Beyonce ‘Renaissance’ sparks world tour
Thursday 02 February 2023
The superstar will start her Renaissance world tour in Sweden in May with stops throughout Europe and the United States.
The highly anticipated tour announcement she made on Instagram and her website on Thursday (NZT) comes days before the Grammy Awards, where the global superstar is the most nominated artist and could make Recording Academy history.
Beyoncé, the most decorated woman in Grammy history with 28 wins, could break the late Hungarian-British conductor Georg Solti’s record for most awards won if she wins four awards.
Her 2022 album Renaissance is a celebration of dance music and is nominated for album of the year. Her tour will make stops in London, Paris, Barcelona and Toronto before ending September 27 in New Orleans. The tour announcement is only for Europe and US shows at this stage.
There were hints that she might tour again after she performed an invite-only show in January in Dubai at the Atlantis The Royal Resort, her first show in four years. Her last solo tour was in 2016, but she went on tour with her husband Jay Z in 2018.
Ticketmaster said in a release that sales will begin February 6 and fans will need to register through their Verified Fan system. Sale times will vary based on city.
Ticketmaster faced intense scrutiny after the meltdown tied to the mad rush for tickets to Taylor Swift's Era's Tour in November. The fiasco prompted a Senate hearing and criticism from US politicians that Ticketmaster is a "monopoly" causing damage to the live music industry, The Washington Post reported.
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