Andrea Bocelli To Perform At Trump's Inauguration Report is Making Some Fans React Angrily At Bocelli

Amid reports that world-famous Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli had been scheduled to meet with President-elect Donald Trump on Friday to discuss the possibility of performing at his January inauguration, the opera singer has been threatened with a boycott by some of his fans.

The New York Daily News reported that a "Boycott Bocelli" campaign has begun in earnest since the news first broke.

A number of fans took to Twitter to express their disapproval of Bocelli reportedly contemplating the idea:

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Anne @relevanne

Dumped @AndreaBocelli CD's in trash, won't be buying tickets to Feb. Orlando concert after all. DONE with him. Will #boycottBocelli forever.

7:39 PM - 16 Dec 2016

 
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.@AndreaBocelli hope whatever Trump is paying you makes up for the millions of fan dollars you're going to lose. #boycottbocelli

— Stacey Lee Salant (@mydogcrystal) December 15, 2016

Deleted playlist @AndreaBocelli #boycottBocelli coming from a formally facist country you should know better

— Dawn La Valle (@bonlivres) December 18, 2016

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Paige Towers @Paige_Towers

After hearing that @AndreaBocelli will be playing for @realDonaldTrump, I'm out. I'm also out $400. WORTH IT. Stand up and #boycottbocelli.

7:03 PM - 14 Dec 2016

 
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Bocelli himself has not commented whether or not he will perform, but if he does, he will join "America's Got Talent" contestant Jackie Evancho at the January 20 ceremony.

One music executive told Variety there are a number of performers "worried about backlash" if they were to perform at the event.

Bocelli, 58, is scheduled to perform tonight in Newark, New Jersey and reportedly sang to a sold out crowd in New York City last week.

Here's David Foster Polite Statement Declining The Offer to Organize Donald Trump's Inauguration

David Foster has declined an offer to organize President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. The news comes a day after Page Six reported that the music producer, 67, was scheduled to arrange the performers for the January 20 ceremony.

"I was invited to participate and I politely declined," Foster said in a statement to IPRESSTV on Saturday, December 17. "I have no idea where this story came from. Neither me nor my manager was ever contacted by Page Six or any other media outlet."

Foster has been friends with Trump, 70, for years, but he reportedly supported Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. Earlier in the week, on Wednesday, December 14, the Canadian producer and his rumored new girlfriend, supermodel Christie Brinkley, were spotted chatting with Clinton, 69, while on a date at the Polo Bar in New York City.

"Christie is a steadfast Hillary fan and supporter and went up to Hillary," a source tells IPRSSTV of the encounter. "Hillary was very gracious and chatted with her. There was a lot of love in the room for Hillary that night and people applauded her."

IPRESSTV previously reported that America's Got Talent season 5 runner-up Jackie Evancho is scheduled to perform at Trump's inauguration next month. Andrea Bocelli was also rumored to take the stage, but a source tells IPRESSTV the Italian classical singer, 58, has yet to confirm or accept the offer. "He is merely on Trump's wish list," the insider adds.

Evancho, meanwhile, confirmed the news during an interview on the Today show on Wednesday. "I have recently been asked by the president-elect to perform the national anthem for the swearing-in ceremony at the inauguration, and I am so excited," the 16-year-old singer said. "It's gonna be awesome! I felt really honored. To be able to sing for the office, it's a great honor for me."

Aretha Franklin and Beyoncé performed at President Barack Obama's first and second inaugurations, respectively.