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Beyonce admits not singing live

Beyonce will sing the national anthem live at the Super Bowl on 3 February
Pop star Beyonce has admitted she did not sing the American national anthem live during President Obama's inauguration last month. She revealed the truth at a news conference for the forthcoming Super Bowl.
Nov 25,2013
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It was one of the most talked about moments of the inauguration: Beyonce's soaringflawless rendition of the Star Spangled Banner in front of President Obama and millions more.

But doubt was soon cast on the authenticity of the performance. There was speculation it was taped, that the megastar had mimed.


Today came her response. She strolled into a news conference for Sunday's Super Bowl, at which she will sing, asked the audience to stand and raised her microphone:

Beyonce singing American national anthem:
"Oh say, can you see, by the dawn's early light?"

After belting out the national anthem she asked, with a laugh, if there were any questions. And then she admitted to singing along to a pre-recorded track last week because she didn't have time to practise.


Beyonce said she had not wanted to risk anything going wrong on such a big occasion.


But she will be singing live during the half-time show on Sunday, to one of the biggest audiences of her career.

Vocabulary

 

soaring

rising or flying up into the air

flawless

perfect, without faults

rendition

a version of a song or performance

authenticity

reality

speculation

guessing about a subject without enough evidence

taped

recorded (of a sound)

mimed

moved lips along to a song without making a sound

strolled

walked slowly and in a relaxed way

belted out

sang very loudly and with a lot of enthusiasm

pre-recorded track

song which been recorded earlier


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