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Why Do We Care About Who Performs At Presidential Inaugurations?

The lead-up to Friday’s events when Donald Trump is inaugurated as the 45th president of United States has been full of controversy, including a long list of Democratic members of Congress who say they won’t be attending.

But that hasn’t been limited to elected officials.

A lot of entertainers have been hesitant to commit to performing or have simply refused.

Steve Knopper recently wrote about the topic for Rolling Stone, where he’s a contributing editor, and we talked with him about it.

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Steve Goldstein was a host at KJZZ from 1997 to 2022.