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‘Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2025′ Adds Alanis Morissette, Reneé Rapp, Blake Shelton, Kesha

Also joining the star-studded lineup are Dasha and DJ Cassidy's Pass the Mic Live! with Ja Rule, Fat Joe, Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh.

‘Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2025′ Adds Alanis Morissette, Reneé Rapp, Blake Shelton, Kesha

The lineup for Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2025 has added a galaxy of stars to this year’s lineup. The West Coast portion of the show will include Alanis Morissette with special guest Reneé Rapp, as well as Dasha, DJ Cassidy’s “Pass the Mic Live!” with Ja Rule, Fat Joe, Slick Rick & Doug E. Fresh, as well as performances from Ernest, HARDY, Kesha, Laufey, Natasha Bedingfield and T-Pain.

As if that wasn’t enough, the show will also feature a performance by Blake Shelton from Las Vegas, TLC taking the stage in New York’s Times Square and Luis Fonsi from his native Puerto Rico just before midnight in the Atlantic time zone, an hour before the ball drops in Times Square.


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Morissette, celebrating the 30th anniversary of her iconic Jagged Little Pill album, will perform multiple times during the night, including a duet with Rapp on “You Oughta Know.” The new additions join previously announced performers Carrie Underwood, Megan Moroney, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Lenny Kravitz, Teddy Swims, Tinashe, Cody Johnson and Thomas Rhett. The countdown will air on ABC on Dec. 31 beginning at 8 p.m. ET.

The most-watched NYE countdown show will once again be hosted by Seacrest — in his 20th go-round — along with co-host Rita Ora in Times Square, where Underwood will take the stage for a medley of her greatest hits live just before midnight. Co-host Dayanara Torres will anchor the feed from Puerto Rico on the 54th annual broadcast.

Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2025 will stream the next day on Hulu. Dick Clark Productions is owned by Penske Media Corporation; PMC is also the parent company of Billboard.

This article was originally published by Billboard U.S.

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SZA with the Grammys for Record of the Year and Best Melodic Rap Performance for “luther" at the 68th GRAMMY Awards held at the Crypto.com Arena on February 01, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.
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SZA with the Grammys for Record of the Year and Best Melodic Rap Performance for “luther" at the 68th GRAMMY Awards held at the Crypto.com Arena on February 01, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.

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