Victor Willis, the lead singer of the Village People, said that "music is to be performed without regard to politics."

Village People will perform at Donald Trump's inauguration amid a long-standing feud between frontman Victor Willis and his former bandmates.

The Village People—the band behind one of Trump’s favorite hits, “Y.M.C.A.”—will perform at a pre-inauguration event.

"Y.M.C.A." is known to be a favorite of Donald Trump's, and its singer plans to be on hand for the president-elect's swearing in.

Village People, the American disco group whose hits like "Y.M.C.A" have been staples at Trump rallies, defended their decision to perform during Trump's inauguration.

Now, The Village People will be performing at one of Trump’s inauguration events despite having sent the incoming president a cease-and-desist letter in 2023 and supporting Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign.

Village People had previously sent cease-and-desist orders to Donald Trump in a failed attempt to get him to stop playing “Y.M.C.A.” without the group’s permission.

As Donald Trump prepares to officially become the 47th president of the United States, stars from the world of music have been helping him commemorate the historic occasion

The chart-topping group once dunked on Trump for using its track at his rallies. Four years later, the band is giving him a live show at his second inauguration.

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The Village People is an American disco group founded in 1977 by Jacques Morali, Henri Belolo and Victor Willis. The group's name is a reference to Greenwich Village, a neighborhood in New York City where many prominent figures and people who identified with the LGBTQIA+ community lived.