Appearance: June 5, 2016: Cincinnati, OH

Photo by @BoxieNegra of Kris singing anthem at Mets game via MJs Big Blog

UPDATED AFTER THE PERFORMANCE:

Screenshot by @ISBinLA

• Thanks to @LadyOver50 for Periscoping the TV broadcast! Watch it here or on YouTube!
• Higher quality YouTube
• Tour manager Max's IG video

 Just a heads up that Kris Allen will perform God Bless America during the 7th inning stretch of the the Cincinnati Reds v. Washington Nationals game this Sunday, June 5. The game is in Cincinnati and starts at 1:10 PM eastern. [Ticket link here if you want to go in person and live tweet and video for us!]

TV/Radio Viewing Information:

• In Cincinnati: FS Ohio or 700 AM radio
• In Washington DC: MASN network or 106.7 the FAN FM

I'm told that the MASN network is available in a number of places and that there's a fairly good chance FSOhio will air the 7th inning stretch.

Kris, of course, is a huge baseball fan and a great choice for your professional league sports game entertainment, having done the anthem over the years for numerous NFL, NHL, MLB and NBA events. Now if he would only get into my favorite sport, tennis. He'd be great for Arthur Ashe Kids' Day at the US Open!

Anyway, I thought it would be fun to grab a few videos from his previous appearances at MLB games.

Enjoy, baseball fans! I'm not doing a twitter list for this, but will update this post with photos and videos from the appearance.

Throwback Thursday: National Memorial Day Parade, Washington, DC 2012

Every Thursday during the non-touring phases, we take a look back at what Kris was doing in previous years around this time!

In both 2011 and 2012, he visited the DC area to participate in the wonderful events we have for Memorial Day. Most of you probably remember his stirring and moving rendition of God Bless the USA at the annual Memorial Day concert on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol in 2011. But last year, he did another event - the annual Memorial Day parade. It was a beautiful sunny day in DC and the parade was livestreamed - so people outside of DC were able to see it, including those in between soccer games (yours truly), and we do have an excellent video of his parade performance of The Vision of Love!

Kris will not be back in DC this year; as you know, he's recovering from his recent surgery on his wrist. (For those curious, the Idol at this year's annual PBS concert is Candice Glover, S12 winner.) I will miss Kris' visit to DC for Memorial Day - he was starting to become an annual Memorial Day weekend tradition along with a backyard cookout and the Virginian soccer tournament! Over the weekend as we go back and forth between the tournament and the BBQs, I'll tweet some more fun Kris in DC Memorial Day videos, so please be sure to follow me on Twitter @KrisAllenLists if you don't already.