National Anthem Singer Accused Of Making A Political Statement After Changing Words To “Blue Glare” At Pittsburgh Pirates Game

Forgetting the words, or trying to make a political statement? I mean, the Star Spangled Banner is a pretty well-known song. Probably one of the most well-known in the country. Pretty sure everybody knows the words to our national anthem by now. Of course we've also seen plenty of times where singers freeze under pressure and mess up the words too, so it happens. But people online are talking about the national anthem performance from political activist MAN-E ahead of last night's Pittsburgh Pirates game after one subtle word change: "And the rocket's blue glare" Of course the words are supposed to be "red glare." And some think that the progressive activist was making a political statement by changing the word from red to blue during an election year. https://twitter.com/colin_dunlap/status/1803439492830797981 https://twitter.com/jmoschg/status/1803435839092822135

If you’ve been paying attention to the Florida panther games, every national anthem every time and the rockets RED glare the whole stadium sings red.

Yea blue glare ain’t a mess up accidentally — Jay412561 (@Js412561) June 19, 2024

Oh you mean when he purposely sang the wrong words? Agenda pushing 🤡

— PROC (@procszn) June 19, 2024

It doesn't appear that MAN-E has confirmed that the word change was intentional, but given his politics, folks are definitely taking it that way.

Justin Moore Stops Show To Sing The National Anthem After USA Chant Breaks Out

After spending four days in Ohio for The Country Fest, I learned a couple things: One, they love their country music. But even more than that, they love their country. There were no shortage of American flags and red, white and blue outfits all throughout the crowd and the campgrounds, and USA chants were a regular occurrence throughout the weekend. And Justin Moore loves his country just as much as those folks in the crowd, so why not take a minute to pay tribute to America along with the rowdy, patriotic bunch of fans? As Justin was getting ready to play "The Ones That Didn't Make It Back Home," his 2019 tribute to all of our fallen American heroes, the crowd broke out into a powerful USA chant that caught his attention - enough that he decided to stop the show: "We don't do this often, but sometimes when it's that strong we decide to do this right here, and I think it's the only thing that we could do that's anything close to appropriate." He then took off his cowboy hat and invited the crowd to join him as he performed an a capella version of the Star Spangled Banner...and of course the fans were all too happy to oblige:

@whiskeyriff Justin Moore stopped the show after a USA chant and sang the National Anthem. // whiskeyriff.com @Justin Moore #whiskeyriff #justinmoore ♬ original sound - Whiskey Riff

It was a moment that gives you chills, even on a hot day like it was in Ohio. Oh, and it also happened to be Flag Day, and the birthday of the United States Army - so what better time to pay tribute to the greatest country in the history of the world?