"I wouldn’t have missed the honor of playing this event whether my microphone, guitar and monitors worked or not," Cyrus told PEOPLE exclusively. "I had a ball"Billy Ray Cyrus' inauguration appearance caused some confusion — and concern.

The “I’m So Miserable” singer, 63, had an onstage debacle after suffering several technical issues during his set at Trump’s Liberty Inaugural Ball in Washington, DC. The plagued performance was pilloried on social media and dubbed an “epic disaster.”