{"id":173368,"date":"2026-02-20T20:56:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T20:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/173368\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T20:56:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T20:56:21","slug":"austin-fc-taps-music-monday-alum-melat-to-sing-anthem-before-weekend-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/173368\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin FC taps Music Monday alum M\u00e9lat to sing anthem before weekend match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Halftime in Austin\u2019s special Austin FC show just got a little more star-powered, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beholdmelat.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">familiar local favorite M\u00e9lat <\/a>set to take center stage before the match.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Austin FC taps Music Monday alum M\u00e9lat to sing anthem before weekend match\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/7ed349af-7300-4757-8efc-e03c5e5887e7-large16x9_thumb_138906.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Austin FC taps Music Monday alum M\u00e9lat to sing anthem before weekend match<\/p>\n<p>One of the biggest pre-match moments at Q2 Stadium is the national anthem, and it\u2019s also become a major platform for Austin musicians to showcase their talents in front of 20,000-plus fans. Many of the performers have also been Music Monday alumni.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Anthem for the match against St. Louis City SC at Q2 Stadium in Austin, Texas, on Saturday February 25, 2023. (Photo by JJ Moothart\/Austin FC)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/806f6ab3-25d5-43ae-a403-2ae4100cdf6d-20230225_Anthem4.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Anthem for the match against St. Louis City SC at Q2 Stadium in Austin, Texas, on Saturday February 25, 2023. (Photo by JJ Moothart\/Austin FC)<\/p>\n<p>Now, this weekend\u2019s anthem singer has been announced: Melat, an Austin-bred, Ethiopia-rooted R&amp;B artist known for her one-of-a-kind voice. She\u2019s also a familiar face to both Austin FC fans and \u201cWe Are Austin\u201d viewers.<\/p>\n<p>Melat is set to sing the national anthem tomorrow at Q2 Stadium. Fans can also catch her performing her song \u201cWave\u201d on the \u201cWe Are Austin\u201d stage.<\/p>\n<p>For more on Melat, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beholdmelat.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">beholdmelat.com<\/a> and follow her on social media for the latest.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Austin FC taps Music Monday alum M\u00e9lat to sing anthem before weekend match\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/935c8c32-7ec9-41cb-b4ed-ee4fd2fe56b8-MelatFS.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Austin FC taps Music Monday alum M\u00e9lat to sing anthem before weekend match<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Halftime in Austin\u2019s special Austin FC show just got a little more star-powered, with familiar local favorite M\u00e9lat&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173369,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":{"0":"post-173368","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-austin","8":"tag-austin","9":"tag-austin-headlines","10":"tag-austin-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}