Get ready to welcome 2024 with A-list talent.
On Tuesday, CNN announced the exciting lineup of performers at this year’s annual event New Year’s Eve live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen.
As the two hosts ring in the New Year together in a special CNN live broadcast at 8:00 PM ET on December 31, they will be joined by Darius Rucker, Enrique Iglesias, Flo Rida, Jonas Brothers, Maroon 5, Miranda Lambert and Rod Stewart, who is confirmed to perform on stage.
Rod Stewart, Darius Rucker, Flo Rida and Miranda Lambert.
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Hitmakers are not the only guests of this year’s live broadcast. Several stars will appear in interviews with Cohen, 55, and Cooper, 56, including Las Culturistas podcast hosts and comedians Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers, and actors Jeremy Renner, Neil Patrick Harris and Patti LaBelle. Magician David Blaine will also make a special appearance.
As usual, the co-hosts will ring in the New Year from New York’s Times Square before the ball drops at midnight.
During the broadcast, several other CNN correspondents will report from celebrations across North America, while Richard Quest will report from the crowd in NYC.
After midnight on the East Coast, hosts Sara Sidner and Cari Champion will host the Central Time Network countdown from their celebration in Austin, Texas.
Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas and Kevin Jonas from The Jonas Brothers.
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Cooper and Cohen shared statements in a press release about reuniting to begin 2024. A CNN reporter said, “There’s no one I’d rather spend New Year’s Eve with and nowhere I’d rather be at midnight than New York’s Times Square!”
“Spending New Years with my dear friend Anderson is my idea of a great time and a happy tradition that I look forward to all year,” he added. Watch what’s happening live host.
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It has not yet been announced if all of this year’s entertainment will join the co-hosts in Times Square or if a few performances will be filmed elsewhere.
Many of the stars scheduled to take the stage have had a big year or are expecting new music in 2024. The Jonas Brothers, for example, dropped out Album and went on a grand tour of the stadium; and Rucker, 57, fell Carolyn’s boy.
‘New Year’s Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen’.
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The Adam Levine-fronted group, meanwhile, launched its Las Vegas residency in 2023 — and recently announced it’s extending it into the new year. Lambert, 40, similarly wowed the Sin City crowd with the latest installment of her Velvet Rodeo show, which also continues into 2024.
New music from Stewart, 78, is also due to be released next year Swing fever February 23, as well as Iglesias (48) who teased Final (vol. 2).
Last year, New Year’s Eve live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen also featured stars including Ava Max, Ellie Goulding, REO Speedwagon, Patti LaBelle, Tenacious Da’s Jack Black, and Kyle Gass and Usher.
The live holiday special airs December 31 at 8:00 PM ET on CNN, with live streaming available on Max and CNN.com and on CNN TV and mobile apps.
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