[1/2] Method Man (C) and Streetlife (R) of rap band Wu-Tang Clan perform at the Montreux Jazz Festival July 18, 2007. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse (SWITZERLAND)/File PhotoWASHINGTON, June 13 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Tuesday evening is hosting the White House's first big Juneteenth celebration, a concert featuring performances by Oscar-winning singer Jennifer Hudson, hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan's Method Man and marching bands from Tennessee and Maryland. Biden will address guests at the South Lawn event at 7:00 pm EDT (2300 GMT), which the White House has described as a "celebration of community, culture and music." Biden will welcome "community leaders, lawmakers, students educators and hundreds of others to the White House for a historic Juneteenth celebration," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said. U.S. presidents dating back to George W. Bush have marked Juneteenth from the White House, often with a somber statement.

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Persons: Wu, Tang Clan, Denis Balibouse, Joe Biden, Oscar, Jennifer Hudson, Tang, Biden, Ledisi, Karine Jean, Pierre said, Abraham Lincoln's, George W, Bush, Andrea Shalal, Heather Timmons, Leslie Adler, Bill Berkrot Organizations: Montreux Jazz, REUTERS, WASHINGTON, White, Thomson Locations: SWITZERLAND, Tennessee, Maryland, Texas, Washington