As American fans watched commercials after Rachel Platten’s rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” those watching from Canada witnessed The Tenors’ controversial tweaks to “O Canada” before the Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
The band changed some of the lyrics to the national anthem to include the words “All Lives Matter,” and one member even held up a small sign with the phrase on it.
This controversial decision was in reference to the Black Lives Matter movement in America, and changing the words to a national anthem to make a political statement like this certainly didn’t go over well.
UPDATE (10:50 p.m. ET): The Tenors later released a statement, which placed all the blame on a “lone wolf.”
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