![]() ![]() ![]() They took the stage together and separately - exchanging it more than 20 times. Jay and Bey performed an epic 42-song set that lasted nearly two-and-a-half hours. The show may have started 90 minutes late, but once the couple took the stage, all was forgiven. Sounds familiar.Īppropriately, the couple opened the show with their first collaboration as a couple, "03 Bonnie and Clyde," from Jay's seventh release, The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse (Roc-a-Fella/Def Jam). Their muses were an infamous crime duo from Texas (Bey's home state) immortalized by the intense, somewhat outlandish coverage of them by popular media. Power-duo Jay Z and Beyonce kicked off their Bonnie-and-Clyde-inspired 'On the Run' tour at the sold-out Sun Life Stadium in Miami. In addition to those songs, " La-La-La (Excuse Me Miss Again)", " I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)" (both performed with Pharrell), " Empire State of Mind", " XO", " Ave Maria", " Halo", and "713" were added to the setlist.Image Credit: Photo Credit: Jeff Daly/Invision for Parkwood Entertainment/AP Images ![]() Songs that were performed were "Holy Grail", "Part II (On the Run)", "'03 Bonnie and Clyde", "Apeshit", "Nice" (with Pharrell Williams), "Drunk in Love", "Perfect Duet" (with Ed Sheeran), "No Church in the Wild", "Niggas in Paris", "Beach Is Better" / "Formation", "Run the World (Girls)", "Public Service Announcement", "The Story of O.J.", "Deja Vu", "Crazy in Love", "Freedom" and "Forever Young". During the Johannesburg show, the setlist was widely shortened due to the show being apart of the Global Citizen Festival.During the second show in Chicago and the show in Detroit, The Carters performed "Summer".Starting with the second show in East Rutherford, "Nice" was added to the setlist.Starting with the show in Philadelphia, "Bam" and " Hold Up" were removed from the setlist and replaced with "Black Effect".During the second show in Paris, The Carters performed " Apeshit", which was later added to the setlist starting the Cleveland show.Starting with the show in Stockholm, " You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)" was removed from the setlist.Starting with the show in Copenhagen, " Me, Myself and I" was removed from the setlist.Additionally, " Mi Gente (Remix)" and " Mine" were added to the setlist. Starting with the show in Manchester, " Top Off" and " No Church in the Wild" were removed from the setlist.This set list is representative of the October 4 show in Seattle, Washington. " FuckWithMeYouKnowIGotIt" / " Flawless".Bonginkosi Tshabalala of No Name publications added that the show at Houston proved that "no matter what happens LOVE wins". However, with over 60 songs rehearsed for the tour, the set list was believed to change between shows. Beyoncé was critiqued after some of her "biggest hits" were left out of the set list on the opening night, including " Halo" and " Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)". Writing for The Guardian, Rachel Aroesti awarded the concert four out of five stars and noted that the concept of the show revolved around the singers showing the "deathless nature of their love rather than its perfection". He called it a sort of reaffirmation of dominance for the pair as they deliver a "a hits-packed, visually stunning show". Mark Sutherland from Rolling Stone gave the opening show in Cardiff a positive review. The opening show in Cardiff received positive reviews. īillboard ranked On the Run II Tour as the 3rd-highest-grossing tour of the year, selling over 2,177,049 tickets and grossing over $253 million. Newly added shows were also announced on March 20, in Columbus, Columbia, Seattle, and London. įollowing the first day of general sale, an extra show was added in Amsterdam, after the first date sold out within an hour, as well as in Paris, Landover, East Rutherford, Chicago, Atlanta, Houston, Pasadena and London. It followed 2014's On the Run Tour.Ĭommercial performance Beyoncé and Jay Z performing at the tour.īillboard stated the tour could double the On the Run Tour's gross, predicting it could gross between $180 million and $200 million, if the success of the previous tour is replicated. The all-Stadium tour began on June 6, 2018, in Cardiff and concluded on December 2, 2018, in Johannesburg. The On the Run II Tour was the second co-headlining all- stadium tour by American singer Beyoncé and rapper Jay-Z. ![]()
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