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The Tanglewood Festival Chorus performs during rehearsals for the annual Fourth of July Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, Sunday, July 3, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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Chaka Khan performs during rehearsals for the annual Fourth of July Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, Sunday, July 3, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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Chaka Khan performs during rehearsals for the annual Fourth of July Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, Sunday, July 3, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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Chaka Khan performs during rehearsals for the annual Fourth of July Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, Sunday, July 3, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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Chaka Khan performs during rehearsals for the annual Fourth of July Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, Sunday, July 3, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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Chaka Khan performs during rehearsals for the annual Fourth of July Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, Sunday, July 3, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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Chaka Khan performs during rehearsals for the annual Fourth of July Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, Sunday, July 3, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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Chaka Khan performs during rehearsals for the annual Fourth of July Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, Sunday, July 3, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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Middlesex County Volunteers Fifes & Drums perform during rehearsals for the annual Fourth of July Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, Sunday, July 3, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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Keith Lockhart, right, shakes hands with concertmaster Charles Dimmick during rehearsals for the annual Fourth of July Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, Sunday, July 3, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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Chaka Khan performs during rehearsals for the annual Fourth of July Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, Sunday, July 3, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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Heather Headley performs during rehearsals for the annual Fourth of July Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, Sunday, July 3, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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Keith Lockhart conducts during rehearsals for the annual Fourth of July Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, Sunday, July 3, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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Keith Lockhart conducts during rehearsals for the annual Fourth of July Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, Sunday, July 3, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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Chaka Khan performs during rehearsals for the annual Fourth of July Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, Sunday, July 3, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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Chaka Khan performs during rehearsals for the annual Fourth of July Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, Sunday, July 3, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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Chaka Khan performs during rehearsals for the annual Fourth of July Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, Sunday, July 3, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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Chaka Khan performs during rehearsals for the annual Fourth of July Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, Sunday, July 3, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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Chaka Khan performs during rehearsals for the annual Fourth of July Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, Sunday, July 3, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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Chaka Khan performs during rehearsals for the annual Fourth of July Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, Sunday, July 3, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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Middlesex County Volunteers Fifes & Drums perform during rehearsals for the annual Fourth of July Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, Sunday, July 3, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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Heather Headley performs during rehearsals for the annual Fourth of July Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, Sunday, July 3, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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Middlesex County Volunteers Fifes & Drums perform during rehearsals for the annual Fourth of July Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, Sunday, July 3, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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Javier Colon performs during rehearsals for the annual Fourth of July Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, Sunday, July 3, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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Chaka Khan performs during rehearsals for the annual Fourth of July Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, Sunday, July 3, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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