Posted on 12/22/2016 2:08:52 PM PST by drewh
Donald Trump’s team has struggled to line up prime talent to perform at his inauguration, and he’s reportedly livid as a result.
Mark Burnett, who created and produced The Apprentice, is overseeing the inauguration festivities, and even he seems to be grasping at straws. So, he brought in talent recruiter Suzanne Bender, who is a former booker on Dancing With the Stars and American Idol, to help. Her arrival is seen as a “hail mary” shakeup to satisfy the “unhappy” Trump mere weeks before the inauguration.
A number of top-list performers, including Garth Brooks, Elton John, and Andrea Bocelli, were asked to take part in the Inauguration festivities but declined. Bocelli seemed to be on the verge of saying yes but reportedly passed after pressure from fans. This does appear to be a common concern among performers, as they don’t want to “normalize” Trump and alienate their own fanbase. Dixie Chicks manager Simon Renshaw clued The Wrap in about Trump-related fears for performers: “If anyone does do it, I hope that the check that they get is in the nine figures. Because it’s probably the last check they’re ever going to get.”
Despite their difficulties, there are apparently a few acts that will participate. Consequence of Sound reveals that the lineup includes the following acts: The American Gentleman; The Reagan Years (“one of the HOTTEST ’80s cover bands”); wedding band The Mixx; DJ Freedom; and The Star Spangled Singers. In a late breaking bit of news, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints announced that The Mormon Tabernacle Choir will be performing during the festivities. So, it’s shaping up to be a rocking party.
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He should start canceling Jughead’s E.O.’s during his inauguration speech...
Like Santa, I'm making a list...
Don’t have entertainment. Let the armed forces bands play that’s enough. We don’t need any more popculture in our government after 0 and impotus. How about something dignified.
Simple. Cut all government funding of performing arts and public television
I bet Hank Williams jr. would do it.
Hey...
I hear this Ted Nugent feller plays a mean guitar.
Get Ted, Kid Rock, maybe some country stars....
Be one helluva party....
I don’t think he is livid. He takes in information and acts accordingly to get what he wants.He doesn’t need bands and if there is going to be a competing counter-inauguration party with all the sis-boom-bah stars then he needs perhaps to contrast it with no party at all, but rather to have a stack of Hussein’s EOs on the podium . As soon as he finishes the necessaries he turns to the stack and nullifies them into the microphone, one after the other.
Chris Tomlin
Third Day
Mercy Me
Jeremy Camp
Relient K
YES. Suits the taste of a majority of the attendees.
I’m more interested in seeing MELANIA’S inaugural gown. Who cares about the the music?
I’m thinking, Charlie Daniels, Ted Nugent, Kiss, etc
There a lot of D-list performers who are actually better than some of the so called A-list performers. They are really good but do not have the name. Walk around downtown Nashville, TN (Broadway) and see for yourself.
My response will be simple. I will not pay for any entertainment from musicians who won’t perform at the Inaugural. IF no one performs, then I won’t buy any concert tickets or music for the next eight years. I assume many real Americans will respond similarly, and performers who are paid only to entertain us will pay the price of letting politics intrude.
To be hones, I’ve never watched any Inaugural events, except for the Inaugural Address. Who cares of none of the Hollyweird bunch show up or not, we don’t want them. He should hire strictly unknown talent, and give them a real break.
How about Frankie Valle and the Four Seasons? We saw them this summer and Frankie at 80+ has still got it. He did a little back and forth with the audience ,about the election ,and said he was’t political but he sure was patriotic.
Yeah. Pussy Riot.
Oh,and he lost DC by something like 90 to 5,a fact that he should see that as a badge of honor as he should showbiz's attitude.
I bet Kid Rock would do it...he’s hardcore Michigan too, somewhat of an exclamation point since it went red! ...probably a bit too raw for many though.
Sounds like a great plan...The music and the flyovers - Awesome.
There ya’ go.
How about Rammstein....They can perform “Amerika”....”We’re all living in Amerika....Amerika ist wunderbar!”
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