we are about to hear from sammy haggar, and brad paisley and the beach boys.celebrate good times, come on ♪ ♪ and everything's going to be all right ♪ ♪ sing it for me one more time yeah. ♪ celebrate good times come on ♪ ♪ whoa! ♪ everything's going to be all right ♪ ♪ let's celebrate ♪ ♪ celebrate good times come on ♪ ♪ we gonna have a good time tonight ♪ singing along yeahs ♪ ♪ we gonna have a good time ♪ ♪ we hope you had a good time tonight ♪ ♪ we hope you had a good time ♪ ♪ we hope you had a good time tonight ♪ ♪ did you have a good time tonight ♪ ♪ yeah! ♪ we hope you had a good time tonight ♪ ♪ ♪ yeah! ♪ ♪ kool and the gang tonight. we want to thank you all for coming out tonight. we truly appreciate the love. and we hope to see you all again real soon. we out of here. yeah! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> wow, wow, wow, to see all the people together after what we have been lthrough over the last year, it's amazing. live music is back. texas is on deck and you know they are going to do it big. we have music from sammy haggar, brad paisley and a firework

blues traveller, brad paisley, chicago, flow rida, cool and the gang, nelly, neo, reo speed wagon, sammy haggarnd the circle, tasha cobbs leonard and tricia yearwood. now a special cnn event. the 4th in america. >>> we are live in washington, d.c. with spectacular views of the u.s. capitol and national mall. look at the crowds already gathering at the lincoln memorial. our country has been waiting for this moment. a time to celebrate. you can see people are gathering to do just that. and soon, fireworks will light up the monuments on this very special independence today and you will see it happen live right here on cnn. happy 245th birthday, america. i'm dana bash along with my colleague in new york, don lemon. hey, don. >> i'm literally applauding. i am so excited about what will happen tonight. you don't get dana -- i don't know if you can see me, more american than this. you may be doing most of the talking. i have my hotdog. i have my local beer. american made. and then i'm going to go get a huge school of apple pie as soon as i'm done with this. >> well, i've got sparkles. i don't wear spa