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Christina Aguilera to headline 'Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve'

By Karen Butler   |   Dec. 14, 2018 at 6:11 AM
Christina Aguilera has been booked to perform on "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve." File Photo by Dennis Van Tine/UPI Dan & Shay arrive on the red carpet at the 2015 CMA Awards in Nashville on November 4, 2015. File Photo by John Sommers II/UPI New Kids On The Block band members Donnie Wahlberg, Jordan Knight, Jonathan Knight, Joey McIntyre and Danny Wood, left to right, gather around their star after the American boy band was honored with the 2,530th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on October 9, 2014. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI

Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Christina Aguilera is to headline the holiday special Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest, ABC announced.

The Grammy winner is scheduled to perform in New York minutes before the ball in Times Square drops to usher in 2019.

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"Surprise Fighters -- we're ringing in the new year together on @NYRE live from Times Square!!!!" Aguilera tweeted Thursday.

Bastille, Dan + Shay and New Kids On The Block are also scheduled to take the stage during the broadcast, which is to kick off at 8 p.m. EST.

Previously announced guests will include Ciara, Camila Cabello, Post Malone, Halsey, Shawn Mendes, Weezer, Kane Brown, Bazzi, Lauren Alaina, The Chainsmokers, Charlie Puth, Kelsea Ballerini, Dua Lipa, Ella Mai, Foster the People, Macklemore and Skylar Grey.