Tony Bennett, Muppets set for Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

By The Associated Press
November 01 2016 06:15 PM

CP480089837 — FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2016 file photo, United States gymnast Lauren Hernandez displays her silver medal for the balance beam during the artistic gymnastics women\'s apparatus final at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Hernandez will join Tony Bennett, Kelsea Ballerini, Aloe Blacc, and fellow Olympians Claressa Shields and Michelle Carter in the 90th annual Macy\'s Thanksgiving Day parade on Nov. 24. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

NEW YORK – Tony Bennett, Sarah McLachlan, De La Soul, “Muppets” Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog and the cast of “Sesame Street” will be among the stars celebrating at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.

Macy’s said Tuesday singers Kelsea Ballerini and Aloe Blacc, Christopher Jackson from the Broadway play “Hamilton” and Olympic gold medallists Laurie Hernandez, Claressa Shields and Michelle Carter also will participate in the 90th annual parade Nov. 24.

The special will air at 9 a.m. EST on NBC’s “Today” show.

Former NHL players Adam Graves and Eric Lindros and U.S. Paralympic gold medallists Mikey Brannigan and Gianfranco Iannotta also are part of the lineup.

Performers participating include Regina Spektor, Brett Eldredge, Fitz & the Tantrums, Maddie & Tae, Daya and Jacob Whitesides.

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