The Band Perry will perform at the 40th celebration of Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2012 live from ABC Studios in New York on Dec. 31.
Fergie will host the Los Angeles party where The Band Perry will perform alongside blink-182, Christina Perri, Florence + The Machine, Gym Class Heroes, LMFAO, OneRepublic, Nicki Minaj, Taio Cruz and will.i.am. Jenny McCarthy will report from Times Square in New York with guests Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Pitbull, and Nashville’s own Hot Chelle Rae.
The bi-coastal celebration will include over 5 hours of performances and reports on New Year’s celebrations from around the globe, plus Dick Clark’s traditional midnight countdown from Times Square.
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Sugarland performed this weekend (12/11) as part of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize concert in Oslo, Norway.
The duo offered “Stuck Like Glue” and “Tonight” as part of the celebration, which honored honored Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee of Liberia, and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen. All three women were recognized for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights in peace-building work.
Watch an interview and performance below:
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