A few weeks back, someone in Trumpland claimed that Elton John was going to perform at Trump’s inauguration. Elton’s people denied that pretty quickly, but it’s left a lingering set of questions in the air. Who will perform at President Orange’s inauguration? Will those artists be blacklisted from the music industry? And how much money would it take for some of the artists to agree to perform for a fascist? Well, there’s some gossip about all of it. The Wrap has an exclusive story about how Trump’s people are trying to get some of the cool kids to perform at the inauguration, only the cool kids are like “nah.”
Donald Trump’s inaugural committee is scrambling to lock in A-list Hollywood performers for the parties celebrating him — and having a rough time booking big names, two insiders tell TheWrap. Both said that Trump inaugural committee members have contacted them in recent days offering cash or even a government appointment if they could deliver marquee names.
“They are willing to pay anything,” one of the insiders told TheWrap. “They told me, ‘We’ll pay their fees.’ Most of these artists’ fees are in the six to seven figures.” The insider said the Trump negotiator also offered to pay him for delivering top talent, saying, “Name your price.”
“I couldn’t do it,” the insider said. “Not even for a billion dollars.”
Trump’s team issued a denial to TheWrap: “No one with any official position at, or official relationship with, the Presidential Inaugural Committee, is engaging in the conduct described,” said Boris Epshteyn, spokesman for Trump’s Presidential Inaugural Committee. “We are focused on organizing an exciting and uniting celebration of freedom and democracy while following all rules, regulations and appropriate standards of conduct.”
Another insider said the inauguration may already have some high-profile acts booked. The insider said two of his clients and one other high-profile musician have already agreed to perform, though he wouldn’t name them. He added that his clients were not being paid except for transportation and accommodations — which can rise into six-figures amounts for big names. A third insider, a veteran inaugural organizer, said it is unusual to pay artists for the inauguration, considered a high-profile, high-prestige, patriotic gig.
“I’ve never heard of talent being compensated,” he said. “Nor have I heard of talent recruiters being compensated.”
The Wrap’s exclusive is worth a read in total – they say that Beyonce and Aretha Franklin didn’t get paid for their inaugural performances, but the inauguration committee did pick up their tabs on production and travel, but that’s it. Sources also tell The Wrap that Trump’s people have gone to the more traditional red-state performers and asked them to do the inauguration – people like Kid Rock (NOPE), Ted Nugent (draft-dodging psycho), Len Greenwood and Garth Brooks. It probably will end up being one of the country stars (and here’s a late-breaking confirmation that Garth Brooks is “in talks” for the gig). Maybe Trump’s people should give Blake Shelton a call too, I feel pretty confident that Shelton voted for Trump. Better yet, get Beyonce to do it and then she can “surprise” everyone with the Marine Corps Band’s rendition of “Formation.”
Photos courtesy of WENN.
Glad to see someone is raining on his parade.
Maybe he should ask Clint Eastwood to sing. He could do his rendition of go ahead punk, make my day.
In all seriousness though I think a lot of country artist who voted for Trump most likely don’t want people to know they voted for him.
Clint Eastwood can sing “One is the loneliest number” to an empty chair
@RussianBlueCat: *slow clap*
Has he called Honey Boo-Boo yet? Maybe she’s available.
Republican former NY Mayor Rudy Giuliani could perform on stage like he did in 1997. He sang on stage with Julie Andrews 🙂
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/18108978/ns/politics-decision_08/t/rudy-giuliani-dress-will-voters-care/#.WE2207IrKpo
Clint Eastwood was my first thought too. LOL!
Eastwood could share the stage with a chair and sing that old stuff he sang in Paint Your Wagon!
Speaking of raining on parades – his “administration” has failed to issue permits to protestors (i.e. million women’s march). I wish that the organizers would select a friendly city like NY and move forward with their protests ON inauguration day. Can you imagine if he had to share the news cycle on “his” day?
There is a NYC version of the march. One in Boston and other major cities too.
There will be multiple protests in California, including one where organizers have received a permit to span the Golden Gate Bridge in peaceful protest (no traffic will be blocked).
The reason the permits have not been issued by the Parks Department is because they have not gotten final plans from the Trump administration. The entire thing is in disarray. Until the Trumpistas deign to let people know their plans nothing can move forward.
Good to know !
I’ll be attending the one here in Downtown LA.
@EM There are a number of groups vying for protest space, but no permits will be issued until the Inagural Committe finalizes its plan. An inauguration is typically accompanied by public events along the mall. Although, the lack of comfirmed performers may require considerably less space than usual. All the more room for the protestors!
I’m sure Ted Nugent will volunteer.
Along with Bruce Willis, Robert Downey Jr, Vince Vaughn, and James Woods.
RDJ has never said he was a Republican
@megan. RDJ filmed an anti-trump ad. He’s not a trumpster. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/robert-downey-jr-julianne-moore-and-more-stars-really-want-you-to-vote-just-not-for-trump_us_57e298cfe4b08d73b82ea05a
I’m hoping he won’t have a parade to rain on. Maybe trump could import some singers and performers from Russia! Meh, maybe not–he owes Putin too many millions already.
I am hoping there is rainstorm of biblical proportions on his inaugural parade.
Well then, it would seem that the Russian band, Pussy Riot, would be the only logical choice. All those Pussies Rioting against getting grabbed.
Beat me to it honeybee!
Obviously scared of the fake liberal mafia.
I continue to post this everywhere I can: Don’t watch anything on Inauguration Day. Zero. Zilch. Don’t even turn on your tv. There is a push on social media to make this happen and I am in. I’d rather stare at a candle flame all day that have anything to do with this travesty. And if ratings are in the toilet, it will drive the Orange Monster bonkers. I have to get my kicks where I can lately.
THIS THIS THIS! Only Snark twitter follow
spend the day in bed making love with the one you love; listen to music ; and binge watch some good shows and get high high!
Bwah hah hah hah hah!
But seriously, who wants their name connected to this monster?
Maybe Chachi can do it?
Or better yet, get Scott Baio or Antonio Sabato Jr. to sing Rico Swave at his inauguration. Is anyone going to watch his inauguration, I know not me for sure.
No way. I can’t stomach watching this travesty.
Oh hell no. Nobody outside of the red states is going to be watching this mess. I remember 8 years ago when Pete Seeger and Bruce Springsteen performed “This Land Is Your Land” at Obama’s inaugural. I was sitting right in front of the TV singing along.
I really think the soundtrack of corporate fascism sounds like Ariana Grande or somebody like that. Kid Rock would be a good fit. “Sing meh the songs uv muh yooth Mr.Kid back win my daddy tole me books was tha dayvil and I drank muh whiskey out in the tractor. Yup.” They can totally continue to woo the oblivious proletariat underclass they manipulate and exploit. That would be an intentional move to me. Kid Rock. Man. This all sucks SO much. Every news story just makes it worse. That would be cool if Garth Brooks showed up like “Surprise motherfkrs it’s Chris Gaines and Chris Gaines voted for Bernie.”
Suave
Good because most high profile artists know it would be career suicide!
No it wouldn’t. There are a lot of high profile country singers (and maybe other artists too) that probably would perform. And their fans would eat it up. He didn’t win the election because everyone thinks he is a fool. He won because a lot of people voted for him. Those people listen to music too. And there are many non-voters who also think he is great. It’s wishful thinking to believe that no one will perform.
He “won” because a lot of people didn’t vote, because some idiots voted indy, and because Russia jerked some chains in the background. He also “won” by the electoral college numbers not by popular vote.
Sure, some people did vote for him. But his legacy is tainted beyond repair even before he takes office (assuming he doesn’t get derailed before then) and I highly doubt that anyone with a brain or some foresight would agree to be publicly linked to him. That’s hitching your wagon to white nationalism, a dirty election, some really disgusting values (“grab that pussy!”), and filthy swamp water pay for play action.
Who would throw their artistic career away for that? Only someone who has no real career to lose, I’d guess. “Lie down with dogs, get up with fleas,” as the saying goes…
25% of the total American electorate voted for that clown.
Frida_K, while Trump is horrible there is a very limited number of top entertainers who could claim it was due to ethics and they are to good to lie down although they are already covered in fleas. If a brutal dictator pays for a private jet, accommodations, production, miscellaneous expense and on top of that hands them a check for $1 million for three songs then they are happy to do it.
Just wanted to share some numbers from Charles Blow’s excellent Op-Ed today: Trump is thought to be “reckless” by 65% of Americans, 68% say he is “hard to like,” and 62% say he has “poor judgement.”
Add in this nonsense of the Crazy One where he doesnt trust US Inteliigence agencies, and those numbers are going to go down even more.
Sounds like career suicide to me. 🙂
JLo, Mariah Carrey, Beyoncé and others have proven they are willing to perform for dictators and their family that were slaughtering their own people if the price is right. Although we as a nation don’t have the best record of showing concern or making sacrifices (like boycotting those three) when it isn’t innocent Americans being killed. Although people freaked out on the Dixie Chicks, at the height of “you don’t have to respect the man but you must respect the Office” mania, so maybe people would care more as Gadhafi never was a threat to them and most probably couldn’t name the country he ruled.
You could spin performing at the inauguration by stating you are there as a neutral party that came out of respect for “the office of the President”, tradition, patriotism, “for the troops”, “helping to ease tensions and bring the American people of all faiths, race, and political parties back together”. It would be BS – for the most part. They should focus on new artist that need the exposure and make it clear that performing is not an endorsement of Trump.
What Dictator did Beyonce perform for ???
Gaddafi. Looking at the list he was apparently throwing a ton of money at quite a few American pop stars.
The money came from him. He was unable to make it. So she played for Al-Mutassim-Billah Muammar al-Gaddafi, his son, trusted adviser, the man in charge of Lybia’s national security. He was a murder and all around terrible person as well. He was complicit in his father’s crimes and died along side him. So she wasn’t performing for a dictator directly she was being paid in blood money to entertain his son.
This was my first thought too. If artists will play for horrible dictators if the price is right, it’s wishful thinking to think they wouldn’t play for Trump if the price was right.
How many of these principled artists have taken money to perform at parties for despots and other shady people-with-money in other countries?
I’m no Trump fan but I hate hypocrisy.
Well, you have to be checking out the blogs on a particular day to discover that J-Lo or whoever performed for despot X, because that news fades quickly.
Standing shoulder to shoulder with the Pussy Grabber in Chief is FOREVER.
+1@Cedar Falls. I was thinking something similar.
BINGO! I said the same thing down thread. Money talks loudest and the only reason they wouldn’t perform here is that there is no way to pretend that they didn’t know the record of the person they were dealing with.
I just said it downthread as well. http://www.seeker.com/celebrities-who-performed-for-dictators-1768213778.html
Right but it’s easier to distance yourself mentally when it’s another country…you can feign ignorance. Can’t really do that here
Maybe with certain strongmen but you’d have to be especially clueless to not know about Khadaffi. That group of performers includes Beyonce, Mariah and Usher. His horrid record (and status on the terrorist watch list for decades) was pretty well-documented. ‘For charity’ or not it was pretty distasteful.
Since not all Americans (famous or not) follow or are aware of what goes on politically in Uzbek, Libya, or Angola, they might not all have even had to feign that ignorance.
Let’s face it. Most Americans aren’t even aware of what goes on politically in their own country, let alone others. I’m from Canada and I once had an American ask me what I did to celebrate the fourth of July, cause she just assumed we celebrated it too!
Ha that is funny. I get similar questions.
Couldn’t Scott Baiodo a dramatic reading? Surely he’s available. He’s certainly not busy acting.
I AM DECEASED AT DRAMATIC READING
haHa. He can do a dramatic reading from one of the Joanie Loves Chachi scripts.
Or a dramatic reading of a “melange” of all of Trump’s endless unconscionable lies and quotes. He’s probably see it as being very patriotic. SMH
Maybe he and spouse could do live tweet-insults and bragging about their wealth(?). They seem to have much practice.
Surprise to hear that Garth Brooks would perform when he’s always been known a huge closet liberal.
My thought as well, though I guess money talks.
Perhaps he is performing for the office of the President of The United States and everything that represents no matter who is President.
And that right there is why the head of state and head of government shouldn’t be the same person.
Dio, we’re not in Kanas anymore. With trump in office, all bets are off. Nothing will be the same, so Garth can kiss my butt and through association he will lose fans, even some Republications (sheeple) who generally bow down to anyone, but trump is the exception to every rule.
Sorry. Fifth generation Kansan. I have a JD from Georgetown. We are not all idiots. And Garth is from Oklahoma.
Jessica – That phrase has nothing to do with the people of Kanas or their intelligence, it doesn’t really have anything to do with Kansas except in abstract. It refers to leaving a place or era that you know and where you are comfortable for a completely unfamiliar and/or discomfiting environment. A reference to The Wizard of Oz, in which Dorothy, upon arriving to Oz, says, “Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” It’s Dorothy’s simple, safe Kansas compared to unpredictable, colorful, magical Oz. Dorothy just happened to be from there, any other state could have replaced it.
Seriously, how does someone not get the Wizard of Oz reference?
Apparently, he has a new album out. I only know this because Target put a display in front of the registers. If I hadn’t almost run into the damn thing, I would still be under the impression that he is retired. So, maybe he’s just trying to get free publicity.
Simply FYI, Garth & Trisha were here in Honolulu performing concerts (that’s plural) for veterans during the week for the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
Oh, and so were Gary Sinise and the Leiutenant Dan Band! On the beach!
@Hazel
My future in laws went too! Love Gary. Though I admit I am an awful Savannian and never saw Forrest Gump until 2 years ago.
Me too. Even if he voted for Trump I’m surprised we would want to let people know about it. He has a wide fan base – including a lot of people who wouldn’t normally consider themselves country music fans.
I’m burned out on his commercials. I liked him better when he spent years out of the spotlight.
And Len Greenwood, I assume, is Lee. He’s lived off one song for 35 years.
Get Kelly ” Give Trump a chance”Osbourne to sing her cover of “Papa don’t Preach” ( would be fun to see Madonna go nuclear on her)
Another choice would be to have Mark Walhberg and the Funky Bunch reunite and do ” Good Vibrations “
Does Putin sing?
No, but he can learn. A duo with Comey would be extremely nice since they both handed over the presidency to the p**sy grabber in chief.
but he does! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV4IjHz2yIo
i apologize for exposing you to this horror, but hey, you literally asked for it.
OMG
“I found my Threel
On Blueberry Heel”
I believe it’s President TrumPutin these days.
Ra Ra Trumputin
failing our democracy
tryin’ to put posion
into our minds
(sing to Rasputin)
Ra Ra Trumputin
Lover of the Russian Queen
Ra Ra Trumputin
Russia”s greatest love machine
LMAO, Original Kay! The actual lyrics barely need changing.
Actually, he does sing. The PBS “Frontline” documentary “Putin’s Way” shows him singing for an audience. I forget which song, but it’s kind of cheesy. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/putins-way/
Beyonce should ring up Rudy Giuliani tell him that she took his words to heart and seen the error of her ways. Then ask to perform as an act of contrition. Then when they fall for it sing her most criminally underrated song ever – Superpower
A taster for those of you have never heard it…
[Verse 2:]
And just like you I can’t be scared
And just like you I hope I’m spared
But it’s tough love
I know you feel it in the air
Even the babies know it’s there
Tough love
(Super power)
The laws of the world tell us what goes sky
And what falls
It’s a super power
(Super power)
The laws of the world never stopped us once
Cause together we got plenty super power
The outro is her and Frank Ocean singing the words “yes, we can”
Naw, Trump would think that’s a compliment to him. He would think Bey is saying he has Super power. He did it with the Time Mag person of the year. He saw President of the divided states of America as a compliment and said he was flattered.
YEEEEEEEES I LOVE THAT SONG!!! She needs to sing it and then full military style performance of Formation ad Grown Woman
Trump and Guiliani can sing “To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before”.
One for the more mature reader…Randy Newman could sing Rednecks.
I’ll be drunk on that day.
Blake Shelton sounds like the most appropriate choice for the orange one’s inauguration/inaugural ball but Gwen Stefani must have forbidden from doing so I am sure. She will not let her fiancé go that dark road.
Well it looks s gonna be a country must c star unless he can get Tony Bennett or somebody like that. I would love to watch Trump pretend to be a country music fan. I’m am sure he likes modern R&B or pop music but it would be the end zone f a career for one of them to play at his house inauguration
He likes the Stones. And they have pretty much dared him to ask them so they can laugh in his face.
Keef and Ronnie would laugh in his face, if the price was right Jagger would do it
Keith’s wife is a Republican, the ex-model, who is religious and comes from a Republican background. I wouldn’t be surprised if if Keith is a Republican. Many older rockers are Republicans. You’d be surprised. They still believe fiscally they are better off with Republicans in office, which is not true. Well, I guess it’s true for the wealthiest ones.
But Jagger is the one who dared him. Keith has made several anti-Trump statements.
@Light Purple, I should have clarified. I think they hate Trump like most sane people do. I am talking about having voted Republican over the years. I feel Mick and Keith probably have at some points, as have older rockers who are all about the money. I was just pointing out that people think all musicians always vote Democrat for POTUS, never the Republican candidate. I feel Journey is Republican, at least Neal (fiscal Republican, certainly not moral lol) and Jon. Jon has
gone all holy roller. I wonder if they hate Trump or if they would play.
But once upon a time in a galaxy far, far away, not all Republican politicians were bad. John Chafee fought for the Clean Air Act , the Clean Water Act, the Superfund Clean-up, the Oil Pollution Act, and the Natural Barrier Resources and without him, we would not have Federally Qualified Health Centers, where millions of low-income people now access basic health care or the Foster Care Independence Program, which helps kids in foster care transition to adulthood. Ed Brooke fought for the Fair Housing Act and the EEOC, blocked two of Nixon’s Supreme Court nominees, authored the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, which allows married women to have credit in their own name, fought for extensions of the Voting Rights Act, and Title IX, and was a very vocal advocate for Medicaid funding of abortion. He demanded Nixon’s resignation. Olympia Snowe was a reasonable, centrist Republican. True, such people have all but disappeared from the party but I can understand why people sometimes split their ticket.
Call me a cynical old toad but I don’t believe a word these celebrities say, Jagger might have ‘dared’ him – possibly to push the fee up. He is first and foremost a businessman. When asked at the very beginning of his career why he went into music his response was “for the Bread, man’, he doesn’t seem to have wavered from that. My view may be coloured by my irrational dislike of the man…I can believe Keef would make anti-Trump statement and mean them, for all his faults he says what he thinks – regardless…
Well, there’s going to be a party if Garth &Tricia are going. But the three men I admire the most — the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost — we’ll all catch the last train for the coast … the day the music died. And we’ll be singin … Bye-bye Miss American Pie
I wonder if his Slovenian will be allowed to join him for these festivities.
Bobbysue, you are inspired!!!! Dear old Don McLean’s song should be our new national anthem under the reign of Cheeto Mussolini. The day the music/republic died, indeed.
I know I will be far, far away from this debacle in January. A day that will go down in infamy for me. It will truly be the beginning of the end of days in my book. I don’t know if I have the energy to fight this travesty, especially when surrounded by those who were convinced that he is fit to run a shoe shop, let alone the greatest country in the world. I feel I will drown in despair, although I do generally try to live in hope. May I also add that Celebitchy has been, and I am sure will continue to be, a balm to my soul in these dark times. I come here to be reassured that there are sane, informed, kind, persons out there, amidst the lunacy. Thank you for that.
When all else fails get Kellyanne Conway and Jeffrey Lord, the Trump cult pundits, to tap dance because they sure did a number on America.
I applaud anyone who does not pretend this election was normal. This election was corrupted at the start by Russia working with Trump and weirdly (as a final nail in the coffin) the FBI that preferred someone admired by the KKK and NRA to a woman boss. Strange bedfellows for this pussygrabbing conman who didn’t show his taxes or worry about conflicts of interest. Nothing to party about here folks and everything to be worried about.
Our country is forever changed by this election. Things keep looking darker with each passing day. Where is rock bottom? 😣
That’s the real question- where is rock bottom?
you’d have thought it was at “mexican rapists” and mocking someone with a disability. How far down does this go?
Or the “pussy grabbing” moment or when literally dozens of women come out and say he sexually assaulted them.
I truly fear finding where that rock bottom is.
“Where is rock bottom?”
A second Great Depression in two years.
Rock bottom. Ivanka sitting on his knee singing My Daddy’s president. Sadly I saw this online…….little girl singing after Kennedy was elected President and she was supposed to be Caroline. Two presidents, two tragedies. Two daughters, two tragedies. The First Family v. The Thirst Family.
Pretty much the only names he’ll get are country acts and hasbeens. His campaign manager tried to insinuate that Justin Timberlake and Bruno Bars would perform or were at least in talks but only his team and Fox News believes that.
I’d be pretty surprised if either of them did too. I think JT’s an idiot but he was vocal in his Hillary support, and I think most people’s teams would try and dissuade them from it.
I agree with Cedar up thread though. Many of these artists who will say no on principle will have performed for millions overseas for some very shady people.
How about P*ssy Riot?
not bad, all on all kinds of levels 🙂
Ohhhhhhhh that’s funny
you win the internet
Putin would stroke out. So many problems solved!
Love it 😉
OMG. Dead. LMAO
Maybe he can get The Deplorables to sing Stand By Your Man.
Ha, you know they’d love that…too bad they don’t realize he doesn’t give a crap about them.
A few songs for the line-up…
“End of the World” REM
“People are People” Depeche Mode
“I’m free, free falling.” Tom Petty.
“I’ve been thinking too much, I’ve been thinking too much about me.” 21 Piilots
“You’re so Vain” Carly Simon
ha ha
Just in, REM would like to add to the song list “World Leader Pretend.”
“Everything’s f*cked” Frenzal Rhomb
YES.
Thank you for my Inauguration Day playlist. “End of the World” indeed.
“Eve of Destruction.” “Masters of War.” “Idiot Wind.”
Edwin Starr’s War.
How about Nine Inch Nails “Head Like a Hole.
They would just sing over and over Head like a hole, black as a soul, I’d rather die than give you control
Since Lars apparently hates Trump, Metallica should perform “King Nothing” (seriously, Google the lyrics) and then mic drop. Then Green Day takes the stage to perform the entire American Idiot album.
How about the Russian Army singing their National Anthem. Should be a real tearjerker.
Speaking of REM……they could sing..”It’s the End of the World As We Know It”…
Denis Leary – “Asshole”!
This should be interesting.
I’m glad to hear that artists aren’t lining up to perform because I honestly think it would be career suicide.
How is it that the entertainment industry seems to be the only high profile one distancing themselves from our monster of a PEOTUS? Kudos to them.
On a related note, my kids’ school band was invited to perform at the inauguration prior to the election, when a non-partisan group begins the planning. They are going but my kids opted out, thank goodness, because of conflicts with other activities. The band director would love to back out of the whole thing but people have already paid so much money that it’s not really possible. So people should know that the students who perform are mainly doing so because they were certain they were going to be performing for Hillary. Sigh.
Yes … unfortunately a lot of this is already baked into the system and people can’t back out now.
There is a history of the film industry bucking authoritarian trends that constrain individuality. It’s a bit of a throwback to J. Edgar Hoover days this election cycle. The comedians did a better job of exposing the Trump lies than the news media did in my view, with the exception of some print media.
Here’s another idea. How about all the women who accused him of sexual assault surprising him with a song they wrote called, “Lock Him Up”. That seems fair considering the women he sprung on Hillary during the debate as a stunt.
robyn, great idea, give him some of his own medicine.
My daughter goes to college in DC-her school always hosts an Inaugural Ball. Tickets went on sale at the end of October. The day after the election they had to announce there would be no refunds because so many students were trying to unload their tickets.
Kanye West. Don’t act like you forgot
I have been saying that all the time. Donald Trump should get Kanye West
It probably will be Garth Brooks. Didn’t he sing about having friends in low places. He and his bestie the slaughterer of innocent people Putin should sing a duet: The 60’s song, We’re On The Eve of Destruction. Or REM who would never appear with this p rick singing It’s The End of The World As We Know It. I hate being po’d all the time……..he ruined my moxy.
Kanye West !!!! Please !!!
No no no. No matter how wacky Kanye is it would bring so much attention to trump, it would suck. I hope nobody is talking about it the next day that it drives him crazier than he is. Boycott inauguration.
It would bring more attention to whether or not the K-klan show up and what ridiculous get-ups they wear if they do.
Garth was also singing/writing about LGBTQ rights around the same time, well over 20 years ago. Legit shocked by this but then again, power and influence are a he’ll of a drug.
He’s clearly craving the spotlight again.
He likes pussy. He likes Russia. He should ask Pussy Riot.
That would be appropriate. It is a pussy riot since he likes it and likes to talk about it, but at 70 years old, it’s just a memory. Probably popping Viagra by the handful, or as he calls it daddy’s little helper.
Paris Hilton…..Blind Stars or what ever the fuck that song was named.
Here’s the thing-just like the Squinty One’s gowns, in the end they’re not really going to have a problem finding someone to play or appear at the inauguration or inaugural balls. There are plenty of right wing celebrities around inn acting and music and any one of them will agree to be there. What’s laughable (well, one of the things) is how he initially tried to say Elton John was going to play-like, why are you trying to court someone whose values are supposedly so diametrically opposed to your own? Is it possible you really DO need validation even from people you hate? And frankly, no matter who they are actually trying to get there, it is very easy to believe that lots of cash and prizes are being dangled in front of them because that is the only language he understands.
Having said THAT-there are any number of performers (::cough, cough Beyonce, J-Lo cough,cough ::::) who had no problem taking wads of dough to perform for dictators, so let’s not pretend they shouldn’t get off their moral high horses.
I like to believe that he DOES, in fact, need validation from people he hates. It’s why things like Lebron James refusing to stay in a Trump hotel bring me so much joy. I like to think Trump is petty enough to be sad that “cool” people don’t like him, and are never going to like him.
I think it’s to show that anyone can be co-opted, that everyone has their price and people will sell their souls for him, he is that all powerful. It’s all about power and it makes him look awesome.
They can outsource the festivities to Mark Burnett. He and his wife can do a “Touched By An Angel” theme, and in the background, will be all the women who have been sexually harassed by Herr Trump.
What an awful nightmare.
Let the radioactive cheeto sing and dance for himself.
He has zero respect for anyone so no matter who performs, he will tantrum tweet how bad it was.
Meat Loaf singing “Bat Out of Hell” ??
Thanks! I really needed that laugh.
Perfect!
I would really hope Meatloaf would have more integrity, and I suspect he does. I love all his music, and have for many years, but I guffawed at this hilarious suggestion. Thanks for that Vesta, I needed it on a dull gray Sunday morning, you made my day!
Hahahahaha! Fantastic. 😆
Meat Loaf might be leaning Republican… the only campaign contribution on record from him is for John McCain’s presidential bid in 2008.
maybe they could just give Sarah Palin a mic and let her give one of her deranged word salad off-the-cuff ‘Murica speeches – it might sound like a kicking rap song……………..
I love me some Garth Brooks, but if he does The Orange Cheeto’s inauguration I won’t be buying his compilation CD that I’ve been eyeing up at Target. Garth will be dead to me.
I agree. The majority of country music fans are Republican. They won’t have any issue with their favorites performing. That’s the base.
But I thought Garth was more liberal in many views. I would be so disappointed in him performing at evil Trump’s inauguration. Trump is too despicable to give Garth a pass. And if his wife Trisha Yearwood is in favor of it, shame on her.
He’s super liberal, we have several mutuals and I’ve spent time with him. I’m baffled.
Anybody watch SNL last night? Walter White is going to head the DEA.
No Donald tweets about it this morning. He probably saw Baldwin wasn’t doing the open and turned it off. His cultural references are all from the 70s and early 80s so he would have little clue who Walter White is. They eviscerated him on Weekend Update.
The summer touring season is over. Lynyrd Skynyrd isn’t available?
Why would he even want Beyoince at his inauguration? All she would do is incite more police killings. Our country is moving forward. All the Hilary lovers are going to have to get over it.
Hmm, I didn’t know Beyonce had incited any police killings. Could you give us the link to that? No Breitbart or Alex Jones, please. I’ll wait.
It’s not about Beyonce or Hillary, it’s about decency and not normalizing a corrupt election where Trump and Russia worked together to win. That should not be acceptable in America.
Our country is moving backwards into the Dark Ages. One does not have to be a Hillary lover to fear the Hell the orange pig is going to unleash upon us all. Trumpets are going to have to get over the fact that the majority of Americans chose another candidate and Trump has blown any chance of reconciliation with the rest of the country with his unethical choices and undiplomatic behavior. We still have a First Amendment rights to freedom of speech and freedom of assembly.
Spot on.
dear atrocious freewhitebaby, go troll somebody else.
I think the Celebitchy admins should be tracking the IP addresses of all these obvious trolls just to see if they come from Russia or Macedonia. I think it would be interesting to see just how far this hacking and infiltration has gone.
Well, aren’t you a vile little baby. Moniker suits you.
Racist much freewhitebaby? Inbred.
Anyways good luck with China you obvious trump supporter. That uneducated idiot really stirred up some trouble in the South Pacific. Dumps publicly insulted them so let’s see how that plays out ol
President Trump should just let Melania perform.
She was a huge HUGE pop star back in her own country.- Bigger than Britney EVER was in America.
She has most of the greatest hits there.
Also while Melania is performing, wouldn’t it be great if Ivanka does a little sexy pole dance for every American!
Melanie is a little old now, according to Trump. Ivanka pole dancing sounds just about right. He considers her a ten so that’s okay.
The rare discipline Trump had, if that’s what you want to call it, was to never publically insult the folks that supported him and came to his rallies. But can you imagine what he really said behind closed doors about many of these people … the overweight, the wrinkled, the jowled, the flat-chested, the over or under quaffed women in the crowd he would rate a minus one.
That’s just because those off camera moments were never revealed..there’s a reason he was the only candidate ever to deny the press from traveling on his plane, ya’ know
I would think we would of heard alot of this if the hacked emails came from his camp instead of Hillary’s, but the russian hackers only wanted to expose the democratic side, so it goes to show you, but I bet there was very juicy stuff on the republican side that we never got to hear about.
In the link picture on the main page, Trump looks like Darrell Hammond doing his Trump impression.
I always switch the channels when he is on TV, I don’t want to see/hear his face/voice.
He sounds like a thug in a b-movie when he talks. Hideous.
THANK YOU, I’ve been trying to place what his manner of speaking reminds me of for so-long! AND THIS IS IT!
Me too, I switch the channel when he comes on, especially at those thank-you rally’s, he is so smug and full of himself, he thinks the whole of America voted for him, I cant wait till the tide turns against him and he no longer thinks he can do and say what he likes.
Yes to this.
I do the same.
He makes me want to puke.
What the heck, Garth?! That can’t possibly be accurate, he’s a HUGE Dem who has been singing about gay rights since the early 90s. His sister, who is gay, passed not too long ago and I have friends who attended the party he threw for said sister and her partner shortly before she passed. He has an ego but man, I never thought he’d do this.
Too many bad news. Even before Trump’s presidency the bad news simply do pile up.
Here is the latest:
Now Trump appointed the CEO of a fast food chain, Andrew Puzder, to the post of minister for employment / work. Puzder is against Obamacare and against higher minimum wages and against paid overtime and in favour of weak(ening) laws to protect employees.
It just keeps getting worse and worse, and the man Rex somebody (cant think of his second name at the moment) who is seemingly going to be his Secretary of State has major ties to Russia.
Nicole: Rex Tillerson, Secretary of State, CEO of Exxon Mobil. Tillerson has no government experience 🙂 but oversees a company that has operations in 50 countries around the world and has worked closely with Putin. In 2011, he struck a deal with a Kremlin-controlled oil company to drill in the Arctic, but the project was put on hold after the U.S. and Europe imposed sanctions on Russia over its actions in Ukraine.
I dont get how people think a businessman like Trump is going to help us. He’s already putting in place people who will look after big business. They are not going to raise the minimum wage. I bet they won’t stop outsourcing jobs either. Those people whi refuse to believe in climate change don’t care if we have clean air. They are going to take away laws that protect us. Safety and environmental laws.
Oil derricks in the Grand Canyon. Fracking at Mesa Verde. Harvesting the redwoods. Begone child labor laws-get those little rug rats out picking strawberries. Somebody’s gotta pick ’em when donald deports those 300,000,000 illegals like he promised.
I could cry. How can people be so stupid as to think this is good for them? Unions have been demonized over the years, but they’re the reason we’re all not working for a nickel an hour.
This is why it drives me insane that people say Trump is anti-establishment. Rich businessmen like him have ran the world since the dawn of capitalism.
Does he even like country music? Because that would be funny that the only people who are willing to perform are country artists that he is not into.
Some second rate orchestra and choir playing an appropriate selection of Carl Orff sounds about right…
Maybe Ted Nugent has some free time.
Two things: looks like DT is letting the orange grow out of his hair and I find it interesting that someone in the inaugural committee made it a point to say they’re following all the rules & regs. Usually, when you’re following the rules, you don’t feel compelled to point it out. You do the right thing because it’s the right thing to do. These people make me sick to my stomach.
Okay, we’re all missing the obvious. Clearly the song sung at his inauguration should be “Springtime For Hitler.”
Oh, that’s good!
Interview airing today with Chris Wallace. Trump: “You know, I’m, like, a smart person.” This is our president. LOL You can’t make this stuff up.
“President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview airing Sunday that he doesn’t need to receive a daily intelligence briefing, stating he only gets the briefing when he needs it.
“I don’t have to be told ― you know, I’m, like, a smart person. I don’t have to be told the same thing in the same words every single day,” Trump said in an interview airing on “Fox News Sunday.” “I don’t need to be told … the same thing every day, every morning ― same words. ‘Sir, nothing has changed. Let’s go over it again.’ I don’t need that.”
Trump is reportedly only receiving an intelligence briefing just once a week. The president-elect said the people who are giving him the briefings are “very good people” and that he was always available if something changed. He also said that Vice President-elect Mike Pence was receiving the briefings.
President Barack Obama has a briefing six days a week.”
I just…I’m beyond words at that.
@hazel- the worst part is his supporters won’t care.
He obviously thinks being POTUS is a part time job. Amazing. I am starting to think he will be going to play a few rounds of golf while things get heated in the situation room and then goes with whatever his “very good” people say.
That comment was laughable…the inference being that Pence must be stupid because he needs to hear the same information told in the same words on five consecutive days. So, Pence is only 1/5 as smart as Trump!
Sweet Jesus…. this man is one proud idiot.
This matches up with what his ghostwriter described. He supposedly has less than the attention span of a gnat, plus a gigantic ego.
Meanwhile, Dorito Benito is claiming he doesn’t need daily Intelligence Briefings because he’s “like, a smart person”
Wtf?
Mind boggling…couldn’t believe it when I read it.
Oh, and Trumputin has also confirmed he WILL live in the White House. Cause apparently it’s normal now for our President to question if he should live in the president’s house.
Since it seems no American musicians want to perform at the event, I suggest they look to non-American performers. It would fly in the face of all things conventional but so does everything about Trump.
That being said, I think it would be phenomenal to see Swedish heavy metal band Ghost perform at the inauguration. Their song “He Is” would be incredibly appropriate for such an occasion and given the lyrical content, I believe The Donald would approve.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CSFkjPm0A0
There must be some Russian rock / pop stars who would be happy to oblige? Perhaps Yuri Morozov could perform his hit “The Inexplicable”?
Garth Brooks has a new album out – the new single is meh, it’s all over the radio here in Kentucky, so if he is a closet liberal (which I don’t doubt), it may purely be a business decision for him. He knows where his bread where his bread and buttered. I’m a redneck liberal and I do like country music a lot, but I’m obviously far outnumbered. No doubt the majority of his fans voted for Trump, especially as he’s been gone for a while so the younger acts like Miranda Lambert, so on so forth, would probably shy away from being associated with Trump. Brooks has a pretty loyal following among the conservative rednecks.
Garth Brooks and Blake Shelton support him. As an Oklahoman, an informed and educated one, I am APPALLED, but not surprised.
I don’t know? Maybe any of the celebs that performed for Khadaffi or other foreign dictators and strawmen? There weren’t problems with dictators (some of whom with some serious blood on their hands and a record of abuses) when the cash was right. But maybe it’s easier when it can be on the downlow overseas. (This whole election and now inauguration discussion has left me sour towards humanity from time to time)
Blake Shelton, Metallica, Kid Rock, Loretta Lynn… I can’t think of anyone else that would play at his inauguration.
Kid Rock sounds about his speed. Kid Rock, like Trump, doesn’t keep his promises. And I can say that because I have a personal connection in that regard.
Leann Rimes would. She’s that desperate.
I thought of her, too. She’d be on cloud nine to get ANY public attention at this point.
This. It’s definitely going to be her, I have no doubt.
Gloria Estefan, Taylor Swift, Meat Loaf, Maria Carey might be willing. And if they all won’t, Celine might have time…
Celine Dion the proud Canadian?
I lost it at a surprise rendition of “Formation “!
Boris Epshteyn.
“Who will perform at President Orange’s inauguration? Will those artists be blacklisted from the music industry?”
Ah the McCarthy era response. And why not? After all Trump is in league with the Ruskies, eh?
I take back what I said earlier. Neal Schon (guitarist and founder of Journey) is a lifelong Democrat, not Republican. I was mistaken. But Journey did play a private bash post RNC put on for Mitt Romney. When asked why they did it, Neal said they were paid $500,000, that it was very lucrative. That they weren’t there supporting the candidacy, but while performing remaining politically neutral and putting on a good show. He said Mitt and his wife seemed like nice people and joked that he hoped the nominee nor the guests would hold it against him that he is a Democrat and throw eggs.
Still, Jon Cain (songwriter for Journey and keyboardist), I imagine is Republican. He got divorced and now he’s married to a Central Florida scandal-ridden, mega-church evangelical pastor, Paula White, who is very pro Trump and credited to leading Trump to Christ. Well, of course, she would be the one to help Trump on his “faith journey.” She’s sexy, blonde and buxom, tight dresses and high heels. His type.
Yep, I bet Journey will play there if Jon Cain has his way.
And give Neal a big check (he has lots of ex-wives) and Journey will play.
I’m holding out for Chachi and Ted Nugent doing selections from the musical “Hamilton.”
Maybe Joanie will join them (after all, she and Chachi did duets on their show).
I would only be automatically bothered by people for dressing a Trump or performing at this inauguration if not doing it was going to undo any damage or effect any policies or the behavior of Trump sympathizers in this country, but I also really like and respect the fact that both designers and people in the entertainment industry want to send a loud and clear message that they want no parts of this, and that this is not a normal presidency.
Not to worry. Only another four years of having Trump’s middle finger jammed up your ass. The time will fly by.
You seem to take satisfaction from all the wrong places.
Hahaha
balls lol
I’ll be really disappointed if Garth Brooks does this, he’s been a true blue Obama supporter.
Ah, sure they do. Just wait and see.
Maybe the Hoff can perform for the Donald. Or they can play a variety of Radiohead songs like 2+2=5 or No Surprises…”bring down the government; they don’t, they don’t speak for us”
Doesn’t Putin play guitar?
How about some woody Allen jazz ? Favour from a fellow New Yorker? Do they know each other?
Oh or since he prob got the pro life vote some Christian music perhaps? I think it comes in all genres. Perhaps it’s even underrated. I didn’t realize this would be so tricky! I keep thinking of will smith though…
I would have thought some of the cool kids would have agreed to do it, and then used their platform for a protest message.
I’m surprised Kid Rock didn’t jump at the chance. Was he already booked? I saw where he released pro-trump shirts. I know, I was shocked, too. (largest eye roll ever).
The Rolling Stones with their choir leading off with You Can’t Always Get What You Want and ending to a resounding Sympathy for the Devil. Tomorrow Belongs to Me from Cabaret by Neo-Nazi Youth would be fitting and certainly please Steve Bannon.
Alice Cooper is a Republican, but I don’t know if he was specifically a Trump supporter. A lot of socially liberal Republicans are very NOT on board with him.
He’s probably going to have a symphony perform Wagner.