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Miley Cyrus, Jennifer Hudson, Lin-Manuel Miranda sing at March for Our Lives event

By Karen Butler   |   Updated March 24, 2018 at 4:40 PM
Miley Cyrus performs "The Climb" during the March for Our Lives rally on March 24 in Washington, D.C. Hundreds of thousands rallied in the nation's capital to demand action to end gun violence and mass shootings in schools. Photo by David Tulis/UPI Lin-Manuel Miranda arrives for the Vanity Fair Oscar party in Beverly Hills on March 4. Photo by Christine Chew/UPI (L-R) Diane Warren, Common and Andra Day arrive on the red carpet for the 90th annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles on March 4. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Jennifer Hudson arrives on the red carpet at the Clive Davis and Recording Academy Pre-GRAMMY Gala and GRAMMY Salute to Industry Icons Honoring Jay-Z on January 27 in New York City. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Demi Lovato performs at the Y100 IHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2017 concert at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida, on December 18. File Photo by Gary I Rothstein/UPI

March 24 (UPI) -- Miley Cyrus, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Common, Andra Day, Jennifer Hudson, Ariana Grande and Demi Lovato were among the recording artists who performed at Saturday's March for Our Lives protest in Washington, D.C.

ABC News reported Day sang her hit song "Rise Up" with students from Baltimore's Cardinal Shehan School at the rally against gun violence. She also teamed up with rapper Common to perform her song "Stand Up for Something."

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Broadway titans Lin-Manuel Miranda and Ben Platt took the stage and offered a mash-up of Hamilton's "The Story of Tonight" and Dear Evan Hansen's "You Will Be Found," EW.com reported, while Cyrus sang her song "The Climb," Hollywood Life reported.

Grande -- who experienced violence first-hand when a suicide bomber attacked her 2017 concert in Manchester, England, killing 22 people and injuring dozens more -- sang "Be Alright," CBSMiami.com reported. Lovato performed "Skyscraper."

Jennifer Hudson -- whose mother, brother and nephew were shot and killed by her sister's estranged husband in 2008 -- closed out the event with a cover of Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are a-Changin.'"

Student activists, teachers and others gathered for March for Our Lives rallies around the world Saturday in support of calls to end gun violence.