America’s President-elect Joe Biden may not have big crowds at his coronavirus-limited inauguration, but he won’t be lacking for star power.
The Presidential Inaugural Committee announced Thursday that pop star Lady Gaga will sing the National Anthem and Jennifer Lopez will perform a musical number at the Capitol ceremony next week.
I am deeply honored to be joining @BidenInaugural on January 20 to sing the National Anthem and celebrate the historic inauguration of @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris! 💙 pic.twitter.com/MfgcG3j4Aa
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) January 14, 2021
The announcement notes that Lady Gaga “worked closely with President-elect Biden’s ‘It’s On Us’ campaign to address sexual assault on college campuses” and that JLo and her partner, former baseball player Alex Rodriguez, “have been outspoken about the disproportionate impact of coronavirus on Latinos and the need to contain the virus, rebuild the economy, and unify the country.”
❤️🤍💙 #Inauguration2021 pic.twitter.com/ay3C56wfue
— jlo (@JLo) January 14, 2021
In making the announcement, the CEO of the inaugural committee, Tony Allen, also said that the participants “represent one clear picture of the grand diversity of our great nation and will help honor and celebrate the time-honored traditions of the presidential inauguration as President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris take the oath of office on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol.”
The ceremony will be held on Jan. 20 on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol. It will be just two weeks after the Capitol was ransacked by a pro-Trump mob seeking to stop the counting of Electoral College votes showing Biden and Harris won the election.