Beyoncé announces Cowboy Carter stadium tour, with dates in US, UK and France
Beyoncé announces Cowboy Carter stadium tour, with dates in US, UK and France
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Beginning in April, singer will play 22 dates, including four at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Beyoncé has announced a stadium tour for her foray into country music, Cowboy Carter, including four dates at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The tour spans 22 dates, chiefly in the US, beginning in Los Angeles’s SoFi Stadium on 28 April before heading to Chicago, East Rutherford, Houston (her home city), Washington DC and Atlanta. The four London dates begin 5 June, followed by two at Paris’s Stade de France.
The news comes the day after the Grammy awards, where Cowboy Carter was named album of the year and best country album, while the track II Most Wanted, a duet with Miley Cyrus, won best country duo/group performance. It extended Beyoncé’s record as the most awarded artist in Grammys history, with 35 wins from 99 nominations. The tour announcement had long been anticipated, and was postponed following the wildfires in Los Angeles.
Beyoncé gave the world a high-profile preview of how Cowboy Carter’s material will play out live, in a Christmas Day half-time show during an NFL game in Houston. Featuring special guests including Post Malone, Shaboozey and her daughter Blue Ivy, she ran through a medley of Cowboy Carter tracks complete with live brass sections and dozens of dancers. The album is the second part of a mooted trilogy beginning with Renaissance in 2022, which explored house music and other club-focused styles. Beyoncé toured that album and documented the making of it in a self-directed film of the same name. Comprising 56 shows across Europe and north America, it became her highest-grossing tour, bringing in $579m in revenue.
Beyoncé is employing multiple pre-sales before tickets go on general sale. The first is for existing members of her Beyhive fan club, beginning 11 February. Those who aren’t already signed up can register by 6 February for an “artist presale”, which begins 13 February. On 12 February are a series of sponsored pre-sales, for US customers of Verizon and Citi, and UK and French Mastercard customers. The general sale begins 14 February.
