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Showing Original Post only (View all)Inauguration blues: Why pop stars won't play for Trump [View all]
From the BBC.
Reports from the US suggest Donald Trump is struggling to find A-list stars to perform at his inauguration. We asked the stars of the BBC Music Awards what it would take to get them to play.
When President Barack Obama was inaugurated in 2009, he was serenaded by Beyonce and Aretha Franklin.
During his stay in the White House, he's had audiences with the likes of Rihanna, James Taylor and Kendrick Lamar.
Donald Trump might not be so lucky.
According to US news website The Wrap, Trump's inaugural committee is scrambling to find stars who are willing to play at his swearing in ceremony on 20 January 2017.
"They're calling managers, agents, everyone in town to see who they can get and it's been problematic," an unnamed source told the site.
Grammy-winner John Legend, who has been a guest of the Obamas several times, says he is "not surprised at all".
"Creative people tend to reject bigotry and hate," he told the BBC.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38298215
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He's one of the few mentioned in the article, and perhaps Rick Astley, but not Elton John.
Bad Dog
Dec 2016
#16
His wife was publicly pro Clinton but I would like to see Kanye show up to sing then during the
lunasun
Dec 2016
#10
If it is all these patriotic showboaters it will be an even more nauseating event. Perfect!
lunasun
Dec 2016
#12
Quote of the week: "Creative people tend to reject bigotry and hate," he told the BBC.
rgbecker
Dec 2016
#11
it's why liberal talk radio could never be a success the way right wing radio has been
JI7
Dec 2016
#41
Maybe Lee Greenwood can sing "Proud to be an American" as they wave Russian flags
world wide wally
Dec 2016
#18
Yes you called it , or as tavernier suggested West could be there regarding the SCOTUS pick......
lunasun
Dec 2016
#31
Kid Rock, Charlie Daniels, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams Jr, Toby Keith, Trace Adkins
Feeling the Bern
Dec 2016
#65
So? They'll dig his right wing ass, or convince their idiot bible thumper asskissers that he's
Feeling the Bern
Dec 2016
#86