Demi Lovato, Justin Timberlake, And More Will Perform At Biden's Inauguration

On Wednesday, January 20, President-elect Joe Biden will celebrate his inauguration with a TV special called Celebrating America alternatively opposed to with usual in-person ceremonies due to COVID-19 safety concerns, Politico reports. The 90-minute show will highlight and honor frontline workers who remain out there while in the raging pandemic, and the full thing will be hosted by Tom Hanks.


However because you can't have an inauguration ceremony without music, Celebrating America will also feature performances from Demi Lovato, Justin Timberlake, Ant Clemons, and Jon Bon Jovi. On Instagram, Lovato wrote that she's "SO honored" to join Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris for the event: "I was left speechless While I was asked to perform!"


Timberlake, meanwhile, shared how the song he's going to play, called "Better Days," came with each other ahead of the individual. With each other with his collaborator Clemons, he penned the tune in late 2020 as a way to look ahead with optimism. "This past year brought a lot of aggravation, grief, anger — and there were times as soon as it was easy to feel powerless," he wrote. "This song was our way of doing what little we might to stimulate each person to stay hopeful... And keep working towards a higher class of, more equal future." He also shared that he recorded his vocals for the tune on Election Night.


"We have a long way go to repair, undo, and rebuild this nation. Nevertheless I hope right now, despite the past four years, we are on our way."


The Celebrating America special will air at 8:30 ET/PT on January 20 on ABC, CBS, and NBC, along with on cable streams CNN and MSNBC.