Beyoncé To Shriek At The Inaugural First Dance

WHAT GOD HAS FOR YOU, IT’S FOR YOU. PEOPLE TRY TO TEAR HER DOWN, BUT SHE KEEP ON RISING ABOVE IT.

The 2009 Inaugural celebration begins with a star-studded concert at the Lincoln Memorial on Sunday, January 18 at 2 p.m. The event will be free and open to the public, kicking off the most open and accessible Inauguration in history. It will be presented by HBO 7:00-9:00 p.m. ET/PT for Americans to enjoy across the country.
The choir will be performing “You’ll Never Walk Alone” with classical artist Renee Fleming and “America the Beautiful” in a combined grand finale with a 500-voice choir and Beyonce. The event will include an incredible lineup of celebrities. Additional performers include Mary J. Blige, Bono, Garth Brooks, Sheryl Crow, Josh Groban, Herbie Hancock, Heather Headley, John Legend, Jennifer Nettles, John Mellencamp, Usher Raymond IV, Shakira, Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, will.i.am, and Stevie Wonder. Among those reading historical passages will be Jamie Foxx, Martin Luther King III, Queen Latifah and Denzel Washington.

The President Elect, his family, staff, and an expected 1+ million people will be in attendance

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Obamas will boogie to Beyonce with Tiger Woods
BY MICHAEL SAUL IN NEW YORK AND KENNETH R. BAZINET IN WASHINGTON
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS

Saturday, January 17th 2009, 9:51 AM

Barack Obama and wife Michelle have elected singing sensation Beyoncé to belt out an American classic Tuesday night for their first dance as President and First Lady.

Obama also teed up the world’s greatest golfer, Tiger Woods, to fire up the gallery gathered for the inaugural’s opening concert Sunday at the Lincoln Memorial.

The two mega-celebs add extra wattage to the gathering of stars in Washington for Obama-related festivities, including A-listers like Bruce Springsteen and Denzel Washington.

Woods said he was “honored” to be given a speaking role at the “historic event” – the inauguration of the nation’s first black President.

Like many of his own monster drives, Woods told CNBC last fall, Obama’s White House win was “absolutely incredible.”

Woods, who has been out of the public eye while rehabbing the knee he injured during his dramatic U.S. Open playoff win last summer, told the cable network that Obama “represents America.”

“He’s multiracial. I was hoping it would happen in my lifetime,” he added.

Beyoncé, appearing on “Entertainment Tonight,” spoiled inaugural planners’ hopes of keeping the Obamas’ song selection under wraps.

“To sing ‘At Last’ while [the Obamas] have their first dance is a dream come true,” she revealed.

“At Last,” a 1941 standard made famous by blues singer Etta James, has been reinterpreted over the years by a slew of artists, including Beyoncé, who recorded her version in last year’s film “Cadillac Records.”

Obama has confessed to busting a move to Beyoncé’s tunes.

“I’m sort of hip to the younger stuff. You know, like Beyoncé’s ‘Crazy in Love.’ That’s a good song to dance to,” he said.

Meanwhile, Obama admitted yesterday that he’ll be under a lot of pressure to deliver a boffo inaugural address – from his girls.

Obama recounted to CNN last night a recent trip to the Lincoln Memorial with his wife and kids, Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7.

The future First Family was reading Lincoln’s second inaugural address, inscribed on the wall, when “Sasha looks up, and she says, ‘Boy, that’s a long speech. Do you have to give one of those?'” Obama said.

“I said, ‘Actually, that one’s pretty short. Mine may even be a little longer.’ At which point, then Malia turns to me and says, ‘First African-American President. Better be good,'” he said.

Earlier yesterday, Obama was in Ohio, where he tried to sell Americans on an $825 billion spending plan that he insists is needed to keep an already painful recession from worsening.

“We can dig ourselves out of this hole,” he assured.

But “the need for us to act is now. It’s never been more urgent,” he said. With Tracy Miller