Watch Benjamin Gibbard Perform the National Anthem at Seattle Mariners Opening Day 2024

Last
night,
lifelong
Seattle
Mariners
fan

Benjamin
Gibbard
got
to
perform
“The
Star-Spangled
Banner”
at
T-Mobile
Park
before
the
Mariners’
home
opener
against
the
Boston
Red
Sox.
The

Death
Cab
for
Cutie
frontman
stood
just
in
front
of
home
plate
to
sing
the
national
anthem.
Watch
Gibbard’s
performance,
which
preceded

a
tough
loss
for
the
home
team,
below.

Gibbard
has
performed
at
Mariners
games
a
handful
of
times:
Death
Cab
for
Cutie

played
covers
of
“Take
Me
Out
to
the
Ball
Game”
and
“Centerfield”
on
Opening
Day
in
2010,
and
Gibbard
returned
to
perform
“Centerfield”
again,

this
time
solo,
in
2020
for
a
particularly
somber,

pandemic-era
Opening
Day.
He’s
also

thrown
out
the
first
pitch
at
multiple
games.

Gibbard’s
love
of
baseball
is
not
one-sided.
When
the
Mariners
traded

the
legendary
Ichiro
Suzuki
to
the
New
York
Yankees
in
2012,
he
wrote
a
song
to
honor
the
10-time
MLB
All-Star:
“Ichiro’s
Theme.”
The
National
Baseball
Hall
of
Fame
and
Museum
then
displayed
Gibbard’s
handwritten
song
lyrics
in
its
archives.

If
all
this
talk
of
sweet
songs
and
live
performances
has
you
wondering
when
you
can
see
Gibbard
next,
then
you’re
in
double
luck:

The
Postal
Service
and
Death
Cab
for
Cutie
are
extending
their

co-headlining
tour
into
this
year,
and
it
picks
back
up
again
in
April.

Read
“The
Death
Cab/Postal
Service
Tour
Is
Peak
Millennial
Nostalgia,
in
the
Best
Way”
on
the
Pitch.