Beyoncé 'Cowboy Carter' Tour Kick-Off: Pictures From Evening One

Beyoncé launched her Cowboy Carter and the Rodeo Chitlin Circuit world tour on Monday night time (April 28) with the primary of 5 reveals at SoFi Stadium in L.A. And, as typical, it was a high-energy, high-fashion feast for the eyes and ears that lasted practically three-hours.

After opening with the Cowboy Carter monitor “Ameriican Requiem” and her tackle the Beatles’ “Blackbiird,” Bey slid right into a little bit of “The Star Spangled Banner” (through Jimi Hendrix’s searing Woodstock model of the Nationwide Anthem) because the video display screen behind her flashed an empowering, pressing message: “By no means ask permission for one thing that already belongs to you.” With a pit cease at Lemonade‘s “Freedom,” she was quickly joined by 13-year-old daughter Blue Ivy for a run by way of the medley of Cowboy Carter‘s “YA YA,” and the 2008 I Am… Sasha Fierce monitor “Why Don’t You Love Me,” throughout which the teenager as soon as once more confirmed off her already formidable dance expertise.

Later within the present, one of many singer and husband Jay-Z’s different kids, seven-year-old Rumi Carter, made a shock look throughout “Protector,” smiling and waving to the gang throughout her first-ever on-stage look together with her mother.

Whereas the 36-song set record leaned closely into Queen Bey’s Grammy album of the yr successful LP, it additionally included stops at a few of her most beloved hits, together with “Formation,” “Cuff It” and “Loopy in Love” as she paid tribute to her nation foremothers and fathers on such banjo- and fiddle-licked tracks as “Texas Maintain ‘Em” and “II Most Needed” whereas accompanied by two dozen dancers.

The present had a Wild West theme woven all through the narrative, together with the singer using an enormous robotic mechanical bull and peaking with Beyoncé taking over a crusty white cowboy in a gun battle. The night time ended with Beyoncé flying round in a traditional automobile as she led a sing-along to the Cowboy Carter single “16 Carriages.”

Take a look at photos from the primary night time beneath.