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Tens of thousands inside Etihad Stadium booed and jeered when the Premier League anthem was played over the speakers shortly before kick-off, then they started chanting 'City, City, City'.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Her students have taken to singing La Marseillaise, the French national anthem, in protest.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

"Back home when we play in front of our own fans, just to see the fans, the crowd get behind us, singing the national anthem... it makes me cry every time."

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Standing on the field before Game 1 during the national anthem, he thought about his family.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

He asked them all to please rise for the national anthem.

From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte

The stage felt emptier without them, but their bandmates worked hard to fill the gaps, hyping up the crowd with a succession of bass-heavy pop anthems and jaw-dropping dance breaks.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Take a bite out of history: In Part 2 of its series on McGruff the Crime Dog, Slate’s Decoder Ring podcast asks the question: Did a trench-coat-wearing dog’s catchy anti-drug anthems actually work?

From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026

Mahalia Jackson’s gospel anthems and Harry Belafonte’s interpretations of calypso music took on special relevance for the civil-rights movement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Customers ordered full English breakfasts and Guinnesses and sang national anthems.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

The day was symbolized for me by the playing of our two national anthems, and the vision of whites singing “Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika” and blacks singing “Die Stem,” the old anthem of the republic.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela