Drake, Fergie, La Roux, Avril Lavigne heading to 'New Year's Rockin' Eve'

Ne-Yo, Train, Jennifer Hudson and others also on slate for the Dick Clack/Ryan Seacrest show

By Katie Hasty Monday, Dec 6, 2010 5:14 PM

Fergie

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Ryan Seacrest will have a couple friends on hand to ring in "New Year's Rockin' Eve" this year. Fergie and Jenny McCarthy are on slate to co-host the Dick Clark production, with acts like Drake, Avril Lavigne, La Roux, Ne-Yo, Train, Jennifer Hudson and others scheduled to perform and appear.

ABC's "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacres 2011" will run for about three-and-a-half hours over NYE (and early-morning New Year's Day). This will mark the sixth year the "American Idol" host will helm the variety show; he'll be holding down the fort in New York with McCarthy while Fergie will play hostess in taped segments from Los Angeles.

Mike Posner, Willow Smith, Jason DeRulo, Natasha Bedingfield and Far East Movement are also scheduled for the celebration.

The Black Eyed Peas singer co-hosted four other "Rockin'" NYE shows before.

Katie Hasty
Managing Editor

After five years as a columnist and editor at Billboard, Katie Hasty joined HitFix in 2009 for music and film reporting out of New York. The Midwest native has worked as a writer, music promoter and in A&R since 1999 and performs with her band Numbers And Letters.