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celebrities are refusing to play Trump’s inauguration as team scrambles to secure talent</h1><div class="blog-author"><div class="author_icon_image"><img src="http://2d0yaz2jiom3c6vy7e7e5svk.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/editors/default.gif" alt="Tana Ganeva"></div><span class="head"></span> <a href="http://www.rawstory.com/author/ganevatana/" title="Posts by Tana Ganeva" rel="author">Tana Ganeva</a><br><a href="http://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/22/">22 Dec 2016 at 14:27 ET</a> </div><div class="clear"></div><div class="share-container"> <div class="addthis_responsive_sharing"></div> <div class="clear"></div></div><img width="800" height="430" src="http://2d0yaz2jiom3c6vy7e7e5svk.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Donald-Trump11-800x430.jpg" class="attachment-800x430 wp-post-image" alt="(Photo: stock_photo_world / Shutterstock.com)" wibbitz="embed-main-image"><div class="featured-image-caption">(Photo: stock_photo_world / Shutterstock.com)</div> <div 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Follow Raw Story!</div> <div class="icons"> <div id="fb-root"></div> <div class="fb-like" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/TheRawStory" data-width="200px" data-layout="standard" data-action="like" data-show-faces="true" data-share="false"></div> <div class="twitter-like"> <a href="https://twitter.com/rawstory" class="twitter-follow-button" data-show-count="false">Follow @rawstory</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="blog-content"><p>As Inauguration Day approaches, Donald Trump’s team is reportedly having such a hard time attracting celebrity performers that the President-elect has ordered a “Hail Mary” shakeup, according to the <a href="http://www.thewrap.com/trump-inauguration-panic-mark-burnett-irving-azoff-garth-brooks-celine-dion/">Wrap</a>. Susan Bender, formerly a booker for Dancing with the Stars, will now have her talents tested in the task of securing A-list talent. So far, the only confirmed performers are a 16-year-old America’s Got Talent contestant and the Mormon Tabernacle.</p> <p>Which celebrities have reportedly turned down the chance to celebrate the new President-elect? Here’s a list so far.</p> <p><strong>Elton John </strong></p> <p>When a member of Trump’s transition team announced that Elton John would be performing at the inaugural, the singer’s representatives swiftly <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/23/arts/music/no-elton-john-will-not-perform-at-the-trump-inauguration.html">shut down</a> his claim.</p> <p>“This will be the first American president in U.S. history that enters the White House with a pro-gay-rights stance,” investment banker Anthony Scaramucci said on the BBC, according to the <em><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/23/arts/music/no-elton-john-will-not-perform-at-the-trump-inauguration.html">New York Times</a>.</em></p> <div id="story-page-embedded-after5-ad" class="story-page-embedded-ad"> <div class="proper-ad-unit "><div id="proper-ad-rawstory_content_1"></div></div> </div> <p>“Elton John is going to be doing our concert on the mall for the inauguration,” a publicist retorted.</p> <p><strong>Garth Brooks</strong></p> <p>Asked if he would perform at the inaugural, the country star replied with the vaguely patriotic, “It’s always about serving. It’s what you do.” But after weeks of speculation, the Wrap <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/the-wrap/article/Garth-Brooks-Will-Not-Perform-at-Trump-10794551.php">reports</a> that Brooks will not be performing.</p> <p><strong>Celine Dion </strong></p> <div id="story-page-embedded-after9-ad" class="story-page-embedded-ad"> <div class="proper-ad-unit "><div id="proper-ad-rawstory_content_2"></div></div> </div> <p>Steve Wynn, Donald Trump’s hotelier buddy, reportedly pledged to deliver up Celine Dion. He failed. Dion is <a href="http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/celine-dion-declines-trumps-invite-to-perform-at-inauguration-report-w457438">refusing</a> to take part.</p> <p><strong>Andrea Bocelli</strong></p> <p>The Trump team claimed that they had turned down Andrea Bocelli, but other <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/20/arts/andrea-bocelli-wont-be-singing-at-the-trump-inauguration.html?smid=tw-nytimesarts&smtyp=cur&mtrref=t.co&_r=1&mtrref=www.rollingstone.com&gwh=9678E3C318959047A09A4A30DFD897EA&gwt=pay">reports </a>suggest the singer decided against performing on January 20th because of potential backlash and bad press.</p> <p><strong>John Legend</strong></p> <p>We don’t know if John Legend has been asked, but the singer made his position pretty clear nevertheless.</p> <p>“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. “Creative people tend to reject bigotry and hate,” he<a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38298215"> told</a> the BBC. “We tend to be more liberal-minded. When we see somebody that’s preaching division and hate and bigotry, it’s unlikely he’ll get a lot of creative people that want to be associated with him.”</p> <p><strong>KISS</strong></p> <p>When TMZ <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2016/12/22/gene-simmons-kiss-trump-inauguration/">asked</a> Gene Simmons if KISS would play the inaugural, Simmons tried to answer only to be shouted down by his wife and daughter, who yelled loud “No’s!” Once Simmons was able to speak, he diplomatically offered that the band would be touring Europe then, but his family continued making it quite clear that was not the reason.</p> <p>The Wrap reports that the team is offering to pay A-listers “anything” to get them on board.</p> <p>Given his successful run on Dancing with the Stars, perhaps Rick Perry can pull double duty as Inauguration performer and <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/13/us/politics/rick-perry-energy-secretary-trump.html">incoming</a> Energy Secretary.</p> <p></p><div class="clear end-of-post-content"></div> </div></div> <div class="share-container share-container-2"> <div class="addthis_responsive_sharing"></div> </div> <div class="error-reporter-container"> <div id="error-reporter" class="error-reporter"><a href="mailto:corrections@rawstory.com?Subject=These%206%20celebrities%20are%20refusing%20to%20play%20Trump’s%20inauguration%20as%20team%20scrambles%20to%20secure%20talent">Report typos and corrections to corrections@rawstory.com</a></div> </div> <div class="about-author-wrapper"><div class="about-author-avartar"><img alt="" src="http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/8b0344742ea7615eb9910940dd601532?s=90&d=mm&r=g" srcset="http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/8b0344742ea7615eb9910940dd601532?s=180&d=mm&r=g 2x" class="avatar avatar-90 photo" height="90" width="90"></div><div class="about-author-info"><h5 class="about-author-title">About the Author</h5></div><div class="clear"></div></div> <div class="newest-next-post"> <div class="image"><a href="http://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/harry-reid-blasts-worthless-dnc-in-blistering-critique-of-debbie-wasserman-schultz/" rel="bookmark"><img width="290" height="156" src="http://2d0yaz2jiom3c6vy7e7e5svk.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Harry-Reid-MSNBC-290x156.png" class="attachment-290x156 wp-post-image" alt="Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (MSNBC, Screenshot)"></a></div> <div class="header">Next on Raw Story ></div><div class="title"><a href="http://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/harry-reid-blasts-worthless-dnc-in-blistering-critique-of-debbie-wasserman-schultz/" rel="bookmark">Harry Reid blasts ‘worthless’ DNC in blistering critique of Debbie Wasserman-Schultz</a></div> <div class="clear" style="height: 0px;"></div> </div> <div id="ld-8257-9322"></div> <div class="taboola-container"> <div wibbitz="embed-player-widget"></div> </div> <div id="disqus" name="disqus" class="comment-wrapper"><div class="disqus-disclaimer">By commenting, you agree to our <a href="http://www.rawstory.com/terms-of-service/" target="_blank">terms of service</a> and to abide by our <a href="http://www.rawstory.com/terms-of-service/" target="_blank">commenting policy</a>.</div><div class="load_disqus_link"><a href="http://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/these-6-celebrities-are-refusing-to-play-trumps-inauguration-as-team-scrambles-to-secure-talent//comments/#disqus" title="Load Comments" rel="nofollow">Read Comments - 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