{"id":17480,"date":"2012-04-04T18:52:38","date_gmt":"2012-04-04T22:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=17480"},"modified":"2012-04-04T18:54:20","modified_gmt":"2012-04-04T22:54:20","slug":"american-idol%e2%80%99s-heejun-han-to-sing-god-bless-america-tomorrow-at-mets-opening-day-at-citi-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=17480","title":{"rendered":"AMERICAN IDOL\u2019S HEEJUN HAN TO SING GOD BLESS AMERICA TOMORROW AT METS OPENING DAY AT CITI FIELD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Mets today announced <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanidol.com\" target=\"_blank\">American Idol<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/HHanAI11\" target=\"_blank\">Heejun Han<\/a> will sing God Bless America tomorrow at Opening Day at Citi Field.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/heejun_han.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[17480]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17481\" title=\"heejun_han\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/heejun_han.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"389\" height=\"259\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old from Flushing finished in the Top 10 in the 11th season of television\u2019s No. 1 rated show, AMERICAN IDOL on FOX. Han will be joining the rest of Season 11\u2019s Top 10 on the road this summer for the American Idols Live! Tour.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the Mets have assembled representatives from each branch of the U.S. Armed Forces to sing the National Anthem, marking the first time all-female singers from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard have sung together at a major U.S. sporting event. Army Master Sergeant MaryKay Messenger, Navy Lieutenant JG Yvonne Zirrith, Marine Staff Sergeant Terri Kopetzki, Air Force Staff Sergeant Samantha Johnson and Coast Guard Petty Officer First Class Kristine Rommel will perform the National Anthem on the field.<\/p>\n<p>Opening Day tickets are available at <a href=\"http:\/\/newyork.mets.mlb.com\/news\/article.jsp?ymd=20120404&amp;content_id=27924930&amp;vkey=pr_nym&amp;c_id=nym\" target=\"_blank\">Mets.com<\/a> and by phone at (718) 507-TIXX.<\/p>\n<p>About American Idol<br \/>\nAMERICAN IDOL is produced by 19 Entertainment, a division of CKX, Inc. and FremantleMedia North America Inc. AMERICAN IDOL has been No. 1 among Adults 18-49 for the past eight consecutive seasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Mets today announced American Idol Heejun Han will sing God Bless America tomorrow at Opening Day at Citi Field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-up-to-date-news-on-everything-asian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17480"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17483,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17480\/revisions\/17483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}