ABC adds Las Vegas celebration to ‘New Year’s Rockin Eve’ 2025 lineup

Blue Man Group, Jabbawockeez, Junble & the cast of Lio to join the broadcast

Dick Clark Productions (DCP) and MGM Resorts International announced a first-of-its-kind multi-year partnership bringing the best of Las Vegas entertainment to the iconic Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest (NYRE) on ABC with four-time Super Bowl-winning football star Rob Gronkowski co-hosting from Las Vegas. Emmy Award-winning television personality Jeannie Mai returns to host the West Coast party. Jungle will join the performance lineup from London. The star-studded celebration will air live on ABC on Tuesday, December 31st, beginning at 8 pm EST, and stream the next day on Hulu.

Emmy Award-winning television personality Jeannie Mai returns to the broadcast and will co-host the West Coast Party with previously announced performers including Alanis Morissette, with special guest Reneé Rapp, Dasha, DJ Cassidy’s Pass The Mic Live! starring Ja Rule, Fat Joe, Slick Rick & Doug E. Fresh, Ernest, Hardy, Kesha, Laufey, Natasha Bedingfield, and T-Pain.

Known for their immersive live performances, Jungle will celebrate the new year with two performances from London: “Back on 74” and “Keep Moving.” The band won the BRIT Award for Best British Group earlier this year.

Four-time Super Bowl-winning football star Rob Gronkowski will join as the Las Vegas co-host giving viewers a front-row seat to legendary Vegas entertainment, presiding over the festivities from the renowned Fountains of Bellagio. Previously announced show-stopping Las Vegas performances will come from entertainers Blake Shelton, Cody Johnson, Lenny Kravitz, and Thomas Rhett from locations around the Vegas Strip including Dolby Live at Park MGM, Ole Red Las Vegas, and MGM Grand Garden Arena. Additionally, the show will feature appearances from the iconic Blue Man Group, hip-hop dance crew Jabbawockeez, and the cast of Lío, coming soon to The Mayfair Supper Club at Bellagio.

Audiences will have the opportunity to ring in the new year with a front-row seat to MGM Resorts’ legendary Las Vegas entertainment featuring exclusive performances from world-renowned chart-topping artists and entertainers, musical icons, and must-see residencies from its world-class venues including Bellagio, Dolby Live at Park MGM and MGM Grand Garden Arena, among others.

In addition to musical performances, audiences will be dazzled by some of The Strip’s most thrilling entertainment acts and visual delights, creating an unforgettable experience that captures the essence of the Entertainment Capital of the World.

In his 20th year as host of America’s most-watched New Year’s Eve special, Ryan Seacrest will lead the countdown to midnight alongside global superstar Rita Ora live from Times Square. Dayanara Torres returns as co-host in Puerto Rico.

Marking 20 years since her 2005 life-changing American Idol win, new Idol judge, Carrie Underwood will close out 2024 with a live, headlining performance of some of her biggest hits live in Times Square just before midnight. CMA New Artist of the Year Megan Moroney and legendary British singer-songwriter Sophie Ellis-Bextor will join Underwood in Times Square to ring in 2025 with live performances.

In a performance sponsored by Carnival Cruise Line, trailblazers TLC, the best-selling American girl group of all time with over 65 million records sold worldwide, will take the Times Square stage and perform hits from their groundbreaking career, including songs off their multi-platinum album Crazysexycool, which celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2024.

In honor of an incredible two decades in music and entertainment, global pop culture icons, the Jonas Brothers, will take the Times Square stage in New York for a special performance after midnight. Since their explosive debut in 2005, the multi-award-winning trio has captivated audiences worldwide and earned countless accolades. Most recently, they wrapped up The World Tour, their 12th concert tour supporting their sixth studio album, The Album. Their Happiness Begins Tour marked a triumphant return to the spotlight, solidifying their status as one of the most enduring acts in pop history.

Alanis Morissette will kick off the 30th anniversary celebration of her acclaimed and influential album Jagged Little Pill, one of the best-selling albums of all time. Morissette will take the stage multiple times throughout the night and will be joined by special guest Reneé Rapp for a performance of “You Oughta Know.”

With 40 top 10 singles and 29 No. 1 songs, award-winning country music superstar Blake Shelton will perform some of his biggest hits, as well as “Texas,” his latest single and first new solo song in two years, from Las Vegas.

Country music singer-songwriter Dasha will make her New Year’s Rockin’ Eve debut with a performance of “Austin (Boots Stop Workin’),” which garnered over 10 billion views on TikTok and has officially been RIAA-certified platinum and gold in the U.S. and seventeen other countries in the world.

DJ Cassidy will bring his trailblazing “Pass The Mic Live!” experience to New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with hip-hop icons Ja Rule, Fat Joe, Slick Rick & Doug E. Fresh, who all united this past summer for their groundbreaking “Pass The Mic Live!” Las Vegas Residency, inspired by old-world Las Vegas mainstays like The Rat Pack.

Breakout country singer-songwriter Ernest will culminate his exciting year of CMA, Billboard and Grammy nominations with a medley performance of his hit song “Why Dallas” off his current album Nashville, Tennessee and the Grammy-nominated collaboration “I Had Some Help,” which was co-written by Ernest.

Culminating a significant 2024 that included his new album Quitt!! and a U.S. headline tour, genre-bending singer-songwriter Hardy will perform a medley of “Psycho” and “Truck Bed.”

Global pop sensation Kesha will deliver an unforgettable performance celebrating 15 years of her iconic hit “TiK ToK” while showcasing “JoyRide,” her groundbreaking first release as an independent artist this year.

Laufey, the Grammy Award-winning artist who the New York Times called “Gen Z’s pop-jazz icon,” will make her New Year’s Rockin’ Eve debut with her hit song “From The Start.”

Puerto Rico native and award-winning artist Luis Fonsi will ring in the New Year in Puerto Rico, performing a medley spanning some of his greatest hits from his successful 25-year career. His performance will take place just before midnight in the Atlantic Time Zone, one hour before the ball drops in Times Square.

Natasha Bedingfield will return to New Year’s Rockin’ Eve to perform and celebrate the 20th anniversary of one of the most defining pop anthems, “Unwritten,” which she first performed on the show in 2007.

Grammy Award-winning artist, producer, songwriter, entrepreneur and global cultural icon T-Pain will take the stage and perform two medleys of his greatest hits.

This year will mark the second consecutive year that Dick Clark Productions and iHeartMedia, the leading audio media company in America, will broadcast the event live across 150 iHeartRadio stations nationwide

The No. 1 New Year’s Eve programming special each year, ABC’s “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2024” attracted 22.2 Million Total Viewers at midnight.

The show, which marks its 53rd year, celebrates the year’s very best in music with hours of dynamic performances, America’s favorite personalities and a look at New Year’s celebrations around the globe. “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2025” is produced by Dick Clark Productions with Ryan Seacrest, Michael Dempsey and Barry Adelman serving as executive producers.