The Village People and US president-elect Donald Trump have apparently buried the hatchet.
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On Monday, lead singer Victor Willis – the iconic disco-music group’s San Diego-based founder and leader – announced that Village People had accepted an invitation to perform at multiple Trump inauguration events next week, including at least one that Trump will attend.
They join a line-up of performers that also includes Carrie Underwood, Kid Rock and Lee Greenwood.
The president-elect is a long-time fan of Village People’s enduring 1978 hit, “YMCA”, which has long been synonymous with gay pride. Trump has frequently played and danced to the song at his campaign rallies and at parties at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
Village People had previously sent cease-and-desist orders to Trump in a failed attempt to get him to stop playing “YMCA” without the group’s permission.
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Monday’s inauguration performance announcement comes just two years after the singer Willis’ wife, lawyer Karen Willis, sent a separate cease-and-desist letter to Trump.