Billy Ray Cyrus and Kid Rock to perform during Trump’s inauguration weekend

16 January 2025, 09:54

Billy Ray Cyrus
MTV Video Music Awards 2019 – Arrivals – New Jersey. Picture: PA

They join Carrie Underwood, who announced her participation this week.

A host of big-name performers including Billy Ray Cyrus, Kid Rock and country singer Jason Aldean will be making their way to Washington, DC, to perform at various presidential inauguration events over the weekend.

The Trump Vance Inaugural Committee unveiled most of the line-up on Wednesday.

Kid Rock, a long-time Trump supporter, and Billy Ray Cyrus will join Lee Greenwood and The Village People at the Make America Great Again Rally at Capital One Arena in Washington on Sunday, along with a choir from Liberty University.

“The pageantry is wonderful. I’m excited about all of that,” Greenwood told The Associated Press.

“I’m excited to sing yet again for President of the United States and particularly my friend Donald J Trump.”

Aldean, a five-time Grammy nominee behind the controversial song Try That In A Small Town, is set to perform at The Liberty Ball on Monday night, alongside The Village People and a “surprise musical guest”.

Carrie Underwood on stage
Carrie Underwood will sing America The Beautiful at the swearing-in ceremony on Monday (David Jensen/PA)

The swearing-in ceremony on Monday will feature previously announced performers Carrie Underwood, who is singing America The Beautiful, opera tenor Christopher Maccio performing the National Anthem and Greenwood. Three inaugural balls will follow.

“I love our country and am honoured to have been asked to sing at the inauguration and to be a small part of this historic event,” Underwood said in a statement earlier this week.

Country group Rascal Flatts will be at the Commander-in-Chief Ball, focused on military service members, with Texas-based singer-songwriter Parker McCollum.

Rascal Flatts frontman Gary LeVox wrote on Instagram that he was “happy and humbled and grateful for the opportunity”. LeVox played at Mr Trump’s first inauguration and promised that it will be a “night to remember”, thanking South Dakota governor Kristi Noem in his post.

The Starlight Ball, focused on high-worth donors, will feature a performance from Gavin DeGraw, a singer-songwriter best known for the song I Don’t Want To Be, which was used as the theme song for the TV show One Tree Hill.

Mr Trump’s first inauguration in 2017 featured performances from the Rockettes, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and 16-year-old America’s Got Talent singer Jackie Evancho.

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