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World 17 Jun 2026

Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen among star-studded list performing at Obama centre's opening

Christina Aguilera, Stevie Wonder, Jennifer Hudson, John Legend, U2's Bono and the Edge, Eddie Vedder and Bruce Springsteen are among the musicians scheduled to take the stage celebrating the opening of the Obama Presidential Center’s Grand Opening Ceremony in Chicago's South Side.

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Former U.S. president Barack Obama has organized a phalanx of superstars to perform at the grand opening of his new cultural centre. Christina Aguilera, Stevie Wonder, Jennifer Hudson, John Legend, U2's Bono and the Edge, Eddie Vedder and Bruce Springsteen are among the musicians scheduled to take the stage celebrating the opening of the Obama Presidential Center’s grand opening ceremony in Chicago's South Side. The livestreamed grand opening for the centre — housing a museum, library, and athletic arena including an NBA-regulation court — is scheduled for June 18 at noon ET, one day before it opens to the public on the U.S. federal holiday of Juneteenth. U.S. President Donald Trump, however, will likely be absent. Earlier this year he dubbed the centre "Obama's badly delayed, and tremendously over-budget, 'library.'" Much of Trump's focus this summer has instead been on the administration's broader Freedom 250 programming, meant to commemorate the country's 250th birthday. It included a White House-hosted Freedom 250 UFC event on Trump's 80th birthday Sunday.

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