“DICK CLARK’S NEW YEAR’S ROCKIN’ EVE WITH RYAN SEACREST 2022” ON ABC RINGS IN THE NEW YEAR FROM COAST TO COAST WITH A MASSIVE L.A. PARTY

PERFORMERS INCLUDE AJR AND DAISY THE GREAT, AVRIL LAVIGNE AND TRAVIS BARKER, BIG BOI AND SLEEPY BROWN, DON OMAR, FRENCH MONTANA, MACKLEMORE WITH RYAN LEWIS AND WINDSER, MAE MULLER, MÅNESKIN, MASKED WOLF, ONEREPUBLIC, POLO G, AND WALKER HAYES

The 50th Anniversary Celebration Airs Live Friday, Dec. 31, Beginning at 8/7c on ABC

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LOS ANGELES, CA (December 16, 2021) - ABC and MRC Live and Alternative announced today the L.A. 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 Dec. 31 at 8 p.m. EST/PST on ABC. 

Performers at the L.A. Party include the following:

• 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 L.A. 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 #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 L.A. 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. 

As previously announced:

• Global music star and Reggaeton dynamo Daddy Yankee will give a special hometown performance in Puerto Rico. 
• The L.A. Party festivities will be kicked off by five-time NYRE co-host and multi-platinum selling artist Ciara, with Club Quarantine’s D-Nice spinning the turntables at the celebration. The star-studded NYRE lineup also includes 17-time host and executive producer Ryan Seacrest in Times Square with first-time co-host Liza Koshy, co-host Billy Porter from New Orleans, and co-host Roselyn Sanchez who will lead the festivities in Puerto Rico, the inaugural destination for the show’s first Spanish-language countdown.
• POWERBALL correspondent Jessie James Decker, will announce the “POWERBALL First Millionaire of the Year” live from New York just after midnight. 

The No. 1 New Year’s Eve programming special each year, last year’s program 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.

For the latest Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve news, exclusive content and more, follow NYRE on social (Facebook | Twitter | Instagram), on ABC sites (Facebook | Twitter | Instagram), online at newyearsrockineve.com and join the conversation by using the official hashtag for the show, #RockinEve.

About MRC Live & Alternative

MRC Live & Alternative, a division of global entertainment company MRC, is the world's largest producer and proprietor of televised live event entertainment programming with the "Academy of Country Music Awards," "American Music Awards," "Billboard Music Awards," "Golden Globe Awards," "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest" and the “Streamy Awards.” MRC Live & Alternative owns one of the world's most extensive and unique entertainment archive libraries with more than 60 years of award-winning shows, historic programs, specials, performances and legendary programming. For more information please visit: www.mrcentertainment.com.

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ABC Entertainment airs compelling programming across all day parts, including “Grey’s Anatomy,” the longest-running medical drama in primetime television; riveting dramas “The Good Doctor,” “A Million Little Things,” “Station 19” and fall’s groundbreaking No. 1 new series, “Big Sky”; trailblazing comedy favorites “black-ish,” “The Conners,” “The Goldbergs” and “Home Economics”; the popular Summer Fun & Games programming block, including “Celebrity Family Feud,” “Holey Moley,” “Match Game,” “Press Your Luck” and “To Tell the Truth”; star-making sensation “American Idol”; reality phenomenon “Shark Tank”; “The Bachelor” franchise; long-running hits “Dancing with the Stars” and “America’s Funniest Home Videos”; “General Hospital,” which has aired for more than 55 years on the network; and late-night talk show “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”; as well as two critically acclaimed, Emmy^® Award-winning “Live in Front of a Studio Audience” specials. The network also boasts some of television’s most prestigious awards shows, including “The Oscars^®,” “The CMA Awards” and the “American Music Awards.”  ABC programming can also be viewed on demand and on Hulu.