Celine Dion Is Reportedly the Latest Performer to Give Donald Trump's Inauguration a Hard Pass

[DonViejo]

Well, here's the good news for the beleaguered organizers of Donald Trump's inauguration: If their talent search is going in alphabetical order, they've got nothing to worry about. After Andrea Bocelli, Elton John, and even, it seems, Garth Brooks declined the chance to perform at the upcoming inauguration, Céline Dion is the latest artist to have reportedly passed on the onetime honor. According to the Wrap, though Las Vegas hotelier Steve Wynn had assured Trump that he could lock down Dion, the Vegas-residency regular refused. Former America's Got Talent contestant Jackie Evancho remains the only performer committed to the January 20 ceremony, despite Trump's transition team reportedly going to some extreme lengths to find talent. That team is also denying the difficulty, with Boris Epshteyn, communications director for the Presidential Inaugural Committee, telling the Wrap: "First class entertainers are eager to participate in the inaugural events." He's not wrong; after all, Ted Nugent is waiting.

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[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

1. No one wants to touch the Trumpenfuhrer.

[Dream Girl]

2. Performing for Trump would be kiss of death for any entertainer

and that speaks volumes...

[TexasProgresive]

3. Maybe he could get the Dixie Chicks

That would be fun. Natalee would skewer him and roast him on a slow fire.

[Hugin]

4. Here's the package I'm offering...

For $2.5 Million in gold bullion (up front) deposited in a Swiss bank in my name...

I'll drunkenly stagger on stage wearing an ill fitting thrift store Elvis wanna-be sequined jump suit trundling my trusty karaoke machine in tow and belch out my very best rendition of AC/DC's "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap". (Un-licensed, of course.)

It's the deal of the Century... All of the best people will see it. It'll be bigly tremendous. Very. Spectacular!

I may even throw a kiss to Taylor Swift. She's dreamy.

And a nod to Katy Perry! (She's dreamy, too.)

I will then depart. Never to darken a stage anywhere ever again.

I'm willing to do this for you AMERICA!

I'm waiting for your call Inauguration Committee. This is a limited time offer... Oh, and I go on before that Nugent asshole. :salute:

[TlalocW]

5. "Even Garth Brooks?"

Name drop time. I was the programmer for Garth's first ever website when I lived in Tulsa. He wanted a local place (he was living north of Tulsa in Owasso while his kids were still in school), and he chose the small website shop I worked for. There are a couple of things about Garth I want to say - he's one of the nicest guys I've met. That alone would probably make him think twice about performing for Trump. He also does this thing - it's not egotistical; it's a shorthand method of dealing with his performer image - where when discussing things, he'll say, "Garth wouldn't do that," or "Garth would do that." I don't think, "Garth would do that."

I think he's a registered republican, but he voted for Obama in 2012, and there was his GLAAD award for his song, "We Will Be Free," which some country stations refused to play because of these lines.

When we're free to love anyone we choose
And this world’s big enough for all different views
When we all can worship from our own kind of pews
Then we shall be free

TlalocW

[bluedigger]

6. She's Canadian.