Carrie Underwood is billed to carry out at Donald Trump’s inauguration
Carrie Underwood is billed to carry out at Donald Trump‘s second inauguration later this month.
Trump will probably be sworn in as President in Washington, DC on January 20, 2025, and Grammy-winning Carrie Underwood is ready to take the stage because the musical visitor. A spokesperson confirmed to Axios that she will probably be on the lineup performing ‘America the Stunning’.
“I 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,” Underwood stated in a press release Monday, in keeping with the Associated Press. “I’m humbled to reply the decision at a time once we should all come collectively within the spirit of unity and trying to the long run.”
Underwood, who launched her profession on American Idol and is greatest identified for tracks reminiscent of ‘Inside Your Heaven’ and ‘Jesus’, has beforehand made fun of Trump on the 2017 Nation Music Awards in a parody alongside Brad Paisley. The pair sang a reworked model of her hit ‘Earlier than He Cheats’, with the lyrics poking enjoyable at Trump’s unstable Twitter habits on the time: “It’s enjoyable to look at, yeah, that’s for certain / ’til little Rocket Man begins a nuclear battle.”
Moreover Victor Willis, lead singer of the Village Individuals, additionally stated the band would “take part in inaugural actions” for Trump.
“We all know this gained’t make a few of you content to listen to nevertheless we consider that music is to be carried out with out regard to politics,” a post by the group on Fb learn. “Our track ‘YMCA’ is a worldwide anthem that hopefully helps convey the nation collectively after a tumultuous and divided marketing campaign the place our most popular candidate misplaced.”
In keeping with the Related Press, different performers billed to seem on the inauguration embrace Trump-favourites nation singer Lee Greenwood and opera singer Christopher Macchio.
Trump’s 2017 inauguration featured performances from Rockettes, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and America’s Received Expertise singer Jackie Evancho. Obama’s first inauguration in 2009 noticed Aretha Franklin carry out, whereas Beyonce and Kelly Clarkson sang at his second inauguration in 2013.