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"Moby canceled an appearance at US President Barack Obama&amp;#039;s second inauguration on Monday (January 21). The DJ was scheduled to be in Washington DC to help celebrate Barack&amp;#039;s second term with stars such as Kelly Clarkson, Beyonc\u00C3\u00A9 and Alicia Keys, but had to back out.   &amp;quot;I was terribly sorry to miss the peace ball. unfortunately i had a serious personal issue that required me to rush home. i&amp;#039;m sorry,&amp;quot; he wrote last night. Moby chose not to elaborate further on the exact nature of his &amp;quot;personal issue&amp;quot;, but did post a congratulatory message to Barack on his election win.  The US leader and his wife Michelle Obama attended the Commander-in-Chief&amp;#039;s Ball with their children on Monday. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve got a date with me here. She inspires me every day. She makes me a better man and a better president,&amp;quot; Barack told those in attendance at the ball.  Earlier in the day, the politician was sworn in for his second term in a ceremony that included Beyonc\u00C3\u00A9 singing &amp;#039;The Star-Spangled Banner&amp;#039; and Kelly Clarkson performing &amp;#039;My Country, &amp;#039;Tis of Thee&amp;#039;. Barack won re-election over Republican Mitt Romney in November. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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