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Elton John will not perform at Donald Trump's inauguration

By Cox Media Group National Content Desk and Brianna Chambers

NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 2: Elton John performs during a fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at Radio City Music Hall on March 2, 2016 in New York City. Clinton won seven states in yesterday's Super Tuesday. 

By Cox Media Group National Content Desk and Brianna Chambers

Anthony Scaramucci, a member of Donald Trump's transition team and vice chair of the presidential inaugural committee, told the

BBC

earlier this week that "Elton John is going to be doing (the) concert on the mall for Inauguration."

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"This will be the first American president in U.S. history that enters the White House with a pro-gay rights stance," Scaramucci, who is a founder and co-manager of the hedge fund SkyBridge Capital, said.

But after the statement, the British musician's spokeswoman said that the claim was false.

"He will NOT be performing at Trump's Inauguration," the spokeswoman, Fran Curtis, told CNN in an email Wednesday. "Incorrect," she

told the New York Times

.

Curtis told

BBC

"there is no truth in (the claim) at all."

John, who said in June that Trump would

marginalize

people if he became president, was outspoken about his views on Trump, suggesting that the president-elect is unfit for the position, saying

"We need a humanitarian in the White House, not a barbarian."

The 69-year-old singer headlined a Hillary Clinton fundraiser in March.

"Let's drop the rhetoric," Scaramucci wrote on Twitter Wednesday. "It was an honest impression that I got wrong. It was a fast-paced interview, and you can see I thought it was true."

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