Somebody at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, CA thought it would be a great idea to pull a fast one Sunday night by beginning to play the song “Renegade” by Styx later in the second half of the game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Los Angeles Chargers only to interrupt with a Rick-Roll attempt, which is the sudden and unexpected playing of Rick Astley’s song, “Never Gonna Give You Up.” That brilliant idea might wind up costing somebody their job.
Even though just a small part of the intro to “Renegade” was played Sunday night before it was interrupted by the other prank song, it was long enough to fire up the extremely large contingent of Steelers fans that showed to watch their team play the Chargers in a soccer stadium that holds less than 30,000 people.