Elton John will perform at the White House Friday night. Approximately 2,000 guests have been invited to attend and the concert has been in the works for several months, a White House official says.
There is a large tent being erected on the South Lawn for the event, the construction of which began Monday, a White House official told CNN. Approximately 2,000 guests have been invited to attend and the concert has been in the works for several months, the official said.John is performing at the White House for an evening titled,"A Night When Hope and History Rhyme," for a concert in a collaboration with A&E Networks and The History Channel.
A White House official told CNN that John's team"expressed an interest on his behalf in playing again at the White House." In 1998, John was invited by then-President Bill Clinton to entertain at a State Dinner for then-British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Read MoreThe Friday event title comes from a line in Seamus Heaney's poem,"The Cure of Troy.
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