Carrie Underwood to Perform at Donald Trump’s 2025 Inauguration: ‘I Am Honored to Have Been Asked’

Gabriela Silva

13 January 2025 at 3:30 pm·2-min read

Carrie Underwood to Perform at Donald Trump’s 2025 Inauguration: ‘I Am Honored to Have Been Asked’

Donald Trump’s second swearing-in as president will have an A-list performance.

Country star Carrie Underwood will be a guest performer at Trump’s upcoming inauguration ceremony, TMZ was first to report. The event will take place Monday, Jan. 20 on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol.

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Underwood confirmed the gig in a statement obtained by our sister site Variety, saying, “I love our country and am honored to have been asked to sing at the Inauguration and to be a small part of this historic event. I am humbled to answer the call at a time when we must all come together in the spirit of unity and looking to the future.”

Underwood’s performance of “America the Beautiful” is listed as part of the program for the big day, after J.D. Vance is sworn in as vice president. She will be accompanied by the Armed Forces Chorus and the United States Naval Academy Glee Club. Other scheduled performers include the Rockettes, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and America’s Got Talent singer Jackie Evancho.

Underwood isn’t the only celebrity to have been part of a former president’s swearing-in ceremony. Aretha Franklin sang “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee” at Barack Obama’s ceremony in 2009, with Ray Charles singing “America the Beautiful” at Ronald Reagan’s second inauguration. Additionally, Barbra Streisand sang “God Bless America” at Bill Clinton’s inauguration in 1993, among many others.

With his second victory, Trump became the first candidate to win the presidency in two non-consecutive terms in more than 130 years, since Grover Cleveland in 1892. And at age 78, he is also now the oldest man ever elected president, breaking the record held by Biden.

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