Christopher Macchio: Last News

on January 20, 2025, eight years after he first took the Oath of Office. At the first Trump inauguration, all eyes were on Washington, D.C., where a debate over the crowd size quickly went viral, and the Women's March—and sister marches around the country—took place just a day later.This time, conversation is already stirring about performers and guests.

Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration on Monday.The “American Idol” winner, 41, sang “America the Beautiful” at the US Capitol in Washington D.C., after Trump, 78, was sworn in as the 47th president.But she had to perform a cappella because of a technical difficulty with the music.“You know the words — help me out here,” Underwood said before she sang only a few verses of the patriotic song.Underwood was joined by the Armed Forces Chorus and the United States Naval Academy Glee Club for her performance. Everyone in the audience sang along.The “Before He Cheats” singer wore a sleeveless white draped dress and diamond earrings for the ceremony.

patriotic anthem “God Bless the U.S.A.” at Trump’s inauguration in the Rotunda of the US Capitol on Monday.Greenwood wore a navy blue suit with a blue tie for his performance. He also wore a USA flag pin on his suit.He sang his iconic song before Trump, 78, was sworn in as the 47th president.Greenwood was pictured greeting Sen.

his website as “America’s tenor,” Macchio, 46, has a long history as a concert singer and almost as long of a history of supporting Trump.The Long Island native didn’t consider a career as a singer until a teacher helped him realize how powerful his voice was, as he told CBS Sunday Mornings.Instilled with a new-found confidence, he went on to study classical voice at Manhattan School of Music before making his professional debut in a PBS concert special. He soon performed on programs for Fox, NBC, ABC, and RAI International.To date, he has also appeared as a guest singer in concerts with David Foster, appeared in two films (the mafia comedy “Don Q” and the faith-based biopic “Cabrini”) and released two albums — “Dolci Momenti (Sweet Moments)” and a Christmas LP, “O Holy Night.”Macchio even performs semi-regularly at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center with Andy Cooney and Daniel Rodriguez as the New York Tenors.His introduction to Trump occurred about a decade ago when another singer slated to perform at the former “Apprentice” host’s Mar-a-Lago New Year’s Eve party backed out at the last-minute, leading a member of the Florida club to suggest Macchio step in as a replacement.

Carrie Underwood will be joined by performers including Kid Rock, the Village People, Billy Ray Cyrus, Lee Greenwood, Rascal Flatts, Jason Aldean and more over the weekend and Monday as part of Donald Trump‘s inauguration events in Washington, D.C.

Donald Trump‘s acceptance speech will be the highlight of the final night of the Republican National Convention, but the other speaker lineup will have the feel of a cage match.

Leonard Cohen fans have reacted angrily after Donald Trump used the musician’s song ‘Hallelujah’ at the conclusion of his Republican National Convention speech last night. Twice.In a musical finale to the event, Tori Kelly’s cover of ‘Hallelujah’ was played, along with the more obvious RNC soundtrack choices of George M Cohan’s ‘She’s A Grand Old Flag’ and Lee Greenwood’s ‘God Bless The USA’.