Brad Paisley took to the baseball diamond on Friday night (October 25), where he performed the national anthem in Game 1 of the World Series between the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Accompanied by a green electric guitar, he performed a slow-down rendition of the US national anthem as a huge American flag was unfurled across the field.
See the full show here.
The country star is a longtime Dodgers fan, and the performance marks the fourth time he's sung the anthem at a World Series game. Ice Cube and Fat Joe are also slated to play in games two and three representing their respective cities.
Last month, Paisley dropped the single “Truck Still Works,” from his upcoming full-length LP. The new album, which will likely be released in early 2025, will be his first full-length since 2017 and his first since switching from Sony Nashville's Arista imprint to Universal Music Group Nashville's EMI Records.
“The project has some deeper stuff but, like the song itself, it's really about creativity and nostalgia and you know the themes you want to hear right now,” he said. Bulletin board. “Sometimes, like these times, it's great to give people something they just want to display and take them to a place where they feel good.”
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