(VIDEO) Beyoncé Lip-Sync? Singer Reportedly Did Not Perform The National Anthem Live At Inauguration

President Barack Obama’s second inauguration on Monday featured performances from Kelly Clarkson, James Taylor, and a rousing rendition of the National Anthem from Beyoncé. Now, reports are surfacing that Beyoncé was lip-syncing her performance.

“All music is pre-recorded for the ceremony because there are so many eventualities and conditions that day,” United States Marine Band rep Kristin DuBois told Page Six. “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’t know what the reason why.”

The Washingtonian reports that “it was evident that the band wasn’t actually playing during the song.”

Earlier, Beyoncé posted a photo to her Instagram account of herself holding the sheet music to “The Star Spangled Banner” in a recording studio.

Beyoncé surprised viewers when she ripped out her earpiece mid-performance. But according to these reports, the earpiece was unnecessary in the first place.

As Washington Post’s Jessica Goldstein noted, one of the most celebrated performances of the National Anthem was Whitney Houston’s in 1991, which was also lip-synced.

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