NEW ORLEANS, (Reuters) – Singer Beyonce said she sang along to a pre-recorded track at the inauguration of President Barack Obama, but delivered a stirring a cappella version of the U.S. national anthem at a Super Bowl news conference yesterday.
She also said would be singing live at the half-time show of the National Football League championship game between the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens at the Superdome on Sunday.
Beyonce’s performance of the “Star-Spangled Banner” at the Jan. 21 inauguration ceremony sparked a debate over whether she had lip-synched her performance in Washington.
“I am a perfectionist and one thing about me is that I practice until my feet bleed and I did not have time to rehearse with orchestra,” the Grammy-winning artist said on Thursday.
“It was a live television show and a very, very important emotional show for me and one of my proudest moments, and due to the weather, to the delay, due to no proper sound check, I did not feel comfortable taking the risk.
