50th anniversary celebration includes parties from coast to coast to coast
ABC and MRC Live and Alternative have announced the LA Party performers for Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2022. This year marks the 50th anniversary of America’s go-to annual New Year’s tradition that celebrates the year’s very best in music. The most-watched New Year’s Eve celebration nationwide, which features iconic performances of the year’s biggest songs, airs live December 31st at 8 pm EST/PST on ABC.
Indie pop group AJR will perform their 3x platinum hit “BANG!” and their Top 10 Alternative single “Record Player” with duo Daisy The Great. Pop punk icon Avril Lavigne will hit the stage with legendary drummer and famed producer Travis Barker performing her hits “Sk8er Boi” and “Bite Me.” Hip hop icon Big Boi will perform his legendary smoothed-out beat thumping hit “The Way You Move” with singer Sleepy Brown. The pair will round out their set with their new song, “Animalz.”
Heating up the stage with new music and a fan favorite is internationally renowned Reggaeton superstar Don Omar performing his track “Danza Kuduro” and new song with singer Nio Garcia, “Se Menea.” GRAMMY Award-nominated multi-platinum global superstar French Montana will celebrate the New Year on the LA stage performing his newest hit, “FWMGAB,” alongside chart-topper “Unforgettable.”
GRAMMY Award-winning artist Macklemore will be performing his latest single “Next Year,” with Ryan Lewis and Windser. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis will also perform their chart-topping song “Can’t Hold Us.”
Billboard’s No. 1 New Rock Artist of the Year, Måneskin will perform their global streaming smash hit “Beggin’” and fast-rising new single “Mamma Mia.” Breakout British singer and songwriter Mae Muller will perform her track “Better Days” with rapper Polo G, who will also be taking the stage to perform his hits “Rapstar” and “Smooth Criminal.”
One of the biggest breakout success stories of the year, Australian rapper Masked Wolf will bring his global smash “Astronaut In The Ocean” and follow-up hit “Pandemonium” to the NYRE LA stage.
GRAMMY nominated band OneRepublic will perform their global hits ”Counting Stars” and “Run.” Country music artist Walker Hayes will sing his smash hit “Fancy Like” and new song “AA.”
Additional performers will be announced in the lead up to show night.
The show expands to Puerto Rico for its first-ever Spanish language countdown with Reggaeton superstar and San Juan native Daddy Yankee and Puerto Rican actress and singer Roselyn Sanchez as a co-host. The new year’s bash will take place on the grounds of the Puerto Rico Convention Center at DISTRITO T-Mobile, Puerto Rico’s newest entertainment and nightlife complex.
Ryan Seacrest returns for the 17th year to host and executive produce in Times Square with first-time co-host Liza Koshy, co-host Ciara heading up the LA Party, co-host Billy Porter from New Orleans, and Powerball correspondent Jessie James Decker, who will announce the “Powerball First Millionaire of the Year” live from New York.
The No. 1 New Year’s Eve programming special each year, Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2021 dominated the combined deliveries of its broadcast competitors by 7.0 million Total Viewers and by 63% with Adults 18-49. Soaring by double digits year over year, last year’s late-night telecast attracted 18.4 million Total Viewers and ranked as the highest-rated musical special of 2020 among Adults 18-49.
