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Justin Timberlake to perform at US Grand Prix in Austin

FILE - Int his May 14, 2016, file photo, singer Justin Timberlake performs during the Eurovision Song Contest final in Stockholm, Sweden. Timberlake is scheduled to perform on Oct. 21, 2017, at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, during Formula One's only stop in the U.S., organizers of the U.S. Grand Prix announced Wednesday, March 29, 2017. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File) FILE - Int his May 14, 2016, file photo, singer Justin Timberlake performs during the Eurovision Song Contest final in Stockholm, Sweden. Timberlake is scheduled to perform on Oct. 21, 2017, at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, during Formula One's only stop in the U.S., organizers of the U.S. Grand Prix announced Wednesday, March 29, 2017. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

By Associated Press March 29, 2017 1 min read

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Justin Timberlake will perform race weekend at Formula One’s only stop in the U.S.

Organizers of the U.S. Grand Prix announced Wednesday that the pop singer will perform on Oct. 21.

The Texas race got a major boost in 2016 from Taylor Swift’s only concert of the year. Bobby Epstein, president of the Circuit of the Americas, says music artists see the weekend as a global stage and Timberlake “fits right in.”

Timberlake is scheduled to perform after race qualifying. The U.S. Grand Prix is the following day.