal protagonist of the Republican Party and successful July helium sang astatine Trump’s code astatine the 2024 Republican National Convention. More recently, successful November helium was portion of Trump’s entourage astatine the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lawsuit alongside Elon Musk.
Billy Ray Cyrus
Alongside Kid Rock volition beryllium state euphony fable Billy Ray Cyrus, who has an estimated nett worthy of $10 million. As good arsenic being the antheral down the opus Achy Breaky Heart, Billy Ray is begetter of popular sensation Miley Cyrus.
Back successful July, portion astatine a Bitcoin conference, Trump opened up astir his narration with Billy Ray Cyrus and called him a “great” feline arsenic helium gave him a shoutout. “Billy Ray Cyrus is here. Where is Billy Ray?,” helium said. “He’s astir present someplace, and he’s great. He’s a blimpish guy.”
It comes aft Billy Ray’s girl Miley called Trump a “completely racist, sexist, hateful a**hole" successful a 2019 interrogation with Vanity Fair.
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John Shearer/Getty Images)Carrie Underwood
Meanwhile Carrie Underwood, who roseate to fame connected American Idol 2005, volition sing America The Beautiful earlier Trump takes the oath of bureau connected Monday. In a statement, the eight-time Grammy winner, who Forbes claimed was worthy $31 cardinal successful 2013, explained that she was “honoured” to person been asked to execute astatine the event.
“I emotion our state and americium honoured to person been asked to sing astatine the inauguration and to beryllium a tiny portion of this historical event. I americium humbled to reply the telephone astatine a clip erstwhile we indispensable each travel unneurotic successful the tone of unity and looking to the future,” she said, though the announcement has been controversial.
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Craig T Fruchtman/WireImage)The Village People
Disco radical the Village People, known for being down the deed opus YMCA, volition execute astatine the rally connected Sunday arsenic good arsenic a consequent inaugural ball. “We cognize this won't marque immoderate of you blessed to perceive nevertheless we judge that euphony is to beryllium performed without respect to politics,” a station connected the band’s Facebook leafage read.
“Our opus Y.M.C.A. is simply a planetary anthem that hopefully helps bring the state unneurotic aft a tumultuous and divided run wherever our preferred campaigner lost. Therefore, we judge it’s present clip to bring the state unneurotic with euphony which is wherefore VILLAGE PEOPLE volition beryllium performing astatine assorted events arsenic portion of the 2025 Inauguration of Donald J. Trump.”