Reliving Donald Trump’s Surreal 2017 Inaugural Concert
The ‘Make America Great Again Welcome Celebration’ was a night of one, maybe two stars
On Wednesday night, January 20, Tom Hanks will host a virtual inauguration ball after Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th President of the United States. Because of the pandemic, and because there’s a very real possibility there will be an assault on Washington, D.C. by a gang of murderous Trump supporters, the event will mostly be remote and virtual, similar to the Democratic National Convention this summer. Hanks will be joined by Justin Timberlake, Demi Lovato, Jon Bon Jovi, and Ant Clemons, with more acts expected. It will likely be a solemn occasion no matter how many stars sign up; with the National Mall closed on Inauguration Day, both because of the coronavirus and all the threats of violence, it’s not going to feel particularly celebratory.
The last inauguration didn’t feel particularly celebratory either, but that didn’t stop Three Doors Down from showing up. As we start to turn the page on the last four years of madness, heartbreak, pain, death, and Kid Rock, I wondered if it might be taking a step back to look at the last inauguration ball, and what a strange, sordid spectacle it was.
