President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration will have some added star power after the Presidential Inaugural Committee announced Friday several new big names who will perform next week on the eve of the event.
The band 3 Doors Down, country music star Toby Keith, "God Bless the USA" singer Lee Greenwood, Broadway veteran Jennifer Holliday, and actor Jon Voight are among the stars who will perform and speak at a celebration next Thursday, the day before Trump is inaugurated, the Hill reported.
The additions, announced in a press release by the president-elect's Inaugural Committee chairman, Tom Barrack, will be participating in the event at the Lincoln Memorial. The "Make America Great Again! Welcome Celebration" is free and open to the public. Trump is scheduled to speak at the celebration.
"President-elect Trump has made it clear that this inaugural is of, by, and for the American people. The 58th Inaugural will celebrate American history and heritage, while setting the course to a brighter and bolder future for all Americans," Barrack said in a statement. "Above all, it will serve as tribute to one of our greatest attributes, the peaceful transition of partisan power."
"As Abraham Lincoln said, 'When an election is over, it is altogether fitting a free people that until the next election they should be one people,'" Barrack added. "We will be one people working together, leading together, and making America great again, together."
Among the newly announced participants, Jon Voight is the only star who publicly supported Trump during his election campaign against Hillary Clinton. Toby Keith had previously attacked both Trump and Clinton during a performance last year, calling them both "media whores," the Hill noted.
The new performers join singer Jackie Evancho, who reached fame from "America's Got Talent," the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and the Rockettes as the publicly confirmed acts. Prior to Friday's announcement, some people had criticized Trump's Inaugural Committee for a lackluster lineup.