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"Was Beyonce&amp;apos;s Inauguration Day rendition of &amp;quot;The Star Spangled Banner&amp;quot; almost too flawless to be live? On Tuesday Jan. 22 -- one day after the 31-year-old&amp;apos;s stirring performance of the national anthem in front of a crowd of nearly 1 million -- a rep for the U.S. Marine Corp Band told multiple media outlets that the singer, 31, chose to lip-sync to a pre-recorded track of the song.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;All music is pre-recorded for the ceremony because there are so many eventualities and conditions that day. We performed, live, the band. But we received last-minute word that Beyonce was going to use the pre-recorded vocal track. Those were the instructions we were given. We don&amp;apos;t know what the reason why,&amp;quot; rep Kristen DuBois told the New York Post&amp;apos;s Page Six. (DuBois gave similar accounts to TMZ and The Times of London.)\r\n\r\nBy contrast, however, Kelly Clarkson, who sang &amp;quot;My Country &amp;apos;Tis of Thee&amp;quot; in front of the capitol at the same event, did not lip-sync or rely on a backing track, DuBois told TMZ.\r\nIndeed, band director Colonel Michael J. Colburn told Buzzfeed that Beyonce had little time to prep for the big moment.  &amp;quot;We had Kelly [Clarkson] in over the weekend to rehearse and record. Beyonce, she&amp;apos;s getting ready for the Super Bowl, so we didn&amp;apos;t have a chance to do anything with her until last night,&amp;quot; Colburn said Monday.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;We all know Beyonce can sing,&amp;quot; DuBois told TMZ. &amp;quot;We don&amp;apos;t know why she chose to use the pre-recorded track.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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