Beyoncé has announced her highly anticipated ‘Renaissance’ world tour. This will be the singers first tour in seven years. Beyoncé’s last tour was her Formation World Tour, in 2016, which supported her sixth album, Lemonade.
The formation tour sold over 300,000 tickets in the UK alone and saw her perform in London, Cardiff, Glasgow, Sunderland and Manchester. Beyoncé sold out tickets for Wembley arena, which has a 90,000 capacity, in just minutes, to which she added an additional tour date.
The Renaissance tour will commence on 10 May, in Stockholm and will proceed in parts of Europe and in stadiums across the UK in the Spring and Summer of 2023.
The superstar announced the news of her upcoming tour to her Instagram, in which she captioned ‘RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR 2023′
The world tour is in support of her most recent album, ‘Renaissance,’ which debuted in the summer of 2022. The album has been certified gold in the UK and debuted at number one in the UK charts.
Renaissance became Beyoncé’s fourth UK number one album, following on from previous albums ‘Dangerously in love‘ (2003), ‘4‘ (2011) and ‘Lemonade‘ (2016).
Beyoncé openly spoke about how she developed her album, Renaissance, during the COVID-19 lockdown. Prior to its release, the album was reportedly leaked online. Beyoncé later posted a message to social media, expressing her influence and ‘intention’ for the album, which was supposedly in response to the album leak.
”Creating this album allowed me a place to dream and to find escape during a scary time for the world. 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. A place to be free of perfectionism and overthinking. A place to scream. Release. Feel Freedom. It was a beautiful journey of exploration.”
Following the release of ‘Renaissance’, the album was praised for its platforming of LGBTQ+ artists. However, Beyoncé was later criticised for choosing to perform an exclusive, invite only, concert at the private opening of luxury Dubai hotel, Atlantis The Royal, in January. The criticism emerged due to the United Arab Emirates’ criminalisation of Homosexuality.
Renaissance includes collaborations and samples from artists, such as; Drake, Kelis, Tems, Grace Jones and more. Popular feel-good anthems ‘’Break my soul’’ and ‘‘Cuff It’‘ both made number one on the Official trending chart.
Many Tik Tok users worldwide, contributed to a dance trend on the platform for the track ‘’Cuff It.’’ The sound for the song on Tik Tok now has over 2 million videos made, using the sound.
Although the song was used and heard millions of times on the Tik Tok app, ‘’Cuff It‘’ didn’t make the top spot in the UK charts and peaked at Number five.
The Renaissance tour will consist of eight UK stadium tour dates. Five of those dates are at the London Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The UK tour beings in Cardiff 17 May.
Beyoncé UK Renaissance Tour Dates:
17/05/2023 – Principality Stadium – Cardiff
20/05 – BT Murrayfield Stadium – Edinburgh
23/05 – Stadium of Light – Sunderland
29/05 – Tottenham Hotspur Stadium – London
30/05 – Tottenham Hotspur Stadium – London
01/06 – Tottenham Hotspur Stadium – London
03/06 – Tottenham Hotspur Stadium – London
04/06 – Tottenham Hotspur Stadium – London
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