London, Jan. 10 (ANI): Beyonce Knowles, Kelly Clarkson and James Taylor will be performing at the inaugural ceremony for President Barack Obama's second term in office.
Beyonce will take the centre stage as one of three special musical guests at Obama's inauguration.
Pop rock singer Kelly Clarkson and Grammy Award winner James Taylor will also join Beyonce to sing patriotic classics at the 57th Presidential Inauguration on January 21.
Beyonce will be performing the US National Anthem. Clarkson will sing My County 'Tis of Thee, which Aretha Franklin performed for Obama's first term in office, while Seventies folk rocker Taylor will perform America the Beautiful, the Telegraph reports.
Beyonce and Taylor both appeared at Obama's first inauguration in 2009.
According to the report, Richard Blanco will be the inaugural poet, making him, at the age of 21, the youngest person to recite a poem for a presidential swearing-in.
Other participants include civil rights activist and journalist Myrlie Evers-Williams, who will give the invocation. Reverend Louie Giglio will deliver the benediction, the report added. (ANI)
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