Carrie Underwood will be joined by artists including Kid Rock, The Village People, Billy Ray Cyrus, Lee Greenwood, Rascal Flatts, Jason Aldean and more over the weekend and Monday as part of Donald Trump's inauguration events in Washington, DC.
The Trump Vance Inauguration Committee revealed the lineup, confirming that Underwood will participate in the official swearing-in ceremony on Monday, making Trump the forty-seventh president of the United States. Underwood will sing “America the Beautiful” on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, tenor Christopher Macchio is scheduled to sing the national anthem and Greenwood is also scheduled to perform.
Trump is scheduled to be sworn in at noon Eastern time.
Greenwood will also participate in Trump's Make America Great Again Victory Rally on Sunday starting at 3 p.m. ET at Capital One Arena in D.C., and will be joined by Rock, The Village People, Cyrus and the Liberty University Praise Choir, the committee said.
On Monday evening, the Village People, Aldean and a “surprise musical guest” will perform at the Liberty Ball, one of three official opening night concerts. Rascal Flatts and Parker McCollum are scheduled to perform at the Commander-in-Chief's Ball, and Gavin DeGraw will perform at the Starlight Ball.
Steve Witkoff and Kelly Loeffler, co-chairs of the Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, called the events “a celebration of music, unity and patriotism, marking the beginning of America's new golden age.”
Earlier in the week, Underwood, an eight-time Grammy Award winner, was expected to sing “America the Beautiful” at the swearing-in ceremony, and was listed among performers including the Armed Forces Choir and the U.S. Naval Academy Glee Club.
She joins a list of previous major inauguration performers that includes Garth Brooks singing “Amazing Grace” at Joe Biden's inauguration, Beyoncé singing the national anthem at Barack Obama's 2012 inauguration, and Aretha Franklin singing “My Country Tis of Thee” at Obama's inauguration. . Opening in 2008.
Security screening gates at the Capitol open at 5 a.m. ET on Monday, with music starting around 9:30 a.m., according to the Joint Committee of Congress on the Inaugural Ceremonies.
Following the swearing-in, events will include a farewell to former President Biden and then-Vice President Kamala Harris, a U.S. Capitol Departure Ceremony, a President's Signing Room Ceremony, a Congressional Luncheon for the Committee on International Coordination and Cooperation, a President's Troop Review and a Congressional Luncheon. The presidential parade will travel down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House, where there will be a signing ceremony in the Oval Office.
