{"id":903,"date":"2013-01-09T16:59:36","date_gmt":"2013-01-09T16:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8ce250469d.nxcli.io\/?p=903"},"modified":"2013-01-09T16:59:36","modified_gmt":"2013-01-09T16:59:36","slug":"presidential-inauguration-music-guests-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment-focus.com\/2013\/01\/09\/presidential-inauguration-music-guests-confirmed\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidential inauguration music guests confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kelly Clarkson, Beyonce and James Taylor have been announced as the musical artists performing at the 57th Presidential inauguration.<\/p>\n<p>The news was confirmed today by the Presidential Inagural Committee (IPC). Beyonce will sing the<strong>National Anthem<\/strong>, Kelly will perform\u00a0<strong>My Country Tis of Thee<\/strong>, and James Taylor will sing<strong>\u00a0America the Beautiful<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>President Obama was involved in selecting the musical guests. &#8216;Vice President Biden and I are honored to have these wonderfully talented musical artists perform at the Inaugural ceremony,&#8217; President Obama said today. &#8216;Their music is often at the heart of the American story and speaks to folks across the country.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The inauguration is due to take place on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 21st.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beyonce, Kelly Clarkson and James Taylor to perform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[17631,293,292,295],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.6 (Yoast SEO v22.6) - 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