ROBERT HARDMAN: Ban on singing national anthem at armistice events shows Covid threatens our sanity

As if this week’s threats of police raids on over-sized Christmas Day gatherings were not barmy enough, then along comes something even sillier: a ban on singing the national anthem. Even the Welsh Government’s comedy order prohibiting the sale of kettles does not come close to the absurdity of forbidding loyal ex-servicemen and women and … Read more

En Vogue closes out Billboard Awards with rousing rendition of anti-prejudice anthem Free Your Mind

  Top New Artist DaBaby Billie Eilish – WINNER  Lil Nas X Lizzo Roddy Ricch   Top Male Artist  DaBaby Khalid Lil Nas X Post Malone – WINNER Ed Sheeran   Top Duo/Group BTS Dan + Shay Jonas Brothers – WINNER Maroon 5 Panic! At The Disco    Top Hot 100 Artist DaBaby Billie Eilish … Read more

Demi Lovato’s message urging fans to vote during her anti-Trump anthem is censored by NBC

Demi Lovato sang her unapologetic call-out of US president Donald Trump for the first time on Wednesday night at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards.  While the 28-year-old singer put on a moving performance of her politically charged anthem, Commander In Chief, one of her messages was censored by NBC.  In footage, obtained by TMZ, the Grammy nominee closed her performance with … Read more

Demi Lovato releases politically tinged anthem Commander In Chief taking aim at Trump

After a rough patch in her personal life, she’s focusing on political activism through her music. Demi Lovato surprise-dropped a new song on Tuesday night, titled Commander In Chief, which is an unapologetic call-out of US president Donald Trump. The 28-year-old singer’s new ballad is timed just weeks ahead of the presidential election, and in a year … Read more

Halsey flawlessly belts out 4 Non Blondes’ anthem Dear Mr. President during the TIME100 special

TIME Magazine revealed the world’s most influential people of 2020 during a star-studded primetime special on Tuesday.  And Halsey, who made it on this year’s list, lent her voice to the occasion as she performed a stunning rendition of 4 Non Blondes’ poignant 1992 anthem Dear Mr. President. The 25-year-old singer-songwriter remained seated on a stool as … Read more

NFL fans express their anger at the ‘politicization’ of the league as teams kneel for anthem

Fans of the NFL have been expressing their dismay at how the NFL has become ‘politicized’ in the wake of recent Black Lives Matter protests.  Teams opening their seasons in empty stadiums on Sunday knelt, locked arms, raised fists in protest or stayed off the field entirely for the ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ and the Black anthem … Read more

Will the BBC now be FORCED to play ‘offensive’ Proms anthem lyrics?

The British public could force the BBC to play ‘offensive’ lyrics at the heart of the Proms row on Friday after Vera Lynn’s rendition of Land of Hope and Glory topped the charts – and insiders condemn left-wing bosses for ‘walking into a completely unnecessary and absurd row’. The corporation could now be forced to … Read more

Taylor Swift didn’t tell the stars of You Need To Calm Down it was an LGBTQ anthem before filming

Taylor Swift didn’t tell the stars of her You Need To Calm Down music video it was an LGBTQ anthem before filming according to Olympian Adam Rippon By Kelby Vera For Dailymail.com Published: 03:33 BST, 14 August 2020 | Updated: 03:33 BST, 14 August 2020 Taylor Swift‘s You Need To Calm Down was considered an … Read more

Trevor Phillips slams plan to cancel England rugby anthem ‘made popular by African American singers’

Trevor Phillips slammed the RFU plan to ban the song. Pictured here in 2017 A former head of the Commission for Racial Equality has slammed plans to ban ‘Swing Low, Sweet Chariot’ – describing it as ‘Black people’s own culture being cancelled’. Trevor Phillips, 66, condemned the Rugby Football Union for reviewing the popular sporting … Read more

Fight breaks out in Hong Kong parliament in row over criminalising abuse of China’s national anthem 

Hong Kong’s parliament plunged into chaotic scuffles for the second time this month as pro-Beijing politicians took control of a key committee on Monday. Securing the House Committee, which scrutinises bills before a second reading in the legislative council, paves the way for a debate on a bill that would make it a crime to insult … Read more