performed at presidential inauguration

3 Doors Down performed their song “The Broken” at the presidential inauguration concert of US President-elect Donald Trump on January 20, 2017. Arnold told TMZ that he was “proud” to perform and that he thought it would be a “good experience”. Fans of the band expressed positive feedback about it performing at the inauguration. 3 Doors Down’s business manager, Angus Vail, explained to Vice the reasons behind the band’s decision to perform by saying: “Well, 3 Doors actually played George W. Bush ‘s inauguration. They are good Mississippi and Alabama boys — they come from conservative families. You know, they’re really good guys, but they have very different political beliefs. Because they played both Bush’s inaugurations, they’ve obviously been on the conservative radar.” Vail continued that the band’s choice to perform had a lot to do with their “God, guns, and country black-and-white sort of viewpoint” and that “they spend a lot of time going to Iraq, doing service, playing for the troops.” In the week following the performance, the band’s The Greatest Hits compilation album reentered the Billboard 200 at a new peak of number 94; the album had debuted and peaked at number 100 in 2012 and had been off the chart since April 2016. In February 2018, during an interview with Detroit Metro Times , rhythm guitarist Chris Henderson stated about the performance, “it wasn’t a Trump thing. That’s what people don’t understand. It was the inauguration of a president of the United States of America.” He also called it “history-making” and “It’s a one-in-a-lifetime chance to do something for your country. So that’s why we did it.”