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New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2022 to feature JOURNEY, Karol G, Billy Porter

Posted on December 20, 2021 by artsnla

Written by Giavanna Foster

New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2022 marks the 50th anniversary of ringing in the new year with the traditional ball drop and music. The Rockin’ Eve 2022 event will include international performances. Here’s the scoop:

The New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2022 event will air at least five hours of music including featured international performances from some of today’s biggest icons and stars. This year’s headliners are Karol G, LL Cool J, Chlöe, and Journey. They will be performing at Times Square. On December 16, Avril Lavigne (ft. Travis Barker), AJR, and Big Boi were added to the Rockin’ Eve 2022 lineup. And Daddy Yankee, who will perform in Puerto Rico, is going to be featured internationally during this event. Also, Rockin’ Eve 2022 will have the first-ever Spanish New Year’s countdown featuring Roselyn Sanchez in Puerto Rico!

The hosts for Rockin’ Eve 2022 are confirmed: Billy Porter (New Orleans), Ciara (Hollywood/ L.A.), Liza Koshy (Times Square in NYC), and Roselyn Sanchez (Puerto Rico). See the following list of performers:

Hollywood/ L.A.: Avril Lavigne ft. Travis Barker, Big Boi ft. Sleepy Brown, OneRepublic, Walker Hayes, Masked Wolf, Macklemore, Don Omar, AJR, French Montana, Mae Muller, Polo G, Måneskin
New Orleans: Billy Porter (new single and project TBA) …
Times Square**: KAROL G, LL Cool J, Chlöe, Journey (band)
Puerto Rico: Daddy Yankee, Roselyn Sanchez** (countdown to 2022)

The Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2022 event will air Friday, December 31, 2021 on ABC at 8:00 PM/ 7:00 PM CST (central). Stay tuned for more updates.

So excited to bring in the new year with @llcoolj, @ChloeBailey, @JourneyOfficial, and @karolg in Times Square! Don’t miss #RockinEve on December 31 at 8/7c on ABC! pic.twitter.com/g16kG5nMTu
— Ryan Seacrest (@RyanSeacrest) December 17, 2021

Demi Lovato, Shawn Mendes, Alessia Cara, Hailee Steinfeld shine at 2017 Rockin’ Eve

Posted on January 6, 2017 by artsnla

Written by Giavanna Foster

This year’s Rockin’ Eve, hosted by Ryan Seacrest, was a nationally televised spectacle. According to USA Today, 11.6 million people tuned in to the 2017 Rockin Eve event. Viewers experienced live performances streamed from New Orleans, Times Square, Hollywood, and St. Maarten. This year’s televised special featured celebrity artists who inspired the crowds. Demi Lovato, Shawn Mendes, Alessia Cara, and Hailee Steinfeld shined among the 2017 Rockin’ Eve standouts.

Demi Lovato’s tropical performance in St. Maarten was unforgettable. Celebrity Cruises hosted Lovato’s performance, which was in this Caribbean island. Demi experienced an exclusive tour of the boats in St. Maarten before her performance. With over 37 million social media fans, Demi Lovato is a true inspiration and people around the world can relate to her. Lovato united large crowds with her authentic performance of “Confident” at the 2017 Rockin’ Eve event. This live show featured purple and blue lighting, rock guitars and dynamic vocals. Click the icon below to watch Demi Lovato perform “Confident”:

Shawn Mendes’s live New York City performance created an atmosphere of joy and brought large crowds together. Mendes performed “Treat You Better”, a song about self-love and respect. In this song, Mendes sings about how he loves the girl and wants her to only settle for a man who will respect her. Shawn Mendes also performed this song as part of his set at the sold-out Madison Square Garden. (This live album is available to download on iTunes.) Mendes’s performance featured backdrops of fireworks, green lighting, smooth guitar riffs, and raw vocals. This relaxing, feel-good performance united large crowds of fans. Click the icon below to watch Shawn Mendes perform “Treat You Better”:

Alessia Cara performed live in Hollywood and inspired audiences with her set. Cara performed “Wild Things” and “Scars to Your Beautiful” at this year’s Rockin Eve event. “Wild Things” captures the spirit of spontaneity and liberty. However, “Scars to Your Beautiful” is an empowering body-positive anthem. Cara also sang this song on the Ellen show. “Scars to Your Beautiful” is Cara’s second top 40 Billboard hit. In this song, Cara sings about self-acceptance while stating that the idea of beauty should not be limited to one definition. The live performance at Rockin Eve featured raw vocals and a slide show of photographs to celebrate beauty and individuality. Click the icon below to watch Alessia Cara perform “Scars to Your Beautiful”:

Hailee Steinfeld performed “Starving” in Los Angeles. “Starving” is Steinfeld’s collaboration with electronic artists Zedd and Grey. This single is available to download on iTunes. This energetic performance featured electric blue backdrops, backup dancers and synchronized dance moves. With over 500k Twitter followers, Hailee Steinfeld united large crowds by performing her upbeat party tune. Steinfeld pumped up the crowd while the audience and her backup dancers, danced to the catchy music.

Millions of viewers tuned in to watch the New Year’s Rockin Eve event to ring in the new year, and they also learned more about American cultural traditions. For example, Lucy Hale had a great time while hosting the countdown from New Orleans. Here, she learned about the traditional Louisiana fleur-de-lis drop. Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, hosted by Ryan Seacrest, always brings crowds together to experience unforgettable moments and watch artists who inspire with their live music. This Rockin Eve was no exception, as 11 million viewers rang in the new year together with Ryan Seacrest on ABC.

What’s next for these Rockin Eve performers? Hailee Steinfeld is nominated at this year’s Golden Globes awards show. Alessia Cara, Shawn Mendes, and Demi Lovato are nominated at this year’s iHeartRadio music awards.

Looks like 2017 is off to an exciting start. Stay tuned.

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Interested in more news? See the following links:

AMAs | Shawn Mendes NYRE Pictures

Billboard | Alessia Cara’s “Scars…” Second Top 40 Hit

Billboard | Times Square Highlights include Gloria Estefan, DNCE

Celebrity Cruises Presents Demi Lovato | Official Site

Just Jared | Read 2017 New Year Celebrity Tweets

Demi Lovato, Shawn Mendes, Alessia Cara to perform at 2017 Rockin Eve

Posted on December 21, 2016 by artsnla

Written by Giavanna Foster

Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve is a must-see New Year’s staple. Last year, 35 million people watched the Rockin Eve ceremony on ABC. These Nielsen ratings prove that the New Year’s Rockin’ Eve television program is in high demand. Taylor Swift, Nick Jonas, Rihanna, Justin Bieber and Demi Lovato are among the list of celebrities who have performed at previous Rockin Eve ceremonies. This year is Rockin Eve’s forty-fifth anniversary of bringing large crowds together.

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Demi Lovato, Shawn Mendes, and Alessia Cara will perform at the 2017 Rockin’ Eve ceremony. Grammy-nominated artist Demi Lovato’s feature performance will be streamed from her show in St. Maarten, a stop on her Celebrity Cruises tour. Lovato was featured in Billboard magazine as well as the June/ July 2016 cover of Latina Magazine. Demi’s latest album, Confident, received a well-deserved Grammy nomination in the Best Pop Vocal Album category. With over 40 million Twitter followers, Demi inspires her fans to stay strong as a recording artist, actress, and philanthropist.

Demi’s “Silent Night” video, dedicated to her fans, helps celebrate the Honda Civic Tour’s fifteenth anniversary.

Shawn Mendes’s live album, Live at Madison Square Garden, will be released this Friday. He sent this tweet to confirm the news to his fans. His latest album, Illuminate, is the second album to hit No. 1 on Billboard. Mendes, who toured with Taylor Swift, now has over 8 million Twitter followers. Also, he recently performed at the sold-out Madison Square Garden arena.

Mendes is also featured in Billboard magazine. Mendes, a platinum-selling artist, is achieving surreal success and has a very bright future ahead of him. Click the icon below to watch a featured song from Mendes’s sold-out performance at the Madison Square Garden arena:

Rising new artist Alessia Cara has over 281 million YouTube views and 1 million+ subscribers. Cara is known for her singles “Here” and “Wild Things”; both are certified as multi-platinum hit records. She is also featured on the cover of Billboard magazine. Recently, Cara’s version of “How Far I’ll Go”, the Moana soundtrack, gained over 10 million YouTube views. (The Rock and Auli’i Cravalho star as the main characters in Moana.) Click the icon below to watch Cara’s Moana-themed video:

Ryan Seacrest will host the 2017 Rockin’ Eve ceremony. Also, Lucy Hale will be hosting the Rockin’ Eve countdown from New Orleans.

Hale sent this tweet to confirm the news to her 6 million followers:

I watch #RockinEve every year & I'm SO excited to host the @NYRE countdown LIVE from New Orleans ! Don't miss it, 12/31 @ 8pm ET/PT on ABC 💙 pic.twitter.com/h1m6YYoaiM

— Lucy Hale (@lucyhale) December 15, 2016