Hopefully there won't be a performance as bad as this at Symphony Hall for the British Open... All stand please...
Her Majesty may not be smiling if she gets to hear this lot again...
Friday, 25 August 2017
If any band drawn number 1 at the British Open forgets to bring their parts of the National Anthem to Symphony Hall, then hopefully the organisers won't ask this lot to give a quick rendition instead....
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