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Report: Trump 'Livid' That No Higher-Than-D-List Entertainers Willing To Perform At Inaugural
Uproxx.com ^ | • 12.22.16 | By: Chris Zois

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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To: cloudmountain
However, I BET that there are ALREADY some Hollyweird types secretly getting in touch with him...for the gig of a lifetime.

exactly, not that mr trump needs them, but if they throw enough moolah at J-Lo, Lady Gaga, Britney Spears or Katy Perry...someone will say yes

41 posted on 12/22/2016 2:24:26 PM PST by drewh
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To: drewh

Wouldn’t their not being socialist pussies cause them to actually be A-List performers?


42 posted on 12/22/2016 2:26:46 PM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: drewh
President Trump keeping his eye on the big stuff: Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump 1m1 minute ago Based on the tremendous cost and cost overruns of the Lockheed Martin F-35, I have asked Boeing to price-out a comparable F-18 Super Hornet!
43 posted on 12/22/2016 2:27:01 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: drewh

I’ve said it before: Invite Sir Mick Jagger to come over and sing one song “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”, accompained by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir (thanks Mitt).

Blow their minds.


44 posted on 12/22/2016 2:27:13 PM PST by bigbob (We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
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To: D Rider

Your right, my first thought was Nugent, but after all the wonderful letters Charlie Daniels has put out over the last decade+, he is perfect. And Charlie is definitely an A lister in my book.


45 posted on 12/22/2016 2:27:17 PM PST by Wneighbor (Deplorable. And we win!)
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To: drewh

This is a set up I wonder.

Next thing you know, every A list performer will be there...

Remember when Rush Limbaugh bought off the Pretenders?


46 posted on 12/22/2016 2:28:27 PM PST by Professional
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To: Little Ray
"Flyover by some F-22s and a B-2."

I attended a memorial ceremony in D.C. for the families of the fallen. They flew a stealth aircraft right over the mall and White House, perhaps a F-117. Stunning.

But why in the hell do we need entertainers and court jesters to usher in a new President? There is work to be done, problems to be solved. It's not time to party. Who pays for that stuff?

47 posted on 12/22/2016 2:29:29 PM PST by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: drewh

Fake news


48 posted on 12/22/2016 2:32:14 PM PST by Hattie
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To: drewh

Surely someone will find a way to change it up a bit. Didn’t someone just book the Rockettes to perform?


49 posted on 12/22/2016 2:32:26 PM PST by sarasota
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To: drewh

The Trump inaugural team probably won’t release the performers names, possibly until very close to the inauguration to prevent the harassment of scheduled talent.


50 posted on 12/22/2016 2:33:00 PM PST by justlittleoleme
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To: Little Ray

Excellent idea.


51 posted on 12/22/2016 2:33:05 PM PST by avenir (I'm pessimistic about man, but I'm optimistic about GOD!)
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To: reagandemocrat

That


52 posted on 12/22/2016 2:33:16 PM PST by abb ("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
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To: USMCPOP

Good point. It might be more fitting to have a more religious inauguration. A day of Thanksgiving and praise to God. And a day to ask for guidance from above.


53 posted on 12/22/2016 2:33:29 PM PST by petitfour (Americans need to repent.)
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To: Professional

Charlie Daniels and Lee Greenwood and the Mandrel sisters.


54 posted on 12/22/2016 2:36:01 PM PST by DOC44 (Have gun will travel.)
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To: Gene Eric

Who cares about these celebrity losers? NOT the folks who voted Trump, for sure.


55 posted on 12/22/2016 2:37:03 PM PST by alstewartfan (I sit here by the banks of the Rhine Dipping my feet in the cold stream of time. 1934 by Al Stewart)
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To: drewh

These performers that the client go should realize they’re going to be pissing off half of their fan base the half that voted for Trump...

Unless they intend to play only LA and San Francisco and New York they better start making some accommodations I really surprise me Garth what the hell is he thinking dude your fanbase is Red State areas... LA doesn’t give you crap about you

... really we need to keep blister all the performers that are asked to client form when you come to a red state area we’re going to boo you


56 posted on 12/22/2016 2:37:17 PM PST by tophat9000 (Tophat9000)
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To: ExTexasRedhead

And choirs and gospel music.


57 posted on 12/22/2016 2:37:30 PM PST by sarasota
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To: drewh
Find someone to sing part of one song (while Obama is there):

Na na na na, hey hey, goodbye

Hey hey, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye

Hey hey, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye

Hey hey, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye

Or just have a sing along with the audience.
58 posted on 12/22/2016 2:37:45 PM PST by Ragnar54 (Obama replaced Osama as America's worst enemy and Al Qaeda's financier)
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To: drewh

Any Entertainer who performs for Trump will likely be blacklisted.

That’s likely the real reason.


59 posted on 12/22/2016 2:38:21 PM PST by VitacoreVision
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To: drewh

haha somehow Trump doesn’t strike me as being “livid’ over leftists not wanting to come to his inauguration.


60 posted on 12/22/2016 2:38:54 PM PST by DouglasKC
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