Karaoke Singer Shot Dead for Picking Unpopular Song

Bad karaoke has been known to provoke an occasional spate of booing, but it rarely leads to physical violence.

Rarely, but it does happen. Apparently, the vocal efforts of a singer in a Mexican restaurant in Houston, Texas, were so offensively bad that a fellow diner took out a gun and shot him in the head.

The aspiring singer had just finished a rendition of 'Somos Mas Americanos' - roughly translated as 'We are more American,' - prompting an argument with a group of men in the restaurant.

A restaurant spokesperson said: "We advise all future karaoke participants to stick to less controversial song choices. You know, like the ones those nice chaps from Steel Panther make."

He added that next week's proposed God Bless America theme night has been postponed indefinitely.


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