Garth Brooks will perform at Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ swearing-in ceremony on Wednesday, joining Jennifer Lopez and Lady Gaga among the entertainers on the bill.
“In our household, this is not a political statement, this is a statement of unity,” Brooks said in a virtual press conference. Brooks performed at a Lincoln Memorial inaugural concert in 2009, and told reporters that he was asked to perform for Donald Trump’s inauguration in 2017 but had a prescheduled tour date. Brooks, a Republican, said that incoming First Lady Jill Biden asked him over the weekend to perform. He did not say what music selection he would be singing, but said that it would probably not be We Shall Be Free because he sang it at the Obama event in 2009. He said that he would not be speaking at the swearing in ceremony, but his press call was an opportunity for him to...
“In our household, this is not a political statement, this is a statement of unity,” Brooks said in a virtual press conference. Brooks performed at a Lincoln Memorial inaugural concert in 2009, and told reporters that he was asked to perform for Donald Trump’s inauguration in 2017 but had a prescheduled tour date. Brooks, a Republican, said that incoming First Lady Jill Biden asked him over the weekend to perform. He did not say what music selection he would be singing, but said that it would probably not be We Shall Be Free because he sang it at the Obama event in 2009. He said that he would not be speaking at the swearing in ceremony, but his press call was an opportunity for him to...
- 1/18/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
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