Will there be deathly silence at Trump’s inauguration? (Picture: Albin Lohr-Jones/Bloomberg)

Despite racking up more than enough votes in the recent election, President-elect Donald Trump seems to fall short of supporters in the world of music.

With his inauguration looming on January 20th, it seems the Republican is struggling to secure an act for the big day.

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It’s a really different situation to when Barack Obama was elected for the first time – he managed to secure Aretha Franklin to inject glitz and glamour on an already spectacular day.

And let’s not forget, it was Beyonce who was the highlight of the second inauguration four years later.


Beyonce wowing the crowds as usual (Picture: Duane Prokop/Getty)

It doesn’t look like Trump will be sharing in that high celeb demand.



Earlier this week, a member of his transition team, when asked about this subject, went on record to say Elton John would be at Trump’s inauguration.

Did anyone from Camp Trump even ask Elton?

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Elton John was quick to shoot down any suggestion of playig the Trump inauguration (Picture: Lisa Lake/Getty)

Whatever the motivation behind the statement, it was quickly shot down by Elton’s publicist: ‘Incorrect. He will NOT be performing.’

Oh dear.

And it seems Trump’s musical woes are set to continue.

Mötley Crüe say they were due to be playing the inauguration, regardless of who won – that has since taken a nosedive, with Vince Neil dropping out of the gig following a bizarre confusion.

Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin (Picture: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty)

And even the Rolling Stones have ruled themselves out, which must upset Trump, who is presumably a fan having used their song ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’ to play him out during his victory speech.

It may have been written about the 1960s, love and drugs, but Trump used it to troll anyone who voted against him by indirectly telling Americans they were stuck with him now.

It didn’t go down well and Mick Jagger’s sarcastic tweet swiftly followed:

Just was watching the news… maybe they'll ask me to sing 'You Can't Always Get What You Want' at the inauguration, ha! — Mick Jagger (@MickJagger) November 9, 2016

It’s not the first time Trump has rubbed the Rolling Stones the wrong way – he’s previously used the song at the Republican National Convention, leading them to tweet: ‘The Rolling Stones do not endorse Donald Trump. ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’ was used without the band’s permission.’

Oo err missus.

And if that wasn’t bad enough, he managed to upset someone else at the same convention!

Trump had used The Beatles’ song ‘Here Comes the Sun’ while introducing his daughter Ivanka – a move which was swiftly and sharply denounced by George Harrison’s estate.

The unauthorized use of #HereComestheSun at the #RNCinCLE is offensive & against the wishes of the George Harrison estate. — George Harrison (@GeorgeHarrison) July 22, 2016

So after making so many enemies within the music industry, will anyone rise to the challenge that is the inauguration of Donald Trump – 45th President of the United States of America?

Anyone? No? Okay, then.

The saga continues.