Beyonce Fake Sang Her Way Through The National Anthem At The Inauguration (UPDATED)

January 22, 2013 / Posted by:

Joe Biden knew the truth the whole time and the secret was eating at him!!!!

After the Times of London heard from people sitting near the podium at yesterday’s Inauguration that the band wasn’t actually playing and Beyonce wasn’t actually singing The Star Spangled Banner, they asked a rep for the Marine Corp Band if it was true that she Brit Brit’d her way through the whole thing. They released a statement saying that Beyonce lip-synched her performance. Beyonce fake something? NEVAAAAAAH!

A spokeswoman for the Marine Corp Band said it was standard procedure to record a backing track and Beyoncé decided shortly before her performance to rely on the studio version rather than risk singing it live on the Capitol.

Yo Yo Ma pre-recorded his cello performance in 2008 because the cold weather and wind may have affected the acoustics of his instrument. Vocal performers, however, typically do perform live despite January’s icy conditions.

“We did pre-record it and it was Beyoncé’s decision at the last minute to go with the pre-recorded version,” said a spokeswoman for the band.

“We pre-recorded all music as a matter of course and have done since time immemorial,” she said. “This is our 54th inauguration… There is no question of there not being any music – it’s not because the performer cannot do it.”

Kelly Clarkson, on the other hand, sang live.

But Beyonce ripped her earpiece out and everything! Either Beyonce ripped out that earpiece to throw us off her trail or she ripped it out because she didn’t want any distractions while she mouthed that song like nobody had mouthed that song before!!!! The truth is,  Beyonce only lip-synched, because if she didn’t, her powerful, booming angel hummingbird voice would’ve broken the protective glass in front of her and lives would’ve been in danger. Beyonce lip-synched for her life, the president’s life, your life and the country’s life!

UPDATE – A rep for the Marine Corp is now backpedaling away from their “Beyonce lip-synched” comment and he’s now saying he doesn’t know. Beyonce didn’t rehearse with the Marine Corps Band before the performance, so they used a track, because they didn’t feel comfortable with doing it live. They aren’t sure if Beyonce used a track for her vocals. via HuffPo:

Marine Corps spokesman Capt. Gregory Wolf said that because there was no opportunity for Beyonce to rehearse with the Marine Band, it was determined that a live performance by the band was ill advised. Instead they used a pre-recorded track for the band’s portion of the song.

“Regarding Ms. Knowles-Carter’s vocal performance,” Wolf’s statement continued, “no one in the Marine Band is in a position to assess whether it was live or pre-recorded.”

Translation: “Don’t come at us, Illuminati! We surrender!”

Our commenting rules: Don't be racist or bigoted, or post comments like "Who cares?", or have multiple accounts, or repost a comment that was deleted by a mod, or post NSFW pics/videos/GIFs, or go off topic when not in an Open Post, or post paparazzi/event/red carpet pics from photo agencies due to copyright infringement issues. Also, promoting adblockers, your website, or your forum is not allowed. Breaking a rule may result in your Disqus account getting permanently or temporarily banned. New commenters must go through a period of pre-moderation. And some posts may be pre-moderated so it could take a minute for your comment to appear if it's approved. If you have a question or an issue with comments, email: michaelk@dlisted.com

src="https://c.statcounter.com/922697/0/f674ac4a/1/"
alt="drupal analytics" >