Stryper’s Michael Sweet has reacted to Carrie Underwood’s performance at Donald Trump’s inauguration and praised her for being able to handle the audio issues.
“As a singer myself, a situation where your music track is not working and you’ve rehearsed with that accompaniment for weeks, months – then you have to just roll with the fact that it’s not working and you have to sing acapella as the entire world watches,” the rocker shared in a new Instagram post, along with a video of the performance. “Yeah, I’d say Carrie Underwood showed every performing artist how it’s done with class, boldness and absolute professionalism,” he added.
Underwood’s performance of ‘America the Beautiful’ at Donald Trump’s inauguration was interrupted by an audio issue. The issue eventually caused her and the Armed Forces Chorus to sing the song a cappella.
After Trump’s speech, the song began, but the audio cut out. After an awkward pause, a White House official encouraged Underwood to continue without the music. She asked the crowd for help, saying “You know the words, help me out here.”
While Underwood hasn’t responded to Sweet’s words, it’s worth noting that she is a huge rock fan even as a country singer.
Throughout the years, Carrie covered songs like Skid Row’s ‘I Remember You,’ Mötley Crüe’s ‘Home Sweet Home’ and many Guns N’ Roses tracks. She is also a huge fan of Freddie Mercury and the metalcore band I Prevail.
Moreover, Disturbed singer David Draiman invited Underwood to sing with him onstage. The singer responded to the offer on X saying, “Ahhhhh!!! Why am I not in town when you guys are playing here? Our time will come…”
On another note, an insider said Underwood was frustrated with the outcome of the event.
