This ain’t Texas, that is Tottenham. Queen Bey was again at White Hart Lane and in her ingredient in her star-spangled nation period, performing within the north London rain as her Cowboy Carter tour rolled into city ★★★★★

Beyoncé silenced the critics claiming she had ‘a whole lot of unsold seats’ at her Cowboy Carter tour as she wowed an (virtually) offered out crowd at White Hart Lane. Queen Bey even perched on high of a flying neon horseshoe to nearer examine the adoring followers packed into the far corners of the Tottenham stadium and filling the floorspace.

“Thanks for all of your stunning outfits. Thanks for dressing up,” she tells them, surveying the ocean of denim, stetson hats and sequins round her. It appears everybody obtained the Cowboy Carter memo and got here dressed for a hoedown in north London. “I postponed my wedding ceremony to come back to this rodeo,” one fan signal reads.

Whereas everybody is prepared for a celebration, earlier than she got here on stage tonight, there have been whispers that Beyonce’s newest tour hadn’t offered effectively and swathes of seats remained up for grabs. Nevertheless, as soon as the band kicks in with opening ballad American Requiem, it is clear that solely a handful of restricted view seats are going spare – which some followers seize the prospect to maneuver to in a bid to increase their dancefloor.

And the entire stadium was up dancing all evening lengthy to already liked tracks from Beyonce’s country-inspired 2024 album to effectively worn anthems spanning her again catalogue. Beyonce even throws in some Future’s Youngster hits to the delight of the group to actually cement how lengthy she’s been on high.

And on high she is, from flawless vocals and choreography and a seamless mix of daring stunts and spectacular visuals. In a single part, the Texas native climbs on high of a gold-plated bucking mechanical bull as she gyrates and will get thrown backward and forward with out lacking a observe.

However this isn’t Beyonce’s first rodeo, and it’s no gimmick. Born and raised in Houston, Bey is a bona fide nation lady, driving horses from an early age as residence footage relationship again to 1993 reminds the group.

The crackly video montage strikes from Beyonce’s humble upbringing to showcase a few of her profession highlights from singing at Barack Obama’s inauguration to her apparent delight at performing alongside her idols Tina Turner and Diana Ross.

Beyonce’s final world tour, Renaissance, arrived in London simply days after Tina’s dying in Might 2023, with the singer pausing her set to pay homage with a rendition of River Deep, Mountain Excessive. Tonight, Beyonce focuses on her nation roots as she belts out a revamped hit of one other idol, Dolly Parton with feminine anthem Jolene.

As perfectionist Bey strikes between ‘chapters’ of hits, the thrilling set comes with only one minor hiccup. Whereas busting out some strikes within the disco part, Beyonce’s gold-sequinned chaps come unfastened and fall to her ankles, leaving a backup dancer frantically attempting to tug them again collectively at her hips. A quickly frozen Beyonce’ laughs off the wardrobe mishap as the group roars with help till she’s in a position to transfer once more.

The evening then takes a shifting flip as Beyonce brings out each daughters Blue Ivy and Rumi to the stage as she sings ballad Protector, written as a lullaby to them. Blue, 12, joined Beyonce on her newest tour changing into one in all her stand-out backing dancers. On her debut, seven-year-old Rumi is already exhibiting indicators of the household’s entertainer gene as she confidently waves and beams to followers whereas adorably singing alongside together with her mum. Little question rapper dad Jay Z was someplace within the crowd too proudly wanting on.

As Beyonce’s near-three hour set thrills the group, not even the climate can cease the celebrity entertainer. “The rain feels so good!” she cries. “I’m having an excellent time with y’all tonight!”, she provides. The beginning of six nights on the Spurs floor already looks like the beginning of one other iconic run for the unstoppable singer. Think about your self fortunate to have tickets! Yee-haw.