Joe Biden’s inauguration will pack some serious star power.Next Wednesday’s event that will see Biden, 78, andKamala Harris, 56, assume the positions of U.S. president and vice president, respectively, will also feature performances from two of the biggest names in music:Lady GagaandJennifer Lopez.“The#InaugurationDayceremony lineup is here! 🥳,” read a tweet from the official Biden Inaugural Committee on Thursday morning, going on toshare a list of namesthat noted Gaga, 34, would sing the national anthem and Lopez, 51, would put on a musical performance.The rest of the list revealed that Father Leo O’Donovan would offer an invocation, Andrea Hall would lead the Pledge of Allegiance, Amanda Gorman would perform a poetry reading and Reverend Dr. Silvester Beaman would lead a benediction.From left: Lady Gaga, President-elect Joe Biden and Jennifer Lopez.Neilson Barnard/Getty; Laura Cavanaugh/FilmMagic; Alexander Tamargo/GettyLopez celebrated the news on her Twitter account,sharing a photo of herselfwith the announcement alongside red, white and blue heart emojis and the hashtag, “#Inauguration2021.“Added Gaga in thecaption of a photothat showed her wearing a shirt emblazoned with the word “JOE” inside a heart, “I am deeply honored to be joining@BidenInauguralon January 20 to sing the National Anthem and celebrate the historic inauguration of@JoeBidenand@KamalaHarris! 💙"Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Both Lopez and Gaga (real name: Stefani Germanotta) previously spoke up during the2020 presidential electionseason, with the “In the Morning” hitmaker and her beau,Alex Rodriguez, officiallyendorsing Biden last October. Gaga also campaigned for Biden and encouraged people to vote.“For me, it’s [about] unifying the nation again, getting rid of this hate,” Lopez said in part during a video chat with the now-president-elect and his wife,Dr. Jill Biden. “I hate thinking about my kids walking around in a world where it’s okay to be racist or prejudiced because our administration says it’s okay.“That same month, Gaga released what she jokingly called her"new single” in a video she sharedon her Twitter account — all in the nameof getting fans to the polls.TheGrammywinner was also previouslyopen about her supportfor Democratic candidateHillary Clintonin the 2016 election, and has teamed up with Biden in the past to helpset up trauma centers for survivors of sexual assault.President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.Maya Harris/TwitterRELATED VIDEO: Voter Face!Lady GagaShows Off Casual-Glam Ensemble as She Drops Off Her BallotAs for Biden, the president-elect recently said he isn’t concerned about taking the oath of office out in the open, in light of last week’sviolent riots at the U.S. Capitolbuilding.“I’mnot afraid of taking the oath outside,” he told reporters on Monday, after publicly receiving his secondcoronavirusvaccine at Christiana Hospital in Newark, Delaware.“I think it’s critically important that there be a real serious focus on holding those folks who engaged in sedition and threatened people’s lives, defaced public property, caused great damage, that they be held accountable,” he added.Biden and Harris, 56, are scheduled to take their oaths on the west front of the Capitol on Wednesday, aCongressional committee confirmedlast week — despite some officials expressing security concerns surrounding the event.
Joe Biden’s inauguration will pack some serious star power.
Next Wednesday’s event that will see Biden, 78, andKamala Harris, 56, assume the positions of U.S. president and vice president, respectively, will also feature performances from two of the biggest names in music:Lady GagaandJennifer Lopez.
“The#InaugurationDayceremony lineup is here! 🥳,” read a tweet from the official Biden Inaugural Committee on Thursday morning, going on toshare a list of namesthat noted Gaga, 34, would sing the national anthem and Lopez, 51, would put on a musical performance.
The rest of the list revealed that Father Leo O’Donovan would offer an invocation, Andrea Hall would lead the Pledge of Allegiance, Amanda Gorman would perform a poetry reading and Reverend Dr. Silvester Beaman would lead a benediction.
From left: Lady Gaga, President-elect Joe Biden and Jennifer Lopez.Neilson Barnard/Getty; Laura Cavanaugh/FilmMagic; Alexander Tamargo/Getty
Lopez celebrated the news on her Twitter account,sharing a photo of herselfwith the announcement alongside red, white and blue heart emojis and the hashtag, “#Inauguration2021.”
Added Gaga in thecaption of a photothat showed her wearing a shirt emblazoned with the word “JOE” inside a heart, “I am deeply honored to be joining@BidenInauguralon January 20 to sing the National Anthem and celebrate the historic inauguration of@JoeBidenand@KamalaHarris! 💙”
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Both Lopez and Gaga (real name: Stefani Germanotta) previously spoke up during the2020 presidential electionseason, with the “In the Morning” hitmaker and her beau,Alex Rodriguez, officiallyendorsing Biden last October. Gaga also campaigned for Biden and encouraged people to vote.
“For me, it’s [about] unifying the nation again, getting rid of this hate,” Lopez said in part during a video chat with the now-president-elect and his wife,Dr. Jill Biden. “I hate thinking about my kids walking around in a world where it’s okay to be racist or prejudiced because our administration says it’s okay.”
That same month, Gaga released what she jokingly called her"new single” in a video she sharedon her Twitter account — all in the nameof getting fans to the polls.
TheGrammywinner was also previouslyopen about her supportfor Democratic candidateHillary Clintonin the 2016 election, and has teamed up with Biden in the past to helpset up trauma centers for survivors of sexual assault.
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.Maya Harris/Twitter
RELATED VIDEO: Voter Face!Lady GagaShows Off Casual-Glam Ensemble as She Drops Off Her Ballot
As for Biden, the president-elect recently said he isn’t concerned about taking the oath of office out in the open, in light of last week’sviolent riots at the U.S. Capitolbuilding.
“I’mnot afraid of taking the oath outside,” he told reporters on Monday, after publicly receiving his secondcoronavirusvaccine at Christiana Hospital in Newark, Delaware.
“I think it’s critically important that there be a real serious focus on holding those folks who engaged in sedition and threatened people’s lives, defaced public property, caused great damage, that they be held accountable,” he added.
Biden and Harris, 56, are scheduled to take their oaths on the west front of the Capitol on Wednesday, aCongressional committee confirmedlast week — despite some officials expressing security concerns surrounding the event.
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