Today, ABC and Dick Clark Productions (DCP), the world’s largest owner and producer of televised live event entertainment programming, announced the nationwide performer lineup for “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2026” (NYRE), the country’s most-watched New Year’s Eve celebration. Kicking off in New York and continuing through Las Vegas, Chicago, Puerto Rico, and beyond, this year’s show features its most expansive slate of musical artists yet, with dozens of performances set to appear across multiple time zones, Wednesday, December 31, from 8:00PM-4:00AM EST on ABC, next day on Hulu.*
This year marks the longest telecast in the show’s history, including an additional 90 minutes of programming and featuring the soundtrack of the year, with 831 million total monthly Spotify listeners across the lineup and more than 85 songs performed.
Superstar performers include the following:
4 Non Blondes
50 Cent
AJR
BigXthaPlug
Chance the Rapper
Charlie Puth
Chappell Roan
Ciara
Demi Lovato
DJ Cassidy’s Pass the Mic Live! Starring Busta Rhymes, T.I. & Wyclef Jean
Filmore
Goo Goo Dolls
Jess Glynne
Jessie Murph
Jordan Davis
KPop Demon Hunters: The Singing Voices of HUNTR/X – EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI
Leon Thomas
LE SSERAFIM
Lil Jon
Little Big Town
Madison Beer
Maren Morris, sponsored by Carnival Cruise Line
Mariah Carey
New Kids on the Block
OneRepublic
Pitbull
Post Malone
Rick Springfield
Russell Dickerson
The All-American Rejects
Tucker Wetmore
Zara Larsson
*Times Square headliner and special guests to be announced soon.
Leading this year’s broadcast is Ryan Seacrest and co-host Rita Ora from New York’s Times Square, with GRAMMY®-winning hometown native Chance the Rapper leading the first-ever “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” live Central Time Zone countdown from Chicago, and NFL legend Rob Gronkowski returns alongside multihyphenate performer Julianne Hough, who makes her NYRE co-hosting debut as they take over the “Entertainment Capital of the World.” Details for the Puerto Rico celebration will be announced soon.
“Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2026” airs Wednesday, December 31, live on ABC beginning @ 8:00PM EST, and next day on Hulu.
This marks the third consecutive year that Dick Clark Productions and iHeartMedia, the leading audio media company in America, broadcast “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest” live across 150 iHeartRadio stations nationwide including Z100 New York, KIIS-FM Los Angeles, KISS FM Chicago, Q102 Philly, THE NEW MIX 102.9 Dallas, and more. Music fans across the country can listen in to iHeartRadio stations to catch “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2026,” live on Tuesday, December 31, beginning @ 8:00PM EST. The show will also be available to stream live on the iHeartRadio app.
ABC’s “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2026” is produced by Dick Clark Productions, with Ryan Seacrest, Michael Dempsey, and Barry Adelman serving as executive producers.
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