“The B-52s will not perform at the state dinner for Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as planned, with military musicians playing for the guests instead, first lady Jill Biden said on Tuesday,” Bloomberg reports.
“The decision to have the US Marine Band and the Air Force Strolling Strings perform instead of the American rock band behind hits such as ‘Love Shack’ was made in the wake of the Hamas assault against Israel on Oct. 7 and the war that resulted.”
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