Less than a month out from President Elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, there is exactly one musician confirmed to be performing, and that’s teenaged national anthem singer, Jackie Evancho, who lost “America’s Got Talent” six years ago. That’s it. Everyone from KISS to Garth Brooks to Elton John, to Andrea Bocelli has turned down offers to perform, and now the situation is dire enough that The Wrap reports the Trump team has making staff changes to make it work. In what was referred to as a “Hail Mary” move, Suzanne Bender, a talent booker for shows like “American Idol,” was hired to help “The Apprentice” producer Mark Burnett secure “A-list” performers for the inauguration.

According to The Wrap’s report, Bocelli was the closest to being booked before Bender was brought on, having agreed after a meeting with Trump. When word started to get out that he had agreed, though, he cancelled. Meanwhile, Las Vegas hotel magnate Steve Wynn apparently promised that he could get not just Brooks, who did a residency at one of his hotels, but also Celine Dion, only to come up empty. The prevailing sentiment was that those contacted did not want to “normalize” a Trump presidency.

The Presidential Inauguration Committee sent The Wrap this statement:

First class entertainers are eager to participate in the inaugural events. The inauguration as a whole will be an exciting and uniting celebration of freedom and democracy. We will be releasing further details at the appropriate time.

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