Who Is Performing At Trump's Inauguration? Many Celebrities Protest Next President, While Others Head To DC

Meryl Street’s acceptance speech for a lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes Sunday in which she denounced President-elect Donald Trump’s imitation of a disabled reporter embodied the attitude of disdain shared by the overwhelming amount of Hollywood A-list celebrities toward Trump and his political policies. Most of tinsel town’s votes went to Hillary Clinton in November.

But La La Land's rejection of Trump hasn't stopped there. Trump's camp has struggled in recent weeks to attract big-name celebrities to perform at his presidential inauguration. Charlotte Church, the Welch singer-songwriter, became the latest in a string of high-profile personalities to decline an invitation to perform at events surrounding the Jan. 20 festivities when she took to Twitter Tuesday to condemn Trump.

"Your staff have asked me to sing at your inauguration, a simple Internet search would show I think you're a tyrant. Bye,” she tweeted.

So far, the list of performers scheduled to grace the stage in front of the U.S. capital building on Jan. 20 include "America’s Got Talent" 20-year-old winner and platinum-selling recording artist Jackie Evancho, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, the Radio City Rockettes (who also performed during the presidential inauguration of George W. Bush) and the Missouri State University Chorale.

But some of those artists slated to perform have said they felt uncomfortable being associated with Trump’s inauguration. Jan Chamberlin, a member of the Tabernacle Choir, has quit the group, saying she couldn’t sing for Trump, CNN reported on Dec. 30. In a Facebook post, Chamberlin said, "I only know I could never 'throw roses to Hitler.' And I certainly could never sing for him." And Phoebe Pearl, a member of the women’s dance company the Rockettes, said in a now-deleted Instagram post obtained by prominent Hollywood reporter Perez Hilton that she was “embarrassed” and disappointed that her group decided to perform at the event.

The planning team for the inaugural ceremony is preparing to dish out $75 million on spectacles, including a concert on the National Mall. But one entertainment agent told the Telegraph“ not even a billion dollars” could entice a star to perform there following Trump’s divisive presidential campaign.

Trump, however, assured the New York Times Monday morning that big name celebrities would turn up to entertain the potentially record amount of visitors flocking to Washington for the inauguration.

“We are going to have an unbelievable, perhaps record-setting turnout for the inauguration, and there will be plenty of movie and entertainment stars," Trump said.