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Country music icon Garth Brooks will perform at President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris' inauguration on Wednesday.

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00:00Country music icon Garth Brooks will be performing at President-elect Joe Biden

00:04and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris' inauguration on January 20th.

00:09The Presidential Inaugural Committee announced the news that the country music legend

00:12will perform at the swearing-in ceremony at the U.S. Capitol Building on Wednesday,

00:17with Brooks adding a statement of his own, saying,

00:19This is a great day in our household. This is not a political statement.

00:23This is a statement of unity. This is history, and it's an honor to get to serve.

00:27Brooks says he was asked to perform by Dr. Jill Biden last week

00:31and made the decision to do so on Sunday night.

00:33The singer will be part of the official swearing-in ceremony at the U.S. Capitol

00:37and not the concert or parade programming slated for later in the day on Wednesday.

00:41Brooks will join Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez,

00:43who are also slated to perform at the actual inauguration ceremonies.

00:47The singer continued in a statement, saying,

00:49We are more divided than ever.

00:51That bridge that brings us together, it is reaching across, loving one another,

00:55because that is what is going to get us through the most divided times that we have.

00:59Brooks added that he has performed for every president since Jimmy Carter,

01:02with the exception of Ronald Reagan.

01:04He had also performed at Barack Obama's inauguration in 2008,

01:08and was asked to do so at President Trump's inauguration in 2016,

01:12but was unable to appear due to a prior concert commitment.

01:15He concluded, saying,

01:16And added that he wants his attendees of his concerts leaving the show

01:25loving each other more than the way they came in.

01:28For more on this story, head to THR.com.

01:31For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.