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Ciara will perform national anthem at MLB All-Star Game

Ciara will bring something fierce to the national anthem next week at the MLB All-Star Game. Photo: AP.

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Ciara will bring something fierce to the national anthem next week at the MLB All-Star Game. Photo: AP.
By Melissa Ruggieri
July 8, 2015

BY MELISSA RUGGIERI

Ciara, who crushed her Janet Jackson tribute at the BET Awards last month, found herself in other sports headlines this week when boyfriend Russell Wilson, quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks, mentioned during an interview that he and Ciara are abstaining from sex until they're married.

Meanwhile, back to the anthem... Ciara’s performance will air at 7 p.m. July 14 on Fox.

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Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.

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