Who’s ready to ring in the New Year 2016 tonight with Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin Eve with Ryan Seacrest?
There will be several stars performing LIVE tonight from Times Square with others performing offsite at the Billboard Hollywood Party on the West Coast.
The broadcast promises to be an epic evening with 21 acts performing, and Billboard has a sneak peek with the full Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve playlist.
County music will be well represented at the party with Luke Bryan doing a medley of “Move” and “That’s My Kinda Night,” as well as Carrie Underwood belting out her own medley of “Smoke Break,” “Heartbeat,” and her classic “Before He Cheats.”
It’s amazing,” McCarthy tells Billboard. “If you’re a country fan, Times Square is the place to be.”
Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth, and Demi Lovato. Fergie will toast the evening on the West Coast by hosting the Billboard Hollywood Party, which hosts performances by One Direction, 5 Seconds of Summer, Alessia Cara, Andy Grammer, DNCE, Elle King, Ellie Goulding, Fall Out Boy, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Nathan Sykes, Nick Jonas, OMI, Pentatonix, Rachel Platten, Tove Lo, and Walk the Moon.
Jimmy Buffett is also set to wish “parrotheads” everywhere a very Happy New Year with a special performance LILVE from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY.
And as if that wasn’t enough, Taylor Swift…who headlined NYRE in Times Square last year…will be debuting her new video for “Out of the Woods” on the broadcast as well.
It’s a really great group of people. The list goes on and on, and Fergie keeps the party going until 2 o’clock in the morning,” McCarthy said.
This is Seacrest’s 11th year hosting and McCarthy’s 6th. West Coast hostess Fergie will again host the Billboard Hollywood Party for her 10th year in a row.
Here is the full list:
Billboard Hollywood Party
5 Seconds of Summer: “She’s Kinda Hot,” “Hey Everybody,” “She Looks So Perfect”
Alessia Cara: “Here”
Andy Grammar: “Honey I’m Good” “Good To Be Alive”
DNCE: “Cake By The Ocean” “Toothbrush”
Elle King: “America’s Sweetheart” “Ex’s & Oh’s”
Ellie Goulding: “Love Me Like You Do,” “On My Mind”
Fall Out Boy: “Irresistible” “Uma Thurman”
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis: “Downtown”
Nathan Sykes: “Over and Over Again”
Nick Jonas: “Jealous,” “Chains,” “Levels”
OMI: “Cheerleader” “Hula Hoop”
One Direction: “Drag Me Down,” “Perfect,” & “History”
Pentatonix: “Can’t Sleep Love” “Cracked”
Rachel Platten: “Stand By You” “Fight Song”
Tove Lo: “Talking Body” & “Moments”
Walk The Moon: “Shut Up and Dance” “Work This Body”
Times Square
Wiz Khalifa w/ Charlie Puth: “See You Again”
Demi Lovato: “Cool For The Summer” “Confident”
Luke Bryan: Medley “Move” + “That’s My Kinda Night”
Carrie Underwood: Medley “Smoke Break” + “Heartbeat” + “Before He Cheats”
Other
Jimmy Buffett: “Margaritaville” from Brooklyn
Taylor Swift: World Premiere of “Out of the Woods” video
You won’t want to miss the all star celebration so e sure to tune in to Dick Clark’s 2016 New Year’s Rockin Eve with Ryan Seacrest and Jenny McCarthy starting at 8:00PM on ABC.
