In this Sept. 13, 2014 file photo, members of the audience react during the Last Night of the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, London. LONDON -- The BBC has ditched the lyrics of "Rule Britannia!" for its traditional end-of-summer concert amid a debate about the song's celebration of the British Empire at a time when critics are reevaluating the nation's colonial past.
"The BBC will allow the tune to be played but not sung, thereby offending all shades of opinion all the time," music critic and author Norman Lebrecht wrote in a blog post after the BBC announced the program for the Sept. 12 concert. "There is no excuse for such cowardice. At least one BBC head should roll."
The BBC on Monday rejected the "unjustified personal attacks" on Stasevska and said the company had chosen the concert program after consulting all the artists involved.
The BBC taking the great out of Great Britain.
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