Garth Brooks joins lineup of entertainers at Biden inaugural

Add Garth Brooks to the lineup of entertainers on the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.
“This is a great day in our household,” the nation music famous person mentioned throughout a digital press convention Monday, two days earlier than Biden is to be sworn in. “This is not a political statement. This is a statement of unity.”
Brooks, who joins Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez amongst others, carried out in the course of the inaugural celebration of President Barack Obama in 2009. He turned down an opportunity to play for President Donald Trump in 2017, citing a scheduling battle.
Invited by incoming first girl Jill Biden, Brooks has recognized the Bidens for greater than a decade, when Joe Biden was Obama’s vice chairman.
Brooks mentioned that for this week’s inaugural, he’ll carry out solo doing “broken down, bare-bones stuff,” and hinted at protecting materials by songwriters from exterior the US.
He doesn’t plan to sing his socially aware “We Shall Be Free,” which he carried out on the Obama inaugural.

Brooks praised the Bidens for being “hellbent on making things good” and mentioned he welcomed the possibility to assist the nation heal.
“I want to spend the next 10 years of my life not divided. I’m so tired of being divided,” he mentioned.