Beyoncé has introduced that she’s going to tour behind Cowboy Carter this yr, confirming rumors that started with a teaser announcement—ultimately delayed because of the Los Angeles wildfires—final month. No dates or cities have but been introduced; solely a photograph and transient graphic accompany the information. The announcement comes on the day of the Grammys ceremony, the place Beyoncé is competing for her first-ever Album of the Yr win.
The forthcoming run might be simply the seventh headlining tour of Beyoncé’s profession. It follows 2023’s large Renaissance World Tour, which included 56 stops and visitor appearances from Kendrick Lamar and Megan Thee Stallion, grossing a whopping $592 million. Then Beyoncé rolled all of it up right into a film that topped the U.S. field workplace and snuck a brand new tune, “My Home,” into the top credit. Followers didn’t have to attend as lengthy for a follow-up tour right now as they did again then—that Renaissance outing was her first headlining tour in seven years.
Beyoncé shared a since-deleted teaser of right now’s announcement instantly after her Christmas Day halftime present, amid the Houston Texans and Baltimore Ravens’ sport at NRG Stadium. In a clip shared on her social channels, she waved the Stars and Stripes in a cowboy hat whereas sitting astride a horse, in a spin on her Cowboy Carter getups. Since that file’s launch final March, Beyoncé bought concerned within the Kamala Harris ill-fated election marketing campaign, shared a Baywatch-themed get-out-the-vote video, and obtained a bunch of nominations for subsequent month’s Grammy Awards.
Examine Cowboy Carter’s “II Palms II Heaven” in Pitchfork’s rundown of “The 100 Greatest Songs of 2024.”