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On Wednesday, January 20, President-elect Joe Biden will celebrate his inauguration with a TV particular known as Celebrating The USA as a change of with identical old in-person ceremonies due to COVID-19 security concerns, Politico studies. The 90-minute display will highlight and honor frontline workers who remain in the market sometime of the raging pandemic, and the total facet will likely be hosted by Tom Hanks.
But because it’s seemingly you’ll’t maintain an inauguration ceremony without music, Celebrating The USA can even characteristic performances from Demi Lovato, Justin Timberlake, Ant Clemons, and Jon Bon Jovi. On Instagram, Lovato wrote that she’s “SO honored” to affix Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris for the tournament: “I changed into as soon as left speechless after I changed into as soon as requested to originate!”
Timberlake, in the interim, shared how the music he’s planning to play, known as “Better Days,” got here collectively earlier than the particular. Together at the side of his collaborator Clemons, he penned the tune in gradual 2020 as a mode to gape forward with optimism. “This past year introduced plenty of frustration, fret, anger — and there had been instances when it changed into as soon as simple to truly feel powerless,” he wrote. “This music changed into as soon as our manner of doing what exiguous we would possibly possibly well well to relieve all people to prevent hopeful… and encourage training an even bigger, extra equal future.” He also shared that he recorded his vocals for the tune on Election Evening.
“Now we maintain a lengthy manner to switch to repair, undo, and rebuild this country… nevertheless I am hoping now, despite the past four years, we’re on our manner.”
The Celebrating The USA particular will air at 8: 30 ET/PT on January 20 on ABC, CBS, and NBC, apart from on cable channels CNN and MSNBC.
