Billy Ray Cyrus Blames Technical Issues For Weird Trump Inauguration Performance
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The singer told People magazine that he's "learned through all these years when the producer says, 'You’re on,' you go entertain the folks even if the equipment goes to hell."
Few people are singing the praises of Billy Ray Cyrus’ performance at the Liberty Ball celebrating Donald Trump’s inauguration — and the singer has blamed the bizarre set on technical issues.
On Tuesday, Cyrus told People that he “wouldn’t have missed the honor of playing this event whether my microphone, guitar and monitors worked or not.”
“I was there because President Donald J. Trump invited me,” he said.
During his Monday night performance, the 63-year-old Cyrus strummed his guitar and gravelly sang the lyrics to “Old Town Road,” his 2019 collaboration with Lil Nas X, while the song’s music video was shown behind him.
After the video ended, he continued playing “Old Town Road” on his guitar while whistling before attempting to sing the song a cappella.
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