Live blogging the Academy of Country Music Awards 2014 on Sunday, Windmills noticed that the Rascal Flatts performance of “Rewind” was nothing more than the studio version of the song piped into the venue, while the band mimed the song.
Now, Rascal Flatts admits via Twitter and Facebook, that the song WAS lip-synced. But they had a reason:
— Rascal Flatts (@rascalflatts) April 8, 2014
Hm. When it comes to promoting music, anything goes. On one hand, wouldn’t it have been better to keep the reputation intact and cancel? Or is that opportunity to pimp the latest single to important to miss?
I wish I could dig up a better video of the performance, but here’s what we have: