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Jay-Z got 'goosebumps' watching Blue Ivy perform with Beyoncé on Renaissance tour

The rapper also called the tour his wife's best yet — "and it's hard to really compare them because they all have their different things of genius."

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Blue Ivy Carter , the pint-size cultural icon who has never seen a ceiling her whole life , took center stage this summer when she joined her famous mom, Beyoncé , on her record-breaking Renaissance World Tour — and dad Jay-Z couldn't be more proud.

In a sit-down with CBS Mornings ' Gayle King , the "99 Problems" rapper said he got goosebumps every night that his daughter, 11, took the stage as a dancer, adding that she fully committed to the work. "She wanted to do it the first night, and we was like, 'Okay, if this is something you wanna do, you can't just go out there. You gotta go work with the dancers,'" Jay recalled. "And she worked every day."

Blue Ivy made her Renaissance tour debut during the May 26 show in Paris and quickly became a tour staple, dancing alongside her mom during the "My Power" and "Black Parade" medley, from Beyoncé's Lion King companion album The Gift. The young Carter is also featured on the album's "Brown Skin Girl," a collaboration that made her the second-youngest artist to win a Grammy back in 2021.

Jay-Z called the tour a defining moment for his daughter. "[Blue Ivy's] been born into a life she didn't ask for," he said. "Since she was born she's been in, like, scrutiny, and public eye, and everyone having an opinion of a little girl, how she keeps her hair. For her to be on that stage and reclaim her power, and the song is called 'My Power,' you can't write a better script."

The rapper also hailed the tour as his wife's best yet — even though "it's hard to really compare them because they all have their different things of, like, genius," he said. "But this one to me felt like the most complete."

The Renaissance tour isn't the first time Blue Ivy has collaborated with her parents. At the age of 5, she famously appeared on Jay-Z's 2017 album 4:44 , on the bonus track "Blue's Freestyle/We Family," which featured the young rapper spitting the following bars: "Everything everything this my only single thing/Everything I have is my asset/And it's in how I say, then innocent if I say/I never hear that, I just ended how I say/Never seen a ceiling in my whole life."

Beyoncé and Jay-Z are also parents to 6-year-old twins Rumi and Sir.

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Beyonce Announces 2023 Renaissance World Tour

The 41-show global outing kicks off in Stockholm in May.

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The announcement photo may look familiar to fans, as she donned the same glittery attire on the cover of her seventh studio album. Bey also added “Renaissance World Tour” on her Instagram bio, further accenting the news. Last week, Beyonce performed a full concert for the first time in four years at a luxury resort in Dubai in front of influencers and journalists. The 19-song set included a collaboration with her oldest daughter Blue Ivy as the two performed “Brown Skin Girl,” which earned them a Grammy two years ago for best music video.

Crowned a triumphant win by music lovers, Renaissance stormed to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 last year and rattled off two Hot 100 top 10 hits, including her chart-topper “Break My Soul.” The dance-centric album also notched nine Grammy nominations, the most for any nominee for this year’s ceremony. Bey is looking to rack up more trophy wins, as she currently sits at a staggering 28 wins. Nominated for album of the year, song, and record of the year, Bey is facing some stout competition , especially in the former. The R&B juggernaut will tango against Adele, Harry Styles, Kendrick Lamar, Bad Bunny, and more for album of the year. A win in this category would serve as Beyonce’s first. The 65th Grammy Awards will occur Sunday night in Los Angeles at 8 pm EST.

Check out Beyonce’s Instagram post and 2023 Renaissance dates below.

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2023 Renaissance European dates :

May 10 — Stockholm, SE @ Friends Arena

May 14 — Brussels, BE @ King Baudouin Stadium

May 17 — Cardiff, UK @ Cardiff Principality Stadium

May 20 — Edinburgh, UK @ BT Murrayfield Stadium

May 23 — Sunderland, UK @ Stadium of Light

May 26 — Paris, FR @ Stade de France

May 29 — London, UK @ Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

May 30 — London, UK @ Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

June 8 — Barcelona, ES @ Olympic Stadium

June 11 — Marseille, FR @ Orange Velodrome

June 15 — Cologne, DE @ Rhein Energie Stadion

June 17 — Amsterdam, NL @ Johan Cruijff Arena

June 21 — Hamburg, DE @ Volksparkstadion

June 24 — Frankfurt, DE @ Deutsche Bank Park

June 27 — Warsaw, PL @ PGE Narodowy

2023 Renaissance North American dates :

July 8 — Toronto, CA @ Rogers Centre

July 12 — Philadelphia, PA @ Lincoln Financial Field

July 15 — Nashville, TN @ Nissan Stadium

July 17 — Louisville, KY @ Cardinal Stadium

July 20 — Minneapolis, MN @ Huntington Bank Stadium

July 22 — Chicago, IL @ Soldier Field

July 26 — Detroit, MI @ Ford Field

July 29 — East Rutherford, NJ @ Metlife Stadium

August 1 — Boston, MA @ Gillete Stadium

August 3 — Pittsburgh, PA @ Heinz Field

August 5 — Washington, DC @ Fedex Field

August 9 — Charlotte, NC @ Bank Of America Stadium

August 11 — Atlanta, GA @ Mercedes Benz Stadium

August 16 — Tampa, FL @ Raymond James Stadium

August 18 — Miami, FL @ Hard Rock Stadium

August 21 — St. Louis, MI @ Dome at America’s Center

August 26 — Las Vegas, NV @ Allegiant Stadium

August 30 — San Francisco, CA @ Levi’s Stadium

Sept. 2 — Inglewood, CA @ Sofi Stadium

Sept. 11 — Vancouver, BC @ BC Place

Sept. 13 — Seattle, WA @ Lumen Field

Sept. 18 — Kansas City, KS @ Arrowhead Stadium

Sept. 21 — Dallas, TX @ AT&T Stadium

Sept. 23 — Houston, TX @ NRG Stadium

Sept. 27 — New Orleans, LA @ Caesars Superdome

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‘You Can’t Write a Better Story’: Jay-Z Reflects on Blue Ivy Joining Beyoncé On Tour

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Jay-Z is one proud papa. In a new clip of his interview with CBS Mornings , the rap star reflected on Beyoncé ‘s Renaissance world tour — and how exciting it is to see Blue Ivy join her mom on stage.

“I know how hard [Beyoncé] works. For me, it’s her best tour. It’s hard to compare them because they all have their different things of genius, but this felt the most complete,” he said of the Renaissance tour.

Jay-Z pointed to the celebration of family lineage on the tour and how Bey honors her Uncle Jonny and also includes Blue Ivy during the “My Power” portion of the show.

Jay Z talks about Beyoncé’s RENAISSANCE World Tour, Uncle Johnny & Blue Ivy in a new interview with Gayle King “For me it’s her best tour” #RENAISSANCEWorldTour pic.twitter.com/DSnCyKzdS0 — RENAISSANCE Updates🪩 (@B7Album) October 27, 2023

“It makes me super proud, and I still get goosebumps seeing her walk onstage. It’s because Blue was born into a life she didn’t [choose],” Jay-Z said. “Since she was born, she’s been in scrutiny and in the public eye and everybody having an opinion. Even [as a] little girl and how she keeps her hair.”

Jay-Z explained that Blue spent a lot of time with Beyoncé’s dancers to get ready to join Bey onstage.

“I know how nervous she was and how frightened she was. She wanted to do it. She wanted to do it the first night,” Jay-Z explained.

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While Beyoncé wrapped her world tour several weeks ago, she’s set to premiere Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé in early December.

Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé  will delve into the creation and execution of Beyoncé’s 86-date tour, which began in Stockholm, Sweden, earlier this year. “It is about Beyoncé’s intention, hard work, involvement in every aspect of the production, her creative mind and purpose to create her legacy, and master her craft,” a film synopsis reads. “Received with extraordinary acclaim, Beyoncé’s RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR created a sanctuary for freedom, and shared joy, for more than 2.7 million fans.”

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Jay-z talks beyoncé’s renaissance world tour: “for me, it’s her best tour”.

"...They all have their different [types of] genius. But this felt the most complete."

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Jay-Z called Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour her “best tour” yet.

During an in-depth conversation with Gayle King, the Brooklynite was asked about attending his wife’s shows. King asked Hov what it felt like seeing his daughter, Blue Ivy , on stage with Bey. He asserted that the experience consistently gives him “goosebumps” and showed love to the very lucrative world tour .

“I know how hard she works [so] for me that’s her best tour,” he began. “Its hard to really compare them because they all have their different [types of] genius. But this felt the most complete. And on top of that, how inclusive it was, the story of her Uncle Johnny, and how everything came about. 

Jay Z talks about Beyoncé’s RENAISSANCE World Tour, Uncle Johnny & Blue Ivy in a new interview with Gayle King “For me it’s her best tour” #RENAISSANCEWorldTour pic.twitter.com/DSnCyKzdS0 — RENAISSANCE Updates? (@B7Album) October 27, 2023

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“She wanted to do it. She wanted to do it the first night, and we was like, ‘OK, if this is something you wanna do, you can’t just go out there. You gotta go work with the dancers, and go work. And she worked every day and [we] watched her work hard. “

The same interview also found  The Blueprint  emcee speaking about Blue’s original name: Brooklyn. “[Her name] was supposed to be Brooklyn,” Jay recalled. “We was calling her Blueberry. Like, ‘Look at the little blueberry.’ It was like a nickname. It just was natural. We just took the ‘berry’ off of it and called her Blue.”

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Beyoncé: Renaissance World Tour review – a dizzying three-hour spectacular

Friends Arena, Stockholm Queen Bey’s first solo headline tour in seven years is a lavish leap forward for live entertainment, dripping with sci-fi disco decadence, sex and Black pride

E ven without Taylor Swift’s Ticketmaster-melting Eras Tour nipping at her heels, it wouldn’t do for a star as compulsively ambitious as Beyoncé to merely protect her status as the greatest pop show on Earth. Not when her first solo headline tour since 2016 could instead push 21st-century live entertainment another lavish leap forward.

Titled after the Texan’s disco glitter bomb post-pandemic party album of the same name , Renaissance is a monster blockbuster concert experience on a different plane. Fifty-seven stadium dates globally, starting in Stockholm, are projected to gross as much as £1.9bn ($2.4bn) by the time the tour ends in New Orleans late September. Dripping with sci-fi disco decadence, sex, body positivity and feminine Black pride, the near three-hour spectacular plays out in front, behind and, at times, inside a football-pitch-wide high-definition video screen designed to assault the senses at dizzying scale.

The BeyHive, as Beyoncé’s fans collectively style themselves, are buzzing pre-show as they flood into the venue from around the world for their first chance proper to see their queen live since 2018’s On the Run II co-headliner with Mr B, Jay-Z. Dressed head to toe in official tour merch, including a cap and hoodie both emblazoned with the word “THIQUE”, Mykwain Gainey has been to 20 Beyoncé shows over the past two decades and has spent nearly £2,000 to fly here from New York. “To see her transcend, and become what she has become, especially as a Black woman, is exciting,” he enthuses.

Brazilian Yhes Bezerra wears a spangly cowboy hat like the one sported by Beyoncé in the tour poster, except theirs is homemade; sticking on the thousands of tiny mirror panels took nine hours. They were determined to come to the opening night to avoid social media spoilers about what to expect. “I want everything to be a surprise,” Bezerra smiles.

Beyoncé appears first in a video cut scene, laid out luxuriously across the giant screen semi-naked in dimensions big enough to be visible from space. And yet, once she emerges in the flesh – all sequins, shoulder pads and that megawatt smile, drinking in the crowd’s screams – she begins disarmingly with a slew of her rawest soul songs. By the second, Flaws and All, she already appears to be fighting back tears, whether of release or gratitude or both. It’s an opening that seems designed to strip away artifice, if only to provide some sharp contrast for the heavily technologically augmented spectacle about to follow.

Harking back to early house and techno and the ecstatic utopia of the dancefloor, a segment dedicated to the Renaissance album ensues with Beyoncé done up something akin to the Maschinenmensch in Metropolis. She grinds with a dozen backing dancers to the jittery reggaeton of her boss bitch mission statement I’m That Girl, then dances with some actual robots (a pair of mechanical arms) during Cosy. Were all that not semi-hallucinogenic enough, Alien Superstar interpolates narcissistic anthem I’m Too Sexy by 90s dance-pop twosome Right Said Fred.

With many of the setlist’s whopping 36 songs abridged, the tempo is relentless. Blink and you’ll miss dancers popping out of the stage like champagne corks, or Beyoncé’s powerhouse band getting wheeled into occasional view on a tall stepped riser (shades of Beychella), such as during Chic-style feelgood funk workout Cuff It. “Y’all having a good time, Stockholm?” our host inquires, wiping an imperceptible bead of sweat from her brow. “Me too.”

Black Parade finds Beyoncé cruising the stage atop what looks like a kind of lunar rover. Somewhat comically, it exits up the gusset of a pair of massive splayed legs. Later she sings Plastic Off the Sofa stretched out in a clamshell. Come Crazy in Love, the show finally gets the enormous disco ball it seems to have long craved, dangled from the rafters for only a bit longer than the time it takes for the crew to get it up there and back down.

Bass-quaking, envelope-pushing Black power anthem Formation is a powerful political statement in any setting. Performed in a kind of virtual cathedral, horny southern rap and gospel cocktail Church Girl (sample lyric: “drop it like a thottie, drop it like a thottie”) might just be intended to provoke. But by Beyoncé’s own standards, it’s hard not to read Renaissance as a show much lighter on overt socio-political messaging than it is sheer, unfettered, mildly chaotic indulgence. And who could blame her?

In a final, unsubtle, retro-futuristic fanfare, Bey summons Bianca Jagger’s iconic Studio 54 moment by gliding through the air on a glitter-encrusted white horse while Summer Renaissance – which samples Donna Summer’s I Feel Love – blares. The disco history references may or may not be landing with the mostly young BeyHive, but that’s not really the point. By rewiring dance music past in a sensory overload of truly stunning ambition and stamina, Beyoncé is writing some history of her own.

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A Silvery, Shimmering Summer of Beyoncé

The Renaissance tour is a blueprint for how to cultivate pleasure and hold onto it at all costs.

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In late August, Beyoncé shared a story on Instagram: She asked those attending upcoming Renaissance World Tour dates to come dressed in silver. It was her birthday wish. “We’ll surround ourselves in a shimmering human disco ball each night,” she wrote. “Everybody mirroring each other’s joy.” It was a rare request from a woman who, in the last 10 years, has pulled back almost entirely from media interactions, preferring to speak only through her art.

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Three nights later, in Las Vegas, the town glimmered with anticipation. Everyone understood the assignment: Gleaming chrome thigh-high boots, glittering purses, shiny Telfar bags and rhinestone cowboy hats caught and bounced back the light from the stark desert sun, sending Morse signals to the rest of us who were in town for the same reason. There were strings of discarded rhinestones piled on slot machines, sequined bras abandoned in bathrooms and errant pieces left in the back seat of nearly every cab, Lyft and Uber I got into. In a city where there are dozens of large-scale events occurring simultaneously, the Beyoncé effect rolled through like an earthquake. Or maybe an eclipse.

Silver is the most powerful conductor on the planet; it moves electricity faster and more efficiently than any other material. On that night, tens of thousands of people draped in that lustrous color formed a circuit of pure energy. The stadium glowed. The human disco ball of Beyoncé’s dreams was also a renewable energy source. Charging up people. Charging up ideas. Charging up momentum. The stadium twinkled, each flash of silver a reminder of the constellation of moments that we move through, that sustain us. That even if they are few and far between, they are enough.

Renaissance, which kicked off in Stockholm in May, was Beyoncé’s first tour in nearly seven years, with 56 shows worldwide, tied to her 2022 album of the same name. In recent years, her musical projects have become more declarative of her personal values. “Homecoming” celebrated historically Black universities; “Lemonade” charted the arc of her husband’s infidelity into their redemption. (She is married to the rapper Shawn Carter, a.k.a. Jay-Z.) And now “Renaissance”: an ode to Black queer and trans history, told through a dreamscape of house music that could easily double as a soundtrack for a druggy Brooklyn sex party. Live, the production of “Renaissance” was maximalist, even operatic. Pyrotechnics punctuated beat drops, and there were at least six outfit changes per show (with new looks each show), nearly two dozen dancers, a full band, acrobatics and a finale in which Beyoncé rides a crystal horse, deity-like, through a blizzard of silver confetti.

Anything Beyoncé does becomes a cultural event, but the Renaissance World Tour has become a cultural movement. People are crossing the globe to see her, comparing set lists and fashion choices, attending multiple shows. Silver and rhinestones have become Renaissance signals, as recognizable as any brand logo. Products that she used on tour are selling out, and chrome is appearing in fall look books. Video and photos from the tour have blanketed social media for months, documenting the challenges she issues to the crowd — including one tied to her song “Energy,” during which, after she sings the line “look around everybody on mute,” she pauses, waiting to see if the crowd can calm down enough to follow suit. Fans are also charting the budding confidence of Blue Ivy Carter, Beyoncé’s eldest child, who made her stage debut this year. There are Reddit threads dedicated to post-show comedowns. And the tour has surpassed the previous record for highest-grossing by a solo female artist, which was previously held by Madonna in 2009. By its close, Beyoncé will have generated an estimated $4.5 billion for the American economy, about as much as the 2008 Olympics did for Beijing.

The path of totality has changed nearly everyone who stepped into it. Oprah shared a video of her reaction to Beyoncé’s performance on her Instagram. Standing in a nondescript room, hands crossed, she was uncharacteristically speechless. “I couldn’t scream,” she says, her voice hoarse with emotion. “I was in awe. ... That is like the most extraordinary thing I’ve ever seen.” Oprah’s best friend, Gayle King, has made the pilgrimage too, of course. So have Lenny Kravitz, Pharrell Williams, Kelly Rowland, Jeff Bezos, Paul McCartney, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, LeBron James, Dua Lipa, Vice President Kamala Harris, Shakira, Madonna, Angela Bassett, Natalie Portman, Megan Thee Stallion, Zendaya and Tom Holland and many others.

Across several shows, I’ve watched people process the sensory overload of the performance. Some danced for hours straight; others stood still, hands clasped to chests, reverential, tears streaming down their faces. Folks who couldn’t be there were FaceTimed in. Strangers fanned one another, hugged, encouraged one another to dance when they sat down to rest. The closer my seats were to Beyoncé, however, the less people seemed to move. Instead, they absorbed the full force of her with their entire bodies, not unlike opening the oven to check on a roast and feeling your eyebrows singe a little.

She opened that night in Vegas, as she does every show of the tour, with “Dangerously in Love,” a song from the earliest days of her solo career, about devotion tinged with obsession. It’s an oath, the musical equivalent of pressing two bloody thumbs together. She started singing the song at 19, when she was first falling for Jay-Z. More than 20 years later, time and maturity have decanted the song into something richer.

Beyoncé has always been able to utilize her voice with the precision of a lab technician, inspecting riffs and pulling syllables apart, pipetting out sounds and testing the resonance of melodies. Now that she was onstage in front of stadiums of rapt fans, the fruits of years of experimentation were on full display.

Beyoncé, 42, has figured out how to adjust her voice (her characteristic growl floats in falsetto) and adjust her body language (more benevolent, like a gilded patroness) to abstract the object and subject of the song. The fluttery “I love you”s at the beginning no longer feel like a confessional. They feel like a pledge. By the time she slides into the line “I can’t do this thing called life without you here with me,” it feels as if she has left the recklessness of young love behind. Now she is singing about her legacy, her career, her fans, this world she built for herself. There’s a vocal run toward the end of the song that rises out of Beyoncé’s throat and finds its way into your chest, unclenching any stuck emotions that might be lodged in there.

As a singer and a songwriter, Beyoncé — like all pop stars — is a scholar of love. As she says on the album, it is her weakness. She has been drunk on it, driven crazy by it, trying to get over it, craving it. Historically, it seemed elusive to her. Yet now it seems that she has found a surplus of it to radiate back out. If love is a feeling in the heart, pleasure is its embodied action. And finding that pleasure is not only a hedonistic pursuit, as Audre Lorde wrote in her landmark essay “Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power,” it is a question of how much “we can feel in the doing.”

The feeling in the doing is at the center of the Renaissance World Tour. It is made material in the shape of a giant hole cut into the center of the stage, where Beyoncé’s band performs. It’s like the inside of a disco ball. The album “Renaissance” opens with a sample of a verse from the Memphis rapper Princess Loko that intones, “Please, [expletive] ain’t stopping me.” During the concert, Beyoncé lets the sample loop again and again, for longer than it does on the track. The effect is exhilarating. “Renaissance” as an album is a blueprint for how to cultivate pleasure and hold onto it at all costs; the tour is a chance to practice the vision for the world we hope to live in, and simultaneously release grief for the one that we do live in.

There are two very different revivals being proposed in this country right now. In Las Vegas, the distinction could not have been clearer. Beyoncé performed at the south end of the famous glitzy strip, while the Trump International hotel, a beacon for so much disappointment and so many deferred desires, loomed at the northern end. Beyoncé has said that she spent the grim days of the pandemic making the “Renaissance” album, which is the first of a three-part series. A renaissance, after all, is another way of bringing something back. And what does Beyoncé think is worthy of resurrection? Love, freedom, safety. It’s another type of insurrection. And what she is inciting is the will to fully inhabit your body.

One of the most striking moments of the show comes during the secular club anthem “Church Girl,” when Beyoncé sings — well, not so much sings as howls in a way that the words blur together and become a keyhole through which to slip — “Soon as I get it in this party, I’m gon’ let go of this body, I’m gonna love on me.” In concert, she blends this song with an earlier iteration of a similar invocation, her 2006 track “Get Me Bodied,” a raucous 1.0 version of “Church Girl.” Each song is a meditation on the deliciousness of releasing the body through movement and how that can awaken the senses further. Only now, she has figured out how to do that for herself, without any external validation. From there, the song fades into Beyoncé’s cover of “Before I Let Go,” the classic summer anthem by Maze featuring Frankie Beverly. Her dancers break into a familiar and familial dance — the Electric Slide. Communal dance has the uncanny ability to reunite the body and spirit; many of the tools of embodiment are already located in Black social rituals. If that release seems unsafe or scary, Beyoncé and her dancers seem to say, a few different ways, let us show you how. Multiple times during the show, visuals of spread legs appeared arranged around the perimeter of the stage’s glory hole, with the perspective zooming ahead, inviting us in. Get inside your body, or if you can’t, come inside mine.

A common criticism of the Knowles-Carters is that their efforts to accumulate assets, power and liberties have felt all-consuming. Yet, during “Pure/Honey,” there’s a moment when the stage transforms into a soul-train line and ballroom stage. And then Beyoncé does something extraordinary: She switches bodies with her dancers. Which is to say, she trades places with them, turning her back on the main stage (a full-body mic drop), and lets her tremendous team of dancers inherit her place. The dancers, emboldened by the spotlight, take turns vogueing and cat-walking down the stages. It is one of the most triumphant moments of the tour.

Now that she was onstage in front of stadiums of rapt fans, the fruits of years of experimentation were on full display.

We live in extremely unfeeling times. Reckoning with compounding climate crises, escalating economic pressures and broader global turns toward bigotry and fascism can have an anesthetizing effect on the body and mind. The Renaissance tour has become something of an antidote to that. The show feels like a three-hour somatic workshop on remembering how to feel any feelings that you can access, whether they be elation or sorrow. Beyoncé herself is modeling it. On “Cuff It,” she asks, Have you ever had fun like this? She delivers the answer in her performance. Her sense of humor is on full display, from outfit choices to exaggerated facial expressions. For all the versions of Beyoncé we’ve seen in her career — beauty queen, vixen, scorned women — stand-up comedian might be her most uninhibited. But as much as the Renaissance World Tour is limned with the beauty of aliveness and vitality, it is also preoccupied with mortality. She is deeply aware of the precarity of Black, queer and trans life. On “Heated,” she sings, “Liberated, livin’ like we ain’t got time.” Pleasure at the world’s end feels nearly impossible. And yet Beyoncé shows us that it is our birthright. Back when the original track list for “Renaissance” was released, fans saw the title “America Has a Problem” and assumed it would be a rallying anthem honoring Breonna Taylor and George Floyd. Instead, the song takes an oppositional tactic. America’s problem, she posits, is our having too much freedom.

The first time I saw her, at the New York-area show, it was the same night that a young Black gay man named O’Shae Sibley was stabbed to death for vogueing to her lyrics at a gas station in Brooklyn. There was an awful collision that night between the optimism of resilience — more than 50,000 people screaming “you won’t break my soul” into the night felt like a defiant incantation — and the unchecked violence that threatens trans and queer people relentlessly. On one of the days I saw her in Las Vegas, a white man opened fire in a Dollar General in Jacksonville, Fla., intentionally targeting and killing three Black people. The shift between the ecstasy of the concert and the reality of the world was so disconcerting it was almost physically painful. The concert inserted me back into my body so fully that I couldn’t avoid the broader questions it raised: about the inverse relationship between queer and trans visibility and violence; the price to access this transformative space, prohibitive to most; and how to square some of Beyoncé’s more radical ideas with the gospel of Black capitalism (as she sings, “this kind of love, big business”). And yet, despite grappling with all that, I was reduced to tears listening to the rhapsodic synthesizers that score the speech of Dr. Barbara Ann Teer, founder of the National Black Theater, which soars out of the end of “Alien Superstar,” about the beauty in Black expression. Internal conflicts aside, I was moved by the power inherent in the scale of her message, on loving yourself in a world that would rather see you dead. In many ways, “Renaissance,” like the ballads at the top of the show, is also an elegy. But Beyoncé isn’t the undertaker; she is directing the second-line band at the funeral procession.

“Deep time” is a term that refers to the geological history of Earth. It requires the brain to reorient its scale, to think about time in billion-year chronologies, rather than days or months. It can cause some wrestling with the twinned significance and insignificance of our lives. At one point during the show, a quotation from Albert Einstein flashes on the screen: “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” What we know is limited. What we can imagine — especially for ourselves — is limitless. The concert is punctuated with visuals that offer a sense of Beyoncé’s cosmology: graphics of her soaring through expansive galaxies, including a winged robotic version of the singer astride a rocket navigating outer space. The imagery is suggestive of other ways of being, outside of Earth, known and unknown.

In her lifelong career, Beyoncé has not stopped to wait for anyone else to anoint her (if she did, she would probably still be waiting). And one way to view “Renaissance” is akin to a personal retrospective. Most pop projects (and much of our cultural fixation on self-improvement) revolve around reinvention, discarding past selves to make way for the new. Beyoncé exhumes all her eras and updates them as needed. During her song “Run the World,” “GWORLS,” a colloquial word for trans femmes, flashed on the video screens every time the call-and-repeat stomp of the chorus called out “girls.”

But Beyoncé is also an archivist. The show functions as an altar to her influences: A celestial giggle pays homage to Janet Jackson, and a metallic chest piece nods to Whitney Houston in “The Bodyguard.” The velocity of a hair flip recalls Tina Turner. Quick hips resurrect Josephine Baker’s banana skirt. Beyoncé’s musical production, headed by her, involves tethering parts of “Renaissance” to her earlier catalog, showcasing an evolution of narrative and musical priorities. Live, she braids “Virgo’s Groove” with earlier love songs, “Rocket” and “Say My Name,” diagraming the arrival of a woman confident in her sexuality and partnership. Much of the show’s sartorial catalog is also self-referential. A bee costume designed by Casey Cadwallader for the Mugler brand nods to Beyoncé’s collaborations with Thierry Mugler over the years. A pair of oversize flip-phone earrings recalls her song “Video Phone.” As much as she is taking us through a tour of her music, she is reminding us of the ways that notions about Black femininity have always defined it. She seems to be on a personal mission to rewire how Blackness is understood to be integral and core to America and the world.

A particularly emotional moment arrives when Blue Ivy takes the stage during “MY POWER,” a song from Beyoncé’s 2020 visual album, “Black Is King.” From the time she was born, Blue Ivy has been bullied online for her facial features and hair texture. Here, Beyoncé gestures to her, during the song’s lyric “this that kinfolk, this that skinfolk, this that war, this that bloodline,” as they begin a mother-and-daughter choreography. Her power, which she seems to be passing along to Blue Ivy in that moment, is a fortification against the outside world. It is another kind of legacy, the ability to author her own story, in the ways she will see fit. In one of the most dramatic set changes, Beyoncé appears in a large shimmering clamshell, Botticelliesque and supine, in a bejeweled bodysuit with coyly placed fabric handprints, signaling satirical modesty and also suggestive of self-pleasuring. Beyoncé has emulated a Black Venus for years, including in a lavish photo shoot by Awol Erizku in 2017, when she was pregnant with her twins, Rumi and Sir. The phrase “Black Venus” has also been used to describe Saartjie Baartman, a South African woman who was forcibly exhibited in the early 1800s, nearly naked, for Europeans to gawk at. It seems that as much as Beyoncé is authoring her own image, she is also invoking those who could not.

At one of the shows I saw, Beyoncé closed the show by telling her audience — while flying around the stadium in a dazzling sequined cape — that she hoped they felt loved. That they felt safe. She implored everyone to remember where they were. Before we all left, she encouraged everyone to take a mental picture of the way they felt, whose arms they were holding, the fullness of their heart. “You can return to it anytime.”

An earlier version of this article referred incorrectly to the designer of Beyoncé’s bee costume. It was inspired by Thierry Mugler’s earlier work and designed by Casey Cadwallader for the Mugler brand. It was not designed by Thierry Mugler.

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Blue Ivy Looks JUST Like Mom Beyoncé at Renaissance Tour Opening Night

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Two of Beyoncé' s biggest fans were there to support her opening night of the Renaissance World Tour and it was adorable.  

The superstar's oldest daughter, Blue Ivy Carter , 11, was seen in the VIP section at Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, and the resemblance to Queen Bey, 41, is uncanny. Standing next to her dad and Beyoncé's husband, Jay-Z, 53, the pair were watching as the Renaissance artist delivered an unforgettable night. 

Blue Ivy looked nearly identical to her mom, as she wore long braids, hoops, and an oversized t-shirt. Jay-Z kept it casual in an all-black fit, hat, and sunglasses. 

The fan who captured footage of the daddy-daughter duo captioned the video, “Manager Ivy was there to make sure everything was running smooth.”

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Many fans commented on how much Blue Ivy has started to look like Beyoncé as she's gotten older. Other commenters joked that “Blue will have notes for rehearsal tomorrow.” 

Blue has been known to come and support her mom on several occasions, including movie premieres, performances, and even being featured in music videos and ad campaigns. She and Jay-Z had another big night out in February, when they were spotted at the Super Bowl at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, AZ. 

While fans have mostly gotten a glimpse of Bey and Jay's eldest child, they also share twins Rumi and Sir, who turn 6 in June. 

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It’s time. Beyoncé ‘s Renaissance World Tour — her first jaunt in nearly five years — has officially kicked off at Stockholm’s Friends Arena where she’s set to perform for nearly three hours at the Swedish capital.

The stadium trek will continue across Europe through June, with the North American leg kicking off in Toronto on July 8. Club Renaissance will run for at least 40 dates, mainly in stadiums, and make stops at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey (July 29) and at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif. (Sept. 2) amid dates in Chicago, Philadelphia, Toronto, Atlanta, Phoenix and Miami.

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ELA TEM O POVO! E ainda tá chegando mais… #RenaissanceWorldTour https://t.co/C2u6Wsb0KL — Beyoncé Access (@beyonceaccess) May 10, 2023

Beyoncé performed her first full concert in four years  in January at the new Atlantis Royal Resort in Dubai. It was an elaborate and highly theatrical performance — for which sources say she was paid some $24 million — with an all-female orchestra, a battery of dancers, a small lake, fireworks, a 50-foot hydraulic platform, three costume changes for the singer and a guest appearance from her and Jay-Z’s daughter Blue Ivy, but no songs at all from “Renaissance.”

Her last official tour was the “On the Run II” tour with Jay in 2018, which was tied to their joint album, “Everything Is Love,” by the duo billed as the Carters. That same year, she headlined the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival but her last solo trek was behind her previous solo album, “Lemonade,” in 2016.

See the full setlist for opening night of the Renaissance tour below (updating live).

Opening Act

“Dangerously In Love 2″

“Flaws and All”

“1+1”

“I’m Goin’ Down” (Mary J. Blige cover)

“I Care”

Renaissance

“I’m That Girl”

“Cozy”

“Alien Superstar”

“Lift Off” (Jay-Z and Kanye West cover)

Motherboard

“Energy”

“Break My Soul”

“Formation”

“Diva”

“Run the World (Girls)”

“My Power”

“Black Parade”

“Savage” (Remix)

“Partition”

“Church Girl”

“Get Me Bodied”

“Before I Let Go”

“Rather Die Young”

“Love On Top”

“Crazy In Love”

Anointed Pt. 2

“Love Hangover” (Diana Ross cover sung by choir)

“Plastic Off The Sofa”

“Virgo’s Groove”

“Naughty Girl”

“Move”

“Heated”

“Thique”

“All Up in Your Mind”

“Drunk in Love”

Mind Control

“America Has a Problem”

“Pure/Honey”

“Summer Renaissance”

* Throughout the setlist, Beyoncé incorporated songs from her older discography including “Sweet Dreams,” “Say My Name,” and more.

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Beyonce's Renaissance World Tour: See all the epic photos and fashions

See all the dazzling photos from the "Cuff It" singer's tour.

Beyoncé is currently making her way through the North American leg of her Renaissance World Tour and captivating concertgoers with her dazzling performances and fashion moments.

The Grammy-winning singer most recently performed at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, Tuesday night and will perform next at FedExField in Summerfield, Maryland, Aug. 5-6.

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Here are some of Beyoncé's most stunning looks from her shows so far:

Beyoncé first kicked off her world tour in Europe in May, wowing audiences with her vocals, theatrics and style choices in major cities including, Paris, London and Barcelona.

One standout look came during her first show in London, when she stepped out onstage in a red bespoke Off-White bodysuit, which was covered in 40,000 red hotfix crystals , according to the label.

She also wore a custom bee-inspired look from Mugler.

The singer's 11-year-old daughter Blue Ivy Carter has also appeared on the Renaissance World Tour stage. Blue Ivy made her tour debut during her mom's show in Paris . She also took the stage during Beyoncé's concert tour stop in East Rutherford, New Jersey, at MetLife Stadium.

See more of Beyoncé's showstopping looks below:

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Read on for everything you need to know about Beyoncé's world tour.

When did Beyoncé announce the world tour?

Seven months after the release of her seventh studio album, "Renaissance," the "Cuff It" singer took to Instagram to announce her Renaissance World Tour .

The tour is her first solo tour in more than six years.

When did the Renaissance tour start?

The Renaissance World Tour kicked off Wednesday, May 10, at the Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden.

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According to the Friends Arena website , the show was slated to run for three hours.

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When does the tour run until.

In addition to Stockholm, Paris, London and Barcelona, the European leg of her tour made stops in Belgium, the United Kingdom, and Denmark. Beyoncé's final European show was in Warsaw, Poland, on June 28.

The North American leg of the world kicked off in Toronto at Rogers Centre on July 8. Following her show at FedExField -- which is located just outside Washington, D.C. -- the singer will head to Charlotte, North Carolina; Atlanta; and Tampa, Florida.

Beyoncé's final scheduled performance of the tour will be held Oct. 1 at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri.

When was the last time Beyoncé toured?

Beyoncé's last solo tour was the Formation World Tour in 2016, which followed the release of her sixth studio album, "Lemonade."

In 2018, she toured with her husband Jay-Z, for the On The Run Tour.

What is the Renaissance World Tour setlist?

During her tour, Beyoncé has performed songs off her latest album, including "Cuff It," "Heated" and "Virgo's Groove."

At her first tour stop in Stockholm on May 10, she sang a number of fan favorites, including "1+1," "Run the World (Girls)," "Get Me Bodied," and "America Has a Problem," among others.

Beyoncé's "Renaissance" album was released on July 29, 2022, after it was leaked two days prior. The album is the first part of a three-act project and features a total of 16 tracks with collaborations from artists such as Drake, Tems and Pharrell Williams.

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In an Instagram post, the singer said that "Renaissance" was recorded over three years during the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Creating this album allowed me a place to dream and to find escape during a scary time for the world," she said. "It allowed me to feel free and adventurous in a time when little else was moving. My intention was to create a safe place, a place without judgment. ... It was a beautiful journey of exploration."

How to get Beyonce 2023 tour tickets

While tickets to see the singer on tour sold out quickly in many cities around the world when sales began in February, fans can still purchase tickets on Ticketmaster.

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The Beyhive is buzzing like never before.

After much speculation, Beyoncé has officially announced her highly anticipated stadium “Renaissance Tour.”

Seven years after her “Formation Tour” and five years after the “On The Run II Tour” with her husband Jay Z, the 28-time Grammy winner (and 88-time nominee!) will embark on her solo headlining “Renaissance Tour” in support of her critically acclaimed chart-topping 2022 album “Renaissance” all summer long.

The international tour will start overseas in Sweden, Belgium, the U.K., France and Germany in May before she returns to North America for 29 huge stadium concerts starting July 8 at Toronto’s Rogers Centre .

And although Queen Bey isn’t coming to the Big Apple on the run — as of now — she will get close to the City That Never Sleeps.

On July 29 and July 30 , Mrs. Knowles is set to touch down at East Rutherford’s MetLife Stadium for two huge back-to-back concerts.

She’s familiar with the venue too. The last show of her “Formation Tour” was at the Giants and Jets’ home stadium on Oct. 7, 2016. That time around, she brought Jay Z and Kendrick Lamar onstage with her.

Who will she bring this time? Will she sing the same songs she did at her recent Dubai concert?

All we know is the best way to find out is live.

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Check out our list of the 52 biggest concert tours in 2023 here.

Beyoncé 2023 tour schedule

Where will Beyoncé go on tour in North America?

Below, you’ll find a complete list of all upcoming 26 tour dates, venues and links to buy tickets for shows where the pre-sale has already taken place.

Beyoncé opening acts

At the time of publication, Beyoncé does not have any opening acts lined up for her 2023 “Renaissance Tour” although there are rumors that 74-year-old singer Grace Jones will be joining her swirling on Twitter .

We personally can’t get enough of Jones’ seven-minute cover of Roxy Music’s “Love Is the Drug.”

In 2016, Knowles was joined by DJ Khaled on the “Formation Tour.” Two years later, she co-headlined with her husband and fellow 88-time Grammy nominee Jay Z on the “On The Run II Tour.”

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Beyoncé Dubai setlist

Although Beyoncé didn’t perform any tracks from her 2022 record “Renaissance” at the Jan. 23 concert in Dubai, she was able to cram in several hits from her expansive catalogue as well as a few covers into her 17-song set.

Here’s her set list (courtesy of  SetList.FM ):

01.)  “At Last”   (Harry Warren cover; made famous by Etta James)

02.)  “XO”  ( from her 2014 album “Beyonce”)

03.)  “Flaws And All”   (from her 2007 album “B’Day”)

04.)  “Ava Maria”   (from her 2008 album “I Am Sasha Fierce”)

05.)  “Halo”   (from her 2008 album “I Am Sasha Fierce”)

06.)  “Brown Skin Girl”   featuring Blue Ivy Carter   (from the 2019 “Lion King: The Gift”)

07.)  “Be Alive”   (from the 2021 “King Richard” soundtrack)

08.)  “Otherside”   (from the 2019 “Lion King: The Gift”)

09.)  “Bigger”  from the 2019 “Lion King: The Gift”)

10.)  “Spirit”   from the 2019 “Lion King Soundtrack”)

11.)  “Freedom”   (from her 2016 album “Lemonade”)

12.)  “I Care”   (from her 2011 album “4”)

13.)  “Beautiful Liar”   (from her 2007 album “B’Day”)

14.)  “Crazy In Love”   (from her 2003 album “Dangerously In Love”)

15.)  “Countdown”   (from her 2011 album “4”)

16.)  “Naughty Girl”   (from her 2003 album “Dangerously In Love”)

17.)  “Drunk In Love”   (from her 2014 album “Beyonce”)

Beyoncé “Renaissance” album

Knowles’ “Renaissance” was the most critically-acclaimed album of 2022 showing up on countless year-end lists as 2022’s best.

The 16-track album, clocking in at just a little over an hour was also extremely popular with fans as well quickly charting at number on the Billboard 200, making it Beyoncé’s seventh album to hit the top spot.

However, the record that brought the world “Break My Soul” may have more to it.

Beyoncé has hinted that the record is part of a three-part series; in a June 28, 2022 announcement she called it “Act I.”

Since the album’s release, it has undergone a few transformations.

According to Pitchfork, Beyoncé “replaced ableist lyrics in “ Heated ,” and  removed  an interpolation of  Kelis ’ “Milkshake” on “Energy” after Kelis said  she was not informed  by Beyoncé and her team that her music was going to be used on the new album.”

She also reportedly dropped  Honey Dijon  and  Madonna  remixes of “Break My Soul.”

Beyoncé Grammys

Beyonce’s seventh studio album “Renaissance,” netted nine Grammy nominations for Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Record of the Year, Best Dance/Electronic Recording, Best Dance/Electronic Album, Best R&B Performance, Best Traditional R&B Performance, Best R&B Song and Best Song Written For Visual Media.

The nine nominations tie Beyonce with her husband Jay Z for most all-time Grammy nominations with 88 apiece.

Huge concert tours in 2023

While a Beyoncé tour announcement may trump all others in terms of hype, there quite a few exciting tours to look out for in the next few months.

Here are just five of our favorite, can’t miss concerts that may be coming to a city near you soon.

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•  Janet Jackson

•  Lizzo

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Beyoncé Takes ‘RENAISSANCE’ Tour Break with JAY-Z at Lake Como

We all need a break. That includes Beyoncé, who enjoyed a day off from her Renaissance World Tour to enjoy a two-day trip to Lake Como, Italy, with JAY-Z. The two were spotted at the Italian vacation spot, enjoying time with friends over dinner and admiring the lake.

According to PEOPLE , HOV got some jump shots and enjoyed a boat with his friend Jack Dorsey.

Beyoncé’s next tour stop is in Poland on Tuesday, and then her American run will start on July 8.

You can see images from the getaway below.

Beyoncé and Jay-Z Enjoy Some Fun in the Sun at Lake Como — See the Pictures! pic.twitter.com/3epHLd9njL — People (@people) June 28, 2023

Beyoncé, Jay-Z and Blue Ivy were seen in Lake Como, Italy. pic.twitter.com/YJ8xMHBabr — @21metgala (@21metgala) June 26, 2023

The 🐐 shooting 🏀 in 🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/bQyFkP7ROH — JAY-Z Daily (@JAY_Z_Daily) June 27, 2023

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Beyoncé tour 2023 at MetLife Stadium: Will Jay-Z or Cardi B be musical guests?

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MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford is the place to Bey this weekend.

“I didn’t get a chance to see Michael Jackson ... I didn’t get a chance to see James Brown. I didn’t get a chance to see Tina Turner, but I got a chance to see Beyoncé tonight,” said R&B chanteuse Jill Scott after Beyoncé's July 23 show at Soldier Field in Chicago. “Oh my God y’all. Phenomenal is an understatement. That vocal ability, the charisma, the honesty, sincerity onstage. I don’t have the …. I’m touched.”

It's Beyoncé's Renaissance World Tour , and shows take place Saturday, July 29, and Sunday, July 30, at MetLife. The concert is about 2½ hours long, split into six segments with more than 30 songs. Bey's latest album, “Renaissance,” is performed, as well as tracks from throughout her career and a few choice covers — including “I'm Going Down” by Rose Royce and “Before I Let Go” by Maze featuring Frankie Beverly.

The covers are a nod to the musical forebearers, and the staging is a futuristic tableau of Black pride ascendency, a celebration of Black queer music culture and Boss Girls positivity, according to reviewers.

Nobody's breaking Beyoncé's soul during this Renaissance.

Beyoncé uttered “the words that her mostly female, significantly queer, impressively diverse, sequin-clad and bedazzled cowboy hat-wearing audience longed to hear: 'I love you, Philadelphia,' " wrote Dan Deluca in the Philadelphia Inquirer after her July 12 show.

Better get out those cowboy hats, MetLife. There have been celebs aplenty in the audiences of tour shows, including Paul McCartney, Ariana Grande, Selena Gomez, Dua Lipa, Kelly Rowland from Destiny's Child and many more, according to Billboard.

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There have not been many guests on stage so far — unless you count 11-year-old daughter Blue Ivy Carter joining mom in the Beyhive Pit for several shows.

We have a feeling that if there's going to be any guest stars on stage for the Renaissance World Tour, it's going to happen at MetLife. After all, the intersection of Routes 3 and 120 in East Rutherford is the center of the world in the concert industry.

Here are six possibilities for guest turns at MetLife. Some are kind of obvious, others not so much.

Beyoncé's husband is a hometown hero from Brooklyn with a strong Jersey connection. Shawn Carter used to hustle in Trenton, where he attended Trenton Central High School. Jay-Z and Beyoncé co-headlined MetLife in 2018 for their On the Run II Tour.

Cardi B lives in Tenafly with her husband Offset and their kid Kulture. They're regulars at the American Dream entertainment and retail center, so they know their way around the Meadowlands. Cardi B and Beyoncé have had a friendly relationship over the years — Cardi appeared in a vid for the “Renaissance” single, “Break My Soul.” A Cardi B appearance at MetLife would solidify the union.

“My Power,” the 2019 single from “The Lion King” soundtrack, is performed on the tour — and co-songwriter Nija Charles is a Jersey girl from the Vauxhall section of Union Township. Charles has written hits for Cardi B, Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga, H.E.R., Maroon 5 and more, but a little hometown shine would sparkle into the night.

Fivio Foreign

Fivio Foreign, who headlined the 2022 Hot 97 Summer Jam at MetLife, sampled the Destiny’s Child’s hit “Say My Name” on his 2022 “What's My Name” single. The sample led to a collaboration of sorts between Fivio and Bey after the Queen told him to clean up the lyrics.

“She had to hear it,” said Fivio on Hot 97, according to thefader.com. “She heard it. It was a little vulgar, a little bit for her, at first. ... I cleaned it up a lot. It was like, ‘You can’t be talking about girls like that!' ”

This one is likely to happen. Blue Ivy Carter, the 11-year-old daughter of Beyoncé and Jay-Z, made her Renaissance World Tour stage debut on May 26 in Paris as part of the “My Power” dance ensemble. She's a hit. TikTok users are miming her moves, and even Lizzo did the Blue Ivy. She's not been on stage at every show, but a MetLife appearance would be a natural as Blue Ivy was born in New York City.

Aaron Rodgers

Rodgers, the new quarterback for the New York Jets, is a big music fan who attended the recent Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran concerts at MetLife. We're not sure if Rodgers is musically talented, but he does have his own record label, Suspended Sunrise Recordings. If Rogers attends the show, and if Bey invites him on stage, you can bet the HBO “Hard Knocks” cameras will be there to record all the action.

Go : Beyonce, 7 p.m. Saturday, July 29, and Sunday, July 30, MetLife Stadium, One MetLife Stadium Drive, East Rutherford, resale tickets start at $320; metlifestadium.com , ticketmaster.com .

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Chris Jordan, a Jersey Shore native, covers entertainment and features for the USA Today Network New Jersey. Contact him at @chrisfhjordan; [email protected]

Don’t Film Jay-Z Doing The Electric Slide At Beyoncé’s Renaissance Tour

Don’t film Jay-Z doing the Electric Slide with his mom during his wife Beyoncé ‘s Renaissance Tour shows. The rap mogul caught a fan capturing the family moment (during Beyoncé’s Cameo-sampling cover of Maze’s “Before I Let Go,” naturally) and put a stop to their voyeurism with a gesture, but that didn’t stop the fan from uploading the video — which still went pretty viral on Twitter thanks to the Jay-Z Daily account. I guess it’s kinda like the Barbra Streisand Effect.

Jay-Z doing the electric slide with his mom as Beyonce performs pic.twitter.com/FGgxah1XTb — JAY-Z Daily (@JAY_Z_Daily) July 9, 2023

Still, you can’t blame Jay for being a little protective. After all, while the rapper himself is used to becoming a meme for his awkward head-nodding and chronic lack of athletic ability , that’s his mom. She’s probably one of the few people on the planet who can make him cry , so if he can keep her from becoming fodder for some of the mean jokes people like to make online, you know he will.

But, in this case, it seems the fan captured a wholesome moment and the responses have been accordingly upbeat. Commenters are mostly praising Jay for being such a fan of his family and remarking on the cultural ubiquity of the dance/song combo, and noting how good he’s gotten at spotting surreptitious cinematographers. And hey, he may not be the best diver, but his steps are ON POINT.

Check out some of the responses below.

Jay is enjoying this tour too 😭😭😭😭 https://t.co/btCCsB1auu — 🤍LISA🤍 (@checkthetea) July 9, 2023

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I just love how Jay Z is just on tour with Beyoncé being a trophy husband https://t.co/CmsbPoNXZD — Que Amell (@queamell) July 10, 2023

Jay z is always gonna pree the camera skskks https://t.co/wDbfou1foF — Mimi the music blogger 2.0 (@mimitheblogger) July 9, 2023

I love seeing black men grown old and enjoy their lives 🥹 https://t.co/3uHydvqXhs — slim (@_DarlingNy) July 9, 2023

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Renaissance World Tour setlist: This is what Beyoncé played at Levi's Stadium show

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (KGO) -- Beyoncé's Renaissance World Tour lit up Levi's Stadium Wednesday night as fans packed in to see the 32-time Grammy Award-winning singer.

If you were there and want a recap, or if you weren't able to make it and want to see which hits she played, we have you covered. Here is her full setlist she performed Wednesday, courtesy of setlist.fm .

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Opening Act

• "The Signboard" (video introduction)
• "Dangerously in Love"
• "Flaws and All"
• "1+1"
• "I'm Going Down" (Rose Royce cover)
• "I Care"
• "River Deep, Mountain High" (Tina Turner tribute)

Renaissance

• "I'm That Girl" (contains elements of "Apes-")
• "Cozy"
• "Alien Superstar" (contains elements of "Sweet Dreams")
• "Lift Off" (JAY Z & Kanye West cover) (shortened)
• "7/11" (Les Twins dance break)

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• "Cuff It" (contains elements of "A Night To Remember" and "Love You Down")
• "Energy" (contains elements of "End of Time" and "Countdown")
• "Break My Soul" (contains elements of "Shake Your Body" by the Jacksons)
• "Formation"
• "Diva" (contains elements of "Just Wanna Rock" by Lil Uzi Vert)
• "Run The World (Girls)"
• "My Power" (contains elements of "Tanzania" and "Alright")
• "Black Parade"
• "Savage (Remix)" (Megan Thee Stallion cover)
• "Partition"
• "Church Girl"
• "Get Me Bodied"
• "Before I Let Go" (Maze featuring Frankie Beverly cover, with elements of "Freakum Dress")
• "Rather Die Young"
• "Love on Top" (contains elements of "I Want You Back" by The Jackson 5)
• "Crazy in Love"

Anointed - Pt. 2

• "Plastic Off the Sofa"
• "Virgo's Groove" (contains elements of multiple tracks)
• "Naughty Girl" (contains elements of "Love to Love You Baby" by Donna Summer)
• "Move" (contains elements of "Move Ya Body" by Nina Sky)
• "Heated"
• "Thique"
• "All Up In Your Mind"
• "Drunk In Love"

Mind Control

• "America Has a Problem"
• "Pure/Honey"
• "Summer Renaissance"

Now that you know what the setlist will be, go here for everything you need to know before Beyoncé's concert at Levi's Stadium .

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By Lian Brooks

Beyoncé's Renaissance tour kicked off in May , and we couldn't be more excited. Having already graced the UK for her five dates at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, she's now off to bless the rest of Europe with the music event of the year. So if you're one of the lucky few who managed to bag tickets to see Beyoncé in all her glory, these are the songs you can expect during the almost three-hour extravaganza. Don't tell us Queen B doesn't give you value for your money.

From timeless classics like “Crazy in Love” to new faves such as "Break My Soul, ” the queen is spoiling us with a 40-song list of her best hits. The last time Beyoncé performed was in Dubai for her first full concert in four years , but she made sure to save her Renaissance tracks exclusively for her 2023 world tour.

These are the songs Beyoncé's Renaissance tour will feature, whether you're prepping to see her or are reminiscing over what is sure to have been one of the most memorable nights of your life.

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Beyoncé's Renaissance tour set list

1. “Dangerously in Love”

2. “Flaws and All”

4. “I Care / I'm Goin' Down (Mary J. Blige cover)”

5. “I'M THAT GIRL”

7. “ALIEN SUPERSTAR / Sweet Dreams (Medley)”

8. “Lift Off (from Jay-Z and Kanye West's WATCH THE THRONE)”

9. “7/11 (Interlude)”

10. “CUFF IT / CUFF IT - WETTER REMIX”

11. “ENERGY (ft. Beam)”

12. “BREAK MY SOUL / BREAK MY SOUL - THE QUEENS REMIX (ft. Madonna)”

13. “No Angel”

14. “Haunted”

15. “Formation”

17. “Run the World (Girls)”

18. “MY POWER (from The Lion King: The Gift )”

19. “BLACK PARADE”

20. “Savage Remix (Megan Thee Stallion ft. Beyonce)”

21. “Partition”

22. “Yonce”

23. “CHURCH GIRL”

24. “Get Me Bodied / Freakum Dress”

25. “Before I Let Go”

26. “Rather Die Young”

27. “Love on Top”

28. “Crazy in Love (ft. Jay-Z)”

29. “PLASTIC OFF THE SOFA”

30. “VIRGO'S GROOVE”

31. “Naughty Girl”

32. “MOVE (ft. Grace Jones)”

33. “HEATED”

34. “THIQUE”

35. “ALL UP IN YOUR MIND”

36. “Drunk in Love”

37. “AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM”

38. “PURE/HONEY”

40. “SUMMER RENAISSANCE”

Beyoncé's Renaissance Tour in Stockholm, Sweden

Beyoncé's Renaissance Tour Europe dates

• May 10–11  - Friends Arena, Stockholm
• May 14 - King Baudoudin Stadium, Brussels
• May 17 - Principality Stadium, Cardiff, Wales
• May 20 - BT Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
• May 23 - Stadium of Light, Sunderland, England
• May 26 - Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France
• May 29–30, June 1, 3–4 - Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London
• June 8 - Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys, Barcelona
• June 11 - Orange Velodrome, Marseille, France
• June 15 - RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany
• June 17–18 - Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam
• June 21 - Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, Germany
• June 24 - Deutsche Bank Park, Frankfurt
• June 27–28 - PGE Narodowy, Warsaw

Beyoncé's Renaissance Tour North America Dates

• July 8–9 - Rogers Centre, Toronto
• July 12 - Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
• July 15 - Nissan Stadium, Nashville
• July 17 - L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium, Louisville, Kentucky
• July 20 - Huntington Bank Stadium, Minneapolis
• July 22–23 - Soldier Field, Chicago
• July 26 - Ford Field, Detroit
• July 29–30 - MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
• August 1 - Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts 
• August 3 - Acrisure Stadium, Pittsburgh
• August 5–6 - FedExField, Summerfield, Maryland
• August 9 - Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina
• August 11–12, 14 - Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta
• August 16 - Raymond James Stadium, Tampa
• August 18 - Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida
• August 21 - The Dome at America's Center, St. Louis
• August 24 - State Farm Stadium, Glendale, Arizona
• August 26–27 - Allegiant Stadium, Paradise, Nevada
• August 30 - Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, California
• September 1–2, 4 - SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California
• September 11 - BC Place, Vancouver
• September 13 - Lumen Field, Seattle
• September 18 - GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
• September 21 - AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas
• September 23–24 NRG Stadium, Houston
• September 27 - Caesars Superdome, New Orleans 

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Beyoncé's Daughter Rumi, 5, Cheers on Big Sister Blue Ivy, 11, During Her Renaissance Tour Appearance

Beyoncé and JAY-Z are parents to daughter Blue Ivy, 11, plus twins Rumi and Sir, 5

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Beyoncé 's two girls are each other's biggest fans.

The singer's youngest daughter Rumi Carter , 5, was in attendance at her Renaissance World Tour in Paris this weekend, where she watched big sister Blue Ivy , 11, dominate the stage during two songs part of their mother's set.

A fan account shared a video on Twitter of Rumi — who also has a twin brother, Sir — sitting with friends and family at the Stade de France as she cheered on her sibling, even holding up a sign that read "We Love You Blue!" at one point during the show.

"POV: I saw Beyoncé's 3 children from my seat at Renaissance Tour," the clip's caption read. Later in the video, Blue Ivy can be joining her family in their seats, sitting with a friend while still wearing her outfit from her surprise performance.

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Blue Ivy appeared onstage on Friday evening, where she performed during the dance breakdown of Beyoncé's “My Power," which is from her 2019  The Lion King  companion album,  The Gift , as well as her performance of her 2020 single, "Black Parade."

Dressed in a shimmering silver jumpsuit just like her mother, Blue Ivy — who is the  second-youngest Grammy Award winner ever  — executed the choreography to both songs flawlessly alongside Beyoncé’s backup dancers.

“Give it up for Blue,” Beyoncé, 41, told the crowd, who immediately broke into applause for her daughter after her performance.

Beyoncé's mother and Blue Ivy's grandmother,  Tina Knowles-Lawson , celebrated the preteen's concert appearance in a  post shared on Instagram  Saturday.

"Last night I saw my beautiful grandbaby (11) dance in the front of almost 70 thousand people !" Knowles-Lawson, 69, captioned a video of Blue Ivy at the end of her performance.

"She killed it and was as cool as a cucumber! Blue Ivy Carter ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ No Fear❤️❤️," the proud grandma added.

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Beyoncé kicked off her Renaissance World Tour at the Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, earlier this month, marking her first solo concert outing in seven years.

The event's set list features various songs from her seventh studio album  Renaissance , such as "Alien Superstar," "Cuff It," "Pure/Honey" and "Plastic Off the Sofa."

It also features numerous hits that showcase Beyoncé's  decades-long career , including "Crazy in Love," "Partition" and "Love on Top."

JAY-Z and Blue Ivy  were in attendance to show their support  during the opening night of the concert, which is produced by Parkwood Entertainment and promoted by Live Nation.

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Beyoncé blended Western dressing with sleek suiting on Wednesday while in Japan.

The superstar songstress shared a new post to Instagram, wearing a khaki Ferragamo suit and trenchcoat from the label’s spring 2023 line. Beyoncé added on square-toe boots, a turquoise bolo tie and wool cowboy hat, completing her look with silver statement earrings by 8 Other Reasons and a brown patent leather clutch, which was custom-made by Ferragamo .

Stylist Shiona Turini dressed Beyoncé for the occasion. Turini, who also works as a costume designer, curated the singer’s wardrobe for her “Renaissance” tour in 2023.

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16 looks that defined each style era of beyoncé’s career: from ‘dangerously in love’ to ‘cowboy carter’, beyoncé’s best country looks through the years, from her destiny’s child days to ‘cowboy carter’.

Earlier this week, Beyoncé gave the Canadian tuxedo a “Cowboy Carter” twist, wearing a dark-wash denim skirt suit from Alexander McQueen‘s spring 2024 collection. Featuring a corseted waist, lace-up details and a micromini hemline, Beyoncé accessorized with oversize aviators and a black cowboy hat.

Tooled leather Givenchy Shark Lock boots and a blue leather “Jolene” purse by Ozias completed Beyoncé’s Western-inspired ensemble.

“We made it,” designer Marc Ozias wrote on Instagram. “I told my mom a very long time ago that Beyoncé would wear my bag. Please never give up on your dreams.”

Beyoncé’s handbag references her cover of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene,” which appears on “Cowboy Carter.” Parton also lent her voice to an interlude titled “Dolly P” and is featured on “Tyrant.”

Beyoncé’s latest album marks her first full-length foray into country music.

“This album has been over five years in the making,” Beyoncé wrote on Instagram last month. “It was born out of an experience that I had years ago where I did not feel welcomed…and it was very clear that I wasn’t. But, because of that experience, I did a deeper dive into the history of country music and studied our rich musical archive.”

Beyoncé’s Country Style Through The Years

Beyoncé began incorporating Western wear into her wardrobe with the release of her 2022 album, “Renaissance.” In promotional images for her recent world tour, the pop star sported a mirrored cowboy hat akin to a disco ball. Meanwhile, at the 2024 Grammys, Beyoncé accessorized her Louis Vuitton skirt suit with a Stetson chapeau.

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Beyoncé and Jay-Z's relationship, in their own words

J ay-Z and Beyoncé have been married for 16 years and together for more than 20. The couple share three children: Blue Ivy, 12, and twins Rumi and Sir, 6.

The duo have collaborated on multiple projects together, like their 2018 joint album, "Everything Is Love," their 2014 "On The Run" tour, and hits like "Crazy in Love ." Most recently, Jay-Z is credited on multiple songs from his wife's new album, "Cowboy Carter," which debuted March 29. He's also credited on three songs, “Break My Soul ,” “Alien Superstar” and “America Has a Problem,” from her 2022 album "Renaissance."

Beyoncé's relationship has informed her art and she's spoken about it sparingly over the years.

“I would not be the woman I am if I did not go home to that man. It just gives me such a foundation,” Beyoncé told Oprah Winfrey in 2013 during an episode of "Next Chapter."

"(He's helped) on so many levels," she added.

For a window into each level, keep reading for Beyoncé and Jay-Z's relationship in their own words.

Jay-Z and Beyoncé were 'friends first'

During a 2013 conversation with Winfrey on "Oprah’s Next Chapter," Beyoncé said that she and Jay-Z were "friends first for a year and a half" before they even went on a date. Beyoncé noted that having that foundation was so "important" for their relationship.

That same year, Jay-Z confirmed to Vanity Fair that he pursued his wife and that they were “just beginning to try to date each other” when they appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair’s 2001 Music Issue.

Explaining what "try" meant in this context, Jay-Z said, “Well, you know, you’ve got to try first. You got to dazzle ... wine and dine."

Beyoncé addressed relationship rumors, explained why she keeps dating life private in 2003

In a 2003 interview on "The Oprah Winfrey Show," Beyoncé addressed rumors that she was dating Jay-Z.

"Yeah," was her response when asked about the rumors.

She explained why that's all she wanted to share about it.

"I don't actually talk about who I'm dating, who I'm not, because I think it's important that I concentrate on the music and when you start talking about those things, then that becomes bigger than the art," she said.

They secretly tied the knot in 2008, with a wedding date in April

Beyoncé said on Ellen DeGeneres' talk show in November 2008 that she dated Jay-Z for about seven years before getting married and took her time before agreeing to tie the knot.

"I'm only 27, so I was really young. I feel like it's important for women and men to have their goals and their own life before they can complete someone else. So we took our time," she explained.

The couple ultimately got married on April 4, 2008 . Several months later, in October, Beyoncé confirmed to Essence magazine that a small ceremony had taken place in April.

“What Jay and I have is real. It’s not about interviews or getting the right photo op. It’s real,” Beyoncé said. She explained that she opted for a small ceremony because "it's been my day so many days already."

She explained why she didn't wear an engagement ring in the lead-up to the wedding. “People put too much emphasis on that,” she says. “It’s just material and it’s just silly to me.”

Years later, in 2013, Beyoncé told Winfrey how the wedding stayed a secret despite the couple's fame.

"We want to have our lives," Beyoncé said, adding, "When it’s time to go on a date or go be who we are, people are respectful of that."

Beyoncé miscarried around 2011 before having her first child

In a 2019 feature with Elle , Beyoncé shared more about experiencing a miscarriage before having her and Jay-Z's first child, Blue Ivy. She'd previously discussed having a miscarriage around 2011 in the 2013 HBO documentary "Life Is But A Dream."

"I learned that all pain and loss is in fact a gift. Having miscarriages taught me that I had to mother myself before I could be a mother to someone else," she told Elle.

"Then, I had Blue, and the quest for my purpose became so much deeper," she added. "I died and was reborn in my relationship, and the quest for self became even stronger."

In 2012, Beyoncé and Jay-Z welcomed their first child together

At the 2011 MTV VMAs, Beyoncé surprised her fans when she revealed that she was pregnant with her and Jay-Z's first child .

The "Single Ladies" singer cradled her baby bump onstage after she performed her 2011 hit song “Love On Top.”

In January 2012, Beyoncé and Jay-Z welcomed their first daughter, Blue Ivy Carter. They released pictures of their little girl nearly one month later on a Tumblr account that they set up.

“We welcome you to share in our joy,” a handwritten note on the website read. “Thank you for respecting our privacy during this beautiful time in our lives."

The couple addressed the infamous elevator fight in 2014

In 2014, TMZ published a leaked video of Solange Knowles, Beyoncé's sister, seemingly striking Jay-Z in the elevator of the Standard Hotel after attending the Met Gala, per The Associated Press .

A week later, Beyoncé, Solange and Jay-Z released a joint statement about the altercation that said, “There has been a great deal of speculation about what triggered the unfortunate incident. But the most important thing is that our family has worked through it."

"Jay and Solange each assume their share of responsibility for what has occurred. They both acknowledge their role in this private matter that has played out in the public. They both have apologized to each other and we have moved forward as a united family. The reports of Solange being intoxicated or displaying erratic behavior throughout that evening are simply false," they continued.

“At the end of the day, families have problems and we’re no different,” the statement concluded. “We love each other and above all we are family. We’ve put this behind us and hope everyone else will do the same.”

In 2017, the couple welcomed twins Rumi and Sir

In June 2017, Beyoncé and Jay-Z welcomed their twins, daughter Rumi Carter and son Sir Carter.

The "Partition" singer revealed that she was pregnant by sharing a photo of her cradling her baby bump while wearing a green veil in front of a beautiful flower display.

She captioned the picture , "We would like to share our love and happiness. We have been blessed two times over. We are incredibly grateful that our family will be growing by two, and we thank you for your well wishes."

Jay-Z admitted to infidelity in an interview in 2017

In her 2016 album "Lemonade," Beyoncé appeared to reference infidelity in lyrics like "can’t you see there’s no other man above you/ what a wicked way to treat the girl that loves you” from "Hold Up" or "you can taste the dishonesty/ it’s on your breath”  from "Pray You Catch Me.”

Singing in "4:44," released a year later in June 2017, Jay-Z seems to admit infidelity in his own lyrics. “Look, I apologize, often womanizer/ Took for my child to be born, see through a woman’s eyes/ Took for these natural twins to believe in miracles/ Took me too long for this song, I don’t deserve you,” he rapped in the song.

Jay-Z later said that he was unfaithful to Beyoncé in a November 2017 interview with The New York Times Style Magazine.

“You have to survive. So you go into survival mode, and when you go into survival mode what happen? You shut down all emotions,” he said. “So even with women, you gonna shut down emotionally, so you can’t connect.”

“In my case, like, it’s deep. And then all the things happen from there: infidelity,” he continued.

Jay-Z also said that listening to “Lemonade,” which referenced a turbulent point in their marriage, made him "very, very uncomfortable."

Beyoncé and Jay-Z released a collaborative album in 2018 In June 2018, Beyoncé and Jay-Z released their joint album, "Everything Is Love." Speaking to The New York Times in 2017, Jay-Z said the couple uses art like “a therapy session.”

Based on songs like "LOVEHAPPY," the couple was at a good point in their marriage, having reconciled issues referenced in "Lemonade" and "4:44."

Beyoncé, in lyrics, sang about this being a new era for them, a kind of remarriage: "Yeah, you f----ed up the first stone, we had to get remarried."

Famously, the video for "APES--T" was filmed in the Louvre.

Beyoncé dedicated her 7th album to her family in 2022, and her 'beautiful husband and muse'

Ahead of the release of "Renaissance," on her  official website , Beyoncé thanked her family for giving her the inspiration that she needed to complete the three-part project.

Beyoncé first thanked her children. “I want to give a special thank you to Rumi, Sir, and Blue for allowing me the space, creativity, and inspiration," she wrote.

Then, she gave a "special thanks" to her "beautiful husband and muse," who "held (her) down during those late nights in the studio."

Beyoncé announced her 'Renaissance World Tour' in February 2023

With her new album, Beyoncé later launched the "Renaissance World Tour," announcing the news in February 2023 and opening the journey that May in Sweden.

Her husband was a regular at her concerts across the globe, including Paris and Germany. And Blue Ivy performed with her mom during many shows .

Beyoncé and Jay-Z attended LA premiere of concert film 'Renaissance' in November 2023

Beyoncé's tour ended in October 2023. At the tour's conclusion, her company Parkwood Entertainment announced with AMC Entertainment that the tour's film would open in theaters Dec. 1.

The film's premieres in London and Los Angeles were the last week of November. The film showed behind-the-scenes footage of the tour and Beyoncé's family.

Beyoncé posted pictures on Instagram Nov. 30 of her and Jay-Z at the Los Angeles premiere.

Jay-Z blasted Grammys for never awarding Beyoncé album of the year on Feb. 4, 2024

Hot off becoming the artist with the most Grammys ever at the awards show last year, Beyoncé remains without the highest Grammy honor of them all: album of the year. She has been nominated for it four times total, but has never won.

As Jay-Z accepted the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award at the 2024 Grammys, he used part of his speech to admonish the Recording Academy for what he sees as a c ontradiction in his wife's honors from the awarding body.

“I don’t want to embarrass this young lady, but she has more Grammys than everyone, and never won album of the year,” he said. “So even by your own metrics, that doesn’t work. Think about that. The most Grammys, never won album of the year. That doesn’t work.”

Jay-Z and Beyoncé attended the Super Bowl as she announces her 8th album during the game on Feb. 11, 2024

The couple attended the 2024 Super Bowl at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, a showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers. The Chiefs won 25-22.

During the game, Beyoncé announced her new album, now known as "Cowboy Carter," with a Verizon commercial. She previously teased a country era by wearing Western-style clothing to the game and to the Grammys. "Cowboy Carter" debuted March 29.

She sat in a box with her husband, who has been in charge of Super Bowl entertainment since the 2019-2020 season.

Beyoncé thanks Jay-Z while accepting iHeartRadio's Innovator Award in April 2024

At the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards, Beyoncé accepted the Innovator Award from presenter Stevie Wonder.

In her acceptance speech, she thanked Jay-Z.

"My husband, my rock, my best friend, I love you," she said.

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Beyoncé and Jay-Z bought the most expensive mansion in California history — but it's just part of their real-estate empire. Take a look at their homes.

• In 2023, Beyoncé and Jay-Z purchased a home that set a record for the priciest home in California.
• The $190 million Malibu mansion is just one of the many properties they own around the country.
• Here are the homes they're linked to, from a former church in New Orleans to a Hamptons estate.

Beyoncé and Jay-Z break music records — and real-estate records.

The couple, which Forbes reports is worth a combined $3 billion , are linked to many multimillion-dollar homes across the United States.

In 2023, they picked up a 42,000-square-foot Malibu estate with a minimalist concrete aesthetic designed by famed Japanese architect Tadao Ando . The price? $190 million — the largest sum in California history.

Beyoncé and Jay-Z's impressive portfolio of homes also includes another LA-area mansion and several properties in New York.

In New Orleans, the "Cowboy Carter" singer and rapper -turned- entrepreneur have been linked to a former Presbyterian church that has been transformed into a mansion.

Take a look at their homes across the country.

Beyoncé came from humble beginnings in Houston.

Beyoncé's rise to stardom began in a modest, middle-class neighborhood within Houston's Third Ward district.

2414 Rosedale Street has three bedrooms and three bathrooms over 8,640 square feet, according to the listing from 2019 .

According to the Associated Press , the Knowles family purchased the home in 1982, not long after Beyoncé was born, and moved out when she was about 5 years old.

In 2019, the home was listed for sale for about $500,000. Because Texas is a non-disclosure state, it's unclear how much it sold for.

Beyoncé was spotted taking photos of the home in September 2023 during the Houston stop of her Renaissance World Tour, the AP reported.

The couple is linked to a Tribeca penthouse, where they married in 2008.

In September 2004 , Jay-Z, who voiced his aspirations for success in his hit rap song 'Big Pimpin' , made one of his first big real-estate purchases.

The native New Yorker, who was about 34 at the time, spent $6.85 million on a penthouse at 195 Hudson Street in the downtown Manhattan neighborhood of Tribeca.

According to Architectural Digest , the 8,000-square-foot apartment has an additional 3,000 square feet of outdoor terrace. It's in a 27-unit building that was converted from a 1929 brick warehouse in 1999, according to real-estate listings site StreetEasy .

In 2008, he and Beyoncé held an intimate wedding ceremony at the penthouse, with only 40 people in attendance. Architectural Digest reported in 2024 that the couple is believed to still own the home.

Beyoncé and Jay-Z are also linked to a home in New Orleans that used to be a church.

Louisiana is where Beyoncé's mother — fashion designer Tina Knowles — was born and raised.

In 2015, multiple news outlets reported that the couple purchased a Spanish Baroque-style mansion in New Orleans' Garden District. The house on Harmony Street, locally known as La Casa de Castille, was listed for $2.6 million at the time of its purchase, but the exact sales purchase price remains a mystery due to Louisiana's non-disclosure policy .

NOLA.com outlined how the church became a residence : In the 1920s, Westminster Presbyterian Church built it, and 38 members of the Ku Klux Klan allegedly attended its groundbreaking ceremony. Following years of vacancy, dancer Harvey Hysell transformed it into a ballet theater in 1977. Finally, in the early 2000s, it was purchased and extensively renovated.

According to the old Zillow listing , it still has 16-foot ceilings and stained-glass windows. The 13,300-square-foot, three-story property, made up of a main residence and three separate apartments, has a total of seven bedrooms, eight bathrooms, and a rooftop garden.

In 2021, a fire affected the property, and it was listed for sale shortly after at $3.5 million, later increased to $4.45 million, TMZ reported. However, it was later taken off the market, according to Architectural Digest.

When looking on Google Maps' Street View, La Casa de Castille is blurred, suggesting that it is indeed owned by the notoriously private couple.

Beyoncé and Jay-Z own a home in the Hamptons, a historically posh vacation destination for New Yorkers.

Beyoncé and Jay-Z clearly have a New York state of mind when it comes to real estate.

In addition to the Tribeca penthouse and a midtown Manhattan condo — which Beyoncé owned prior to their marriage and sold in 2017 for $10 million — they have rented and owned several homes in the Hamptons .

In 2012, the year their daughter Blue Ivy was born, they leased a 31,000-square-foot summer-vacation home in Bridgehampton for $400,000 a month.

Beyond the standard luxuries expected in such properties, such as a bar, a pool, and a tennis court, that mansion also featured a bowling alley, rock climbing wall, and skateboard half-pipe, according to Architectural Digest.

In 2017, the couple purchased the Pond House in East Hampton for a staggering $26 million.

Located at 81 Briar Patch Road , the 12,000-square-foot mansion with seven bedrooms, seven bathrooms, and a separate cottage was designed by architect Stanford White, whose work includes the arch in Washington Square Park.

The couple's waterfront property sits across from Georgica Pond and a 17-acre meadow preserve, offering unparalleled privacy.

Beyoncé and Jay-Z purchased a 34,000-square-foot estate in Bel Air, a posh enclave of Los Angeles, in 2017.

Also in 2017, Beyoncé and Jay-Z bought an $88 million mansion in Bel Air .

(They welcomed twins Rumi and Sir that year, too.)

The ultramodern 34,000-square-foot estate has eight bedrooms, 20 bathrooms, and a 90-foot infinity pool, according to its Zillow listing .

It has more than 10,000 square feet of outdoor living space and near panoramic views of Angeles National Forest.

In 2023, Beyoncé and Jay-Z bought the most expensive home in California history.

In 2023, Beyoncé and Jay-Z purchased a 40,000-square-foot mansion in Malibu's exclusive Paradise Cove neighborhood, which some have dubbed " Billionaires' Beach ," for a staggering $190 million.

The sale set a record for the most expensive property transaction in California and was also the largest residential sale nationwide that year.

The estate's record-breaking price tag is attributed in part to its high-pedigree design and extensive array of amenities.

According to Architectural Digest, it took the previous owners, art collectors Bill Bell and his wife Maria Bell , a decade and a half to complete the building.

Spanning over 8 acres, the compound is designed in a Japanese minimalist style, which its architect Tadao Ando is known for.

According to E! News , the main residence has 8 bedrooms and 11 bathrooms, while its living room features custom-made fixtures imported from Italy. Outside, there are four separate pools, a bar, and a private helipad.

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Beyonce and Jay Z Moving to Nashville to Begin New Chapter

Beyonce and Jay Z are moving to Nashville, Tennessee after failing to win Album of the Year as a pop star.

Insiders claim country music has become a full blown passion for the mom-of-three. Beyonce’s country music album Act II: Cowboy Carter sits atop the Billboard chart for the 2nd week in a row.

The “Texas Hold ‘Em” singer hopes her new album will finally fetch the Grammy Album of the Year that she is so desperate for.

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Beyoncé is going all in on her re-branding as a country music star. Not only is her debut country album Cowboy Carter topping the charts, but now Beyoncé and her husband, Jay-Z are shopping for a mansion in Nashville and looking to open up a music venue there as well. According to my source, Beyoncé is already working on a follow-up country album. This isn’t just a gimmick for her – it’s become a passion.

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Beyonce's Renaissance World Tour: See all the epic photos and fashions

Beyoncé is currently making her way through the North American leg of her Renaissance World Tour and captivating concertgoers with her dazzling performances and fashion moments.

The Grammy-winning singer most recently performed at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, Tuesday night and will perform next at FedExField in Summerfield, Maryland, Aug. 5-6.

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Here are some of Beyoncé's most stunning looks from her shows so far:

Beyoncé first kicked off her world tour in Europe in May, wowing audiences with her vocals, theatrics and style choices in major cities including, Paris, London and Barcelona.

One standout look came during her first show in London, when she stepped out onstage in a red bespoke Off-White bodysuit, which was covered in 40,000 red hotfix crystals , according to the label.

She also wore a custom bee-inspired look from Mugler.

The singer's 11-year-old daughter Blue Ivy Carter has also appeared on the Renaissance World Tour stage. Blue Ivy made her tour debut during her mom's show in Paris . She also took the stage during Beyoncé's concert tour stop in East Rutherford, New Jersey, at MetLife Stadium.

See more of Beyoncé's showstopping looks below:

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Read on for everything you need to know about Beyoncé's world tour.

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When did Beyoncé announce the world tour?

Seven months after the release of her seventh studio album, "Renaissance," the "Cuff It" singer took to Instagram to announce her Renaissance World Tour .

The tour is her first solo tour in more than six years.

When did the Renaissance tour start?

The Renaissance World Tour kicked off Wednesday, May 10, at the Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden.

According to the Friends Arena website , the show was slated to run for three hours.

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When does the tour run until.

In addition to Stockholm, Paris, London and Barcelona, the European leg of her tour made stops in Belgium, the United Kingdom, and Denmark. Beyoncé's final European show was in Warsaw, Poland, on June 28.

The North American leg of the world kicked off in Toronto at Rogers Centre on July 8. Following her show at FedExField -- which is located just outside Washington, D.C. -- the singer will head to Charlotte, North Carolina; Atlanta; and Tampa, Florida.

Beyoncé's final scheduled performance of the tour will be held Oct. 1 at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri.

When was the last time Beyoncé toured?

Beyoncé's last solo tour was the Formation World Tour in 2016, which followed the release of her sixth studio album, "Lemonade."

In 2018, she toured with her husband Jay-Z, for the On The Run Tour.

What is the Renaissance World Tour setlist?

During her tour, Beyoncé has performed songs off her latest album, including "Cuff It," "Heated" and "Virgo's Groove."

At her first tour stop in Stockholm on May 10, she sang a number of fan favorites, including "1+1," "Run the World (Girls)," "Get Me Bodied," and "America Has a Problem," among others.

Beyoncé's "Renaissance" album was released on July 29, 2022, after it was leaked two days prior. The album is the first part of a three-act project and features a total of 16 tracks with collaborations from artists such as Drake, Tems and Pharrell Williams.

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In an Instagram post, the singer said that "Renaissance" was recorded over three years during the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Creating this album allowed me a place to dream and to find escape during a scary time for the world," she said. "It allowed me to feel free and adventurous in a time when little else was moving. My intention was to create a safe place, a place without judgment. ... It was a beautiful journey of exploration."

How to get Beyonce 2023 tour tickets

While tickets to see the singer on tour sold out quickly in many cities around the world when sales began in February, fans can still purchase tickets on Ticketmaster.

This article was originally published on May 10, 2023.

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Beyoncé’s Daughter Rumi, 6, Breaks Musical Record Held by Sister Blue Ivy

Beyoncé’s youngest daughter rumi, 6, broke a record held by her older sister, blue ivy, 12, for her feature on cowboy carter ’s “protector.”.

Beyoncé 's girls are running the world. 

Jay-Z and the "Texas Hold ‘Em" singer's younger daughter, Rumi , just snatched a new record—right from her older sister Blue Ivy . 

As Rumi—twin to brother Sir —was featured on the "Protector" track of Cowboy Carter , she became the youngest woman to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 in history at just 6 years old. 

Track four on Beyoncé's new country album, which currently sits at number 42 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, features Rumi asking her mother, "Mom, can I hear the lullaby, please?" and surpasses the feature Blue, 12, had on Beyoncé's "Brown Skin Girl" in 2019, which peaked at number 76. Blue sang on the Lion King   movie track at just 7 years old. 

And while Rumi may have surpassed her older sister in being the youngest woman to ever chart on the Billboard Hot list, Blue still holds a record for being the youngest overall person to claim a spot on any Billboard chart . 

Blue was credited under the moniker "B.I.C." on Jay-Z's "Glory" in 2012, which features her coos just after she was born. The song did not hit Billboard's hot list, but it did chart on Hot Rap Songs and Hot R&B charts. 

Blue doesn't have a feature on her mom's latest album, but she is certainly still following in her footsteps. In fact, the tween often appeared on stage alongside her mom during the Renaissance tour as a backup dancer during "My Power." 

"I feel like now my mindset has changed," Blue said in the Renaissance concert film of continuing to join her mother on stage, despite criticism of her early performances. "I actually have to wake up in the morning and go to rehearsals, and I actually have to work hard."

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Beyoncé and Jay-Z were initially hesitant to allow Blue to join her mother's show, but her performances eventually made them very proud. 

"Blue is fearless," Beyoncé said of her daughter in the film . "What I love the most is she becomes fearless, and I can see the growth and the confidence and her trusting herself more and more."

And while Blue continues to build a name for herself in the industry, it's exciting for fans to get a bold introduction to Rumi's own power on the record-breaking track. 

Read on for more of Rumi and Sir's best moments.

A sweet feature

The "Texas Hold 'Em" singer featured daughter Rumi Carter on her new country album Cowboy Carter . 

"Protector," the fourth song on the project, begins with Rumi asking, "Mom, can I hear the lullaby, please?" The clip leads into an acoustic ballad reflecting on her deep love for her children

While pregnant with her twins, the award-winning singer gave an incredible performance at the 2017 Grammys. It's safe to say  Rumi and Sir Carter had the best seats in the house!

A month after welcoming her twins, the proud mom took to Instagram to gush over the babies. She wrote , "Sir Carter and Rumi 1 month today."

In July 2022, Beyoncé thanked her kids ahead of her  Renaissance album release.

"I want to give a special thank you to Rumi, Sir and Blue for allowing me the space, creativity, and inspiration," she wrote on her website alongside this photo. "And a special thanks to my husband and muse, who held me down during those late nights in the studio."

The group posed together as The Proud Family for Halloween 2023.

The Houston native flashes a huge smile as she carries her babies.

Rumi joined Bey and Madonna for a backstage tour photo in July 2023 alongside Madonna's daughters Mercy, Stella and Estere.

The twins adorably take a dip in the ocean in matching outfits.

The father-daughter duo looks at the amazing views as they enjoy a boat ride together.

The "Spirit" singer kicked off 2021 with a sweet video that captured heartwarming moments with her family . "Cheers to a New Year Beyhive," she captioned her Instagram. "2020 divided us and united us. Most could not see loved ones and we felt too many losses, but we were united by our humanity."

To celebrate her 38th birthday, the award-winning singer shared behind-the-scenes pics of how she rang in her special day. In one photo, her kids help her blow out her candles.

The "Black Parade" singer honors her son during the Black Is King visual album, writing, "And to all our sons and daughters, the sun and the moon. Bow for you. You are the keys to the kingdom."

A family affair! Beyoncé strikes a pose with her daughters, as well as her mother, Tina Knowles-Lawson , during the "Brown Skin Girl" music video in Black Is King .

A moment that's too cute for words!

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