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National anthem singer flubs lyrics at World Series opener
HOUSTON (AP) — Grammy-nominated singer Eric Burton misplaced observe of the lyrics throughout “The Star-Spangled Banner” earlier than Friday evening’s World Collection opener between Houston and Philadelphia.
With gamers and workers lined up on the sector for the standard pre-game ceremony, and a large American flag unfurled throughout the outfield, the Black Pumas band chief went off observe on the second line. He sang: “What so proudly we hail’d on the twilight’s final streaming” as an alternative of “gleaming.”
He continued accurately with: “Whose broad stripes and vivid stars by means of the perilous battle.” However then, as an alternative of “O’er the ramparts we watch’d had been so gallantly streaming?” he backtracked to “What so proudly we hail’d on the twilight’s final” earlier than once more singing “streaming” as an alternative of “gleaming.”
Burton then picked up accurately with “And the rocket’s pink glare, the bomb bursting in air” and completed uneventfully.
Burton carried out eventually yr’s televised live performance for President Joe Biden’s inauguration.
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