‘I Was Blackballed’: Former Tenors Member Recalls Fallout After He Added Politically Incorrect Phrase While Singing Anthem

‘I Was Blackballed’: Former Tenors Member Recalls Fallout After He Added Politically Incorrect Phrase While Singing Anthem
Remigio Pereira of The Canadian Tenors performs onstage at the JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa in Phoenix, Arizona, on April 8, 2016. Mike Moore/Getty Images for Celebrity Fight Night
Jason Unrau
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It was five years ago this month that Remigio Pereira changed two lines of Canada’s national anthem and replaced them with a politically incorrect phrase while performing at an all-star baseball game, resulting in his firing from pop-opera quartet The Tenors and evaporating his music career.

Pereira explained his decision to take such a controversial step in a recent interview with The Epoch Times.