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Dick Clarks New Years Rockin Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2021.
Jeff Neira/ABC via GIBelow, Billboard has compiled all of the information about this year’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve so you can properly prepare for your at-home New Year’s Eve festivities.
When
Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2022 will air live on Friday, Dec. 31, starting at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. Puerto Rico’s countdown is set for 11 p.m. ET.
Who’s Hosting
Seacrest, the show’s 17-time host and executive producer, will headline the Times Square countdown in New York City. Veteran host and Grammy-winning superstar Ciara will celebrate her fifth year taking over the Los Angeles party. Emmy-, Grammy- and Tony-winning actor Billy Porter will co-host the Central Time Zone countdown from New Orleans, which he also did in 2019. And Liza Koshy, who previously served as one of the show’s correspondents in 2019, will make her grand return alongside Seacrest in New York. Jessie James Decker will return as the Powerball correspondent for the third year in a row.
For the first time in the show’s history, the King of Reggaetón Daddy Yankee will host the inaugural Spanish-language countdown in Puerto Rico. Joining him is actress and singer Roselyn Sanchez from the Puerto Rico Convention Center at DISTRITO T-Mobile, the island’s newest entertainment and nightlife complex.
Who’s Performing and Where
Journey and Karol G will perform from Times Square in New York. The legendary rock band will run through its most notable hits, and reggaetón’s leading lady will perform her fan-favorite songs. LL Cool J was originally slated to perform shortly before midnight, but canceled his performance Dec. 29 after testing positive for COVID-19. Chlöe also pulled out of the NYC lineup.
Porter and Yankee will be pulling double duty in New Orleans and San Juan, respectively, by hosting and performing. Porter will deliver a new single while on the riverboat Louis Armstrong on the Mississippi River in the city’s historic French Quarter, while Yankee will give a special hometown performance.
Joining L.A. host Ciara will be award-winning DJ D-Nice and performers AJR (“BANG!” and “Record Player” with Daisy the Great), Avril Lavigne and Travis Barker (“Sk8er Boi” and “Bite Me”), Big Boi and Sleepy Brown (“The Way You Move” and “Animalz”), Don Omar (“Danza Kuduro” and “Se Menea” with Nio Garcia), French Montana (“FWMGAB” and “Unforgettable”), Macklemore with Ryan Lewis (“Can’t Hold Us” and “Next Year” with Windser), Mae Muller (“Better Days” with Polo G, who will perform “Rapstar” and “Smooth Criminal”), Måneskin (“Beggin'” and “Mamma Mia”), Masked Wolf (“Astronaut in the Ocean” and “Pandemonium”), OneRepublic (“Counting Stars” and “Run”), and Walker Hayes (“Fancy Like” and “AA”).
How to Watch
Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2022 will air live on ABC Friday, Dec. 31. Viewers can also catch all the NYE action on the ABC website and app or use subscriptions to access New Year’s Rockin’ Eve on the Hulu+ app or ABC’s YouTube TV.
Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest is produced by MRC Live & Alternative, which is owned by MRC. MRC and Penske Media are co-parent companies of Billboard.
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Brad Paisley has called Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding “one of the least pretentious weddings he’s ever seen”.
The country star attended the ceremony alongside his actress wife, Kimberly Williams-Paisley. They joined around 1,000 guests at New York City’s Madison Square Garden earlier this month as the global pop icon married the American football star.
Although the celebration attracted enormous attention and involved tight security and a stunning makeover of the famous arena, Paisley said the occasion never came across as excessive.
“Ironically, (it) was one of the least pretentious weddings that I've ever seen or ever will see,” Paisley told The Associated Press during an interview. “It meant a lot to be (invited). It was, kind of, a big thank you from her to invite us.”
Paisley, who chose Swift as an opening performer for his tour when she was a teenager in 2007, said he was delighted to be included in what many considered the biggest celebrity wedding of the year.
“They were very clear with the invite, and I took this personally when I got the invite, because in the invite, it said, ‘If you're getting this, you mean a lot to us,’” he revealed.
The musician also explained that guests were not told the wedding’s exact location until the date drew nearer.
“It was really fun to watch the cat and mouse game of, like, ‘We can tell you roughly where it's going to be, we're not gonna say what building... and here's the date. If you're in, we'll tell you more,’” he continued. “I went to my wife, I said, ‘Want to go?’ and she said, ‘Absolutely, we gotta be there!’ So, we did it, it was RSVP yes.”
Other famous attendees included Brad Pitt, Gigi Hadid, Bradley Cooper, Ed Sheeran, Sabrina Carpenter, Hugh Grant, Haim and Tom Hanks.
