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‘Renaissance’ 2023 World Tour: Here’s Where to Get Last-Minute Beyoncé Tickets Online

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Please don’t be alarmed and try to remain calm — nearly six years since her last solo trek, Beyoncé is back and (hopefully) heading to a city near you before wrapping her tour this fall. The superstar announced her massive Renaissance world tour back in February, marking Beyoncé’s first global solo tour in support of her seventh album of the same name. With the tour winding down, there’s only a few weeks left to score Beyoncé tickets . Get Beyoncé Tickets on Vivid Seats

With the final month of the Renaissance tour approaching, Beyoncé shared a statement on Instagram that “Virgo Season is upon us.” She continued: “This tour has been such a joy and as we approach the last month, my birthday wish is to celebrate with you wearing your most fabulous silver fashions to the shows 8.23 – 9.22! We’ll surround ourselves in a shimmering human disco ball each night. Everybody mirroring each other’s joy. Virgo Season together in the house of chrome. See you there! Your B at RWT.”

Ticket registration and sales for Beyoncé’s tour were previously split into three different groups, and now Beyoncé tickets are on sale for all remaining dates, including on Ticketmaster and Vivid Seats .

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With just a few more weeks to go of Beyoncé’s tour, you can still find last-minute Beyoncé tickets online to sold-out shows. If you don’t find available seats on Ticketmaster , you can try checking ticket resellers like Vivid Seats . Rolling Stone readers can use the promo code RS2023 at checkout to save $20 on purchases $200 or more.

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Renaissance World Tour 2023 North America Dates

Wondering if Beyoncé is playing a show in your area? Below are the remaining cities the Grammy winner will visit for the 2023 North American leg of the Renaissance tour . Beyoncé previously also added an additional three shows to the tour, including Atlanta (8/14/23), Las Vegas, (8/27/23), and Inglewood, CA (9/4/23).

Not surprisingly, Ticketmaster said it saw a massive demand for the Renaissance tour in a blog on its website. “Fan demand already exceeds the number of tickets available by more than 800% based on the registration numbers in the Group A cities. It is expected that many interested fans may not be able to get tickets because demand drastically exceeds supply.”

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While we won’t give too much away about the Renaissance tour set list (though you’ve likely seen much of it on TikTok), you can hear more about the show in Rolling Stone Music Now ‘s podcast episode . It’s a deep-dive into what fans can expect during the concert. In short, you can likely plan to hear everything from deep cuts like opener “Dangerously in Love,” along with Renaissance tracks like “Alien Superstar,” “Cuff It,” and closer “Summer Renaissance.” Plus: “Love on Top,” “Crazy in Love,” “1+1,” and more.

When Are Beyoncé Renaissance World Tour Tickets On Sale?

According to Ticketmaster at the time, “Beyoncé is distributing tickets in three different Verified Fan sales: BeyHive Presale powered by Ticketmaster Verified Fan; Citi Presale powered by Verified Fan and the General Verified Fan Onsale. Additionally, there will be a Verizon Up Presale. Registration windows vary by city, so check the schedule below and be sure to note when the window closes for the show you’re interested in attending.”

In other words, if you tried to register for Verified Fan presale, you needed to see which group your city was a part of ahead of time. Group A registration was open until Feb. 2, with Group B registration previously scheduled until Feb. 9, and Group C until Feb. 16.

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European dates started in May, and Beyoncé embarked on the North American leg of the Renaissance tour over the summer, including stops in Toronto (read our Renaissance tour review ), Los Angeles, Houston, and New Orleans. Though Beyoncé headlined a show in Dubai — her first concert in four years at the time — she didn’t play any songs from Renaissance , Rolling Stone ‘s No. 1 album of 2022 (“the musical highlight of the year”) and a frontrunner at the 65th Grammys .

When Beyoncé dropped Renaissance last summer, Rolling Stone ‘s Mankaprr Conteh wrote that “Beyoncé flung open the doors to a nightclub of her own making, a place where anyone can be the hottest person in the galaxy … the album traverses eras of dance music to conjure the superhuman confidence and deeply human connection of a night out. The thematic triumph of the auteur’s seventh album is this union of the extraordinary and the earthly across it, a duality that lives on the dancefloors Renaissance was inspired by — and in all of us.”

How to Get Beyoncé Tickets With BeyHive Verified Fan Registration

BeyHive Verified Fan Presale started Feb. 6 for those who registered in Group A, followed by Groups B and C.

The first round of the BeyHive presale arrived just one day after Beyoncé made Grammys history on Feb. 5. With 32 wins under her belt, Beyoncé broke the record for the most Grammy Awards in music history, winning the Grammy for Best Dance/Electronic Album for Renaissance .

“I’d like to thank my beautiful husband, my beautiful three children who are at home watching,” Queen Bey said during her acceptance speech. “I’d like to thank the queer community, for your love, and for inventing this genre. God bless you. Thank you so much to the Grammys.”

While Renaissance didn’t win a trophy for Album of the Year , Beyoncé still took home a slew of other awards, including Best R&B Song for “Cuff It,” Best Dance/Electronic Record for “Break My Soul,” and Best Traditional R&B Performance for “Plastic Off the Sofa.”

“You changed my life,” Lizzo told Beyoncé during her Grammys acceptance speech for her Record of the Year win. “You sang that gospel medley, and the way you made me feel, I was like, ‘I want to make people feel this way with my music.’ So thank you so much. You clearly are the artist of our lives.”

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Break my soul, break these records: Beyoncé's Renaissance World Tour by the numbers

Meanwhile, it's been 15 months since Renaissance dropped and we're still listening to it. No skips.

Lester Fabian Brathwaite is a staff writer at Entertainment Weekly , where he covers breaking news, all things Real Housewives , and a rich cornucopia of popular culture. Formerly a senior editor at Out magazine, his work has appeared on NewNowNext , Queerty , Rolling Stone , and The New Yorker . He was also the first author signed to Phoebe Robinson's Tiny Reparations imprint. He met Oprah once.

The Renaissance World Tour has come to a close, leaving a trail of snatched wigs, discarded silver lamé, and depleted checkbooks in its wake.

All in all, Beyoncé 's ninth concert tour pulled in $579 million, making it the highest-grossing tour by a female artist in history, and the seventh-highest-grossing tour overall.

But if you look at it based on number of shows, Queen Bey maintains her crown. The Renaissance Tour had 56 shows that ran the course of the summer versus, say, the No. 6 highest-grossing tour, Guns N' Roses three-year, 158-show Never In This Lifetime... Tour.

And then there's the average gross per show: Bey made $10.3 million per show, compared to the highest-grossing tour of all-time, Elton John 's Farewell Yellow Brick Road, which averaged $2.8 million per show (it ran for five years and 330 shows, grossing $939.1 million).

The Renaissance Tour also broke Billboard's record for biggest one-month gross with $127.6 million.

All that money helped boost the American economy, with The New York Times estimating that the Bey bump generated about $4.5 billion, comparable to what the 2008 Olympics did for Beijing.

Across 10 countries and 39 cities, the Renaissance Tour machine employed 304 people, as Beyoncé gagged 2.7 million fans in 148 different looks from over 35 fashion houses, while singing 34 songs per night.

And for those who missed out on the live o-p-u-l-e-n-c-e, there's a Renaissance concert film coming to theaters Dec. 1, fulfilling the promise of those long-awaited visuals.

And we only had to wait 490 days. But who's counting?

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Beyoncé Kicks Off Her Renaissance World Tour In Stockholm, Sweden: Watch Performance And Stage Videos, See Photos, View The Setlist & More

Beyoncé returned to the stage with her hotly anticipated Renaissance World Tour, which saw the singer perform a three-hour set that included multiple live debuts of 'Renaissance' tracks and other classics.

BeyHive assemble: The moment has finally arrived. Beyoncé officially kicked off her 56-date Renaissance World Tour tonight in Stockholm, Sweden. Launching with a sold-out show at the Friends Arena in the Swedish capital, the tour marks Queen Bey's first tour in nearly five years and first solo tour in seven years. The world tour is in support of her GRAMMY-winning and history-making 2022 album , Renaissance , and also marks the first time she performed songs from the album on stage. 

Across a three-hour, 36-song set, which was split into seven acts, Beyoncé delivered an expansive, dazzling set spanning her broad and celebrated discography, including many live debuts of Renaissance tracks like "CUFF IT," "BREAK MY SOUL," "PLASTIC OFF THE SOFA," "VIRGO'S GROOVE," and many more. She also performed several Beyoncé classics like "Run the World (Girls)," her Megan Thee Stallion collab " Savage Remix ," "Crazy in Love," "Formation," and more.

*Beyoncé performs onstage during the opening night of her Renaissance World Tour at Friends Arena on May 10, 2023, in Stockholm, Sweden | Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Parkwood*

Released last July, Renaissance is Beyoncé's seventh solo album, all of which have topped the U.S charts. Renaissance garnered Beyoncé eight of her nine GRAMMY nominations at the 2023 GRAMMYs ; she was also nominated for Best Song Written For Visual Media for her original song "Be Alive" from the film King Richard .

Read More: A Timeline Of Beyoncé's GRAMMY Moments, From Her First Win With Destiny's Child to Making History With 'Renaissance'

At the 2023 GRAMMYs, she took home four GRAMMY Awards — including Best Dance/Electronic Recording for "Break My Soul," Best Dance/Electronic Music Album for Renaissance , Best Traditional R&B Performance for "Plastic Off The Sofa," and Best R&B Song for "Cuff It" — setting the record as the artist with the most GRAMMY wins of all time . When nominations for the 2023 GRAMMYs were announced last November, she was the most nominated artist for that GRAMMY Award year; she is currently tied with her husband and occasional music partner, Jay-Z , for the most GRAMMY nominations ever, counting 88 nominations each.

Beyoncé's Renaissance World Tour continues across Europe through late June and then heads to North America in July.

Below, check out the full setlist , view photos, watch videos, and see fan reactions from the BeyHive from the first night of Beyonce's Renaissance World Tour.

*Beyoncé performs onstage during the opening night of her Renaissance World Tour at Friends Arena on May 10, 2023, in Stockholm, Sweden | Photo: Andrew White*

*Beyoncé performs onstage during the opening night of her Renaissance World Tour at Friends Arena on May 10, 2023, in Stockholm, Sweden | Photo: Mason Poole*

Opening Act

The Signboard (Video Introduction)

Dangerously in Love 2 (Live Debut - Shortened)

Flaws and All

I'm Goin' Down ( Mary J. Blige cover)

RENAISSANCE

RENAISSANCE (Video Introduction)  

I'M THAT GIRL (Live Debut - Extended spoken intro)

COZY (Live Debut)

ALIEN SUPERSTAR (Live Debut)

Lift Off (JAY Z & Kanye West cover)

7/11 (Dancers Interlude)

MOTHERBOARD

MOTHERBOARD (Video Interlude)

CUFF IT (Live Debut)

ENERGY(Live Debut)

BREAK MY SOUL (Live Debut)

OPULENCE (Video Interlude)

Formation (Shortened)

Diva (Shortened)

Run the World (Girls) (Shortened)

MY POWER (Live Debut - Shortened)

BLACK PARADE (Live Debut)

Savage (Remix) (Megan Thee Stallion cover) (Live Debut)

Partition (Shortened)

ANOINTED (Video Interlude )

CHURCH GIRL(Live Debut)

Get Me Bodied (Shortened)

Before I Let Go (Maze featuring Frankie Beverly cover)

Rather Die Young

Love on Top

Crazy in Love

Freedom(Band Jam. Interlude)

ANOINTED - PT. 2

Love Hangover ( Diana Ross song) (Sung by the choristers)

PLASTIC OFF THE SOFA (Live Debut)

VIRGO'S GROOVE (Live Debut)

Naughty Girl

MOVE (Live Debut)

HEATED (Live Debut)

THIQUE (Live Debut)

ALL UP IN YOUR MIND (Live Debut)

Drunk in Love

MIND CONTROL

MIND CONTROL (Video Interlude)

AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM (Live Debut)

PURE/HONEY (Live Debut)

SUMMER RENAISSANCE (Live Debut)

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Afropop Legend Yemi Alade On New Album, 'Rebel Queen,' Historic Hits, & Working With Beyoncé

Ahead of the release of her latest album, 'Rebel Queen,' Yemi Alade discussed her career over the last decade and what it meant to work with Beyoncé. "That lady has really touched my life in a way that I will never forget"

Before Afrobeats icons Burna Boy , WizKid , and Tyla became globally recognized household names, Yemi Alade was the continent’s biggest pop star. On July 26, she will release her sixth studio album, Rebel Queen, which expands her repertoire with a world of adventurous pop sounds.  

The Nigerian singer/songwriter burst onto the African pop music scene in 2014 with " Johnny ," a now-classic tune that gained acclaim by its iconic video featuring a TV news reporter tracking the titular womanizer. The video made her the first Nigerian female artist to hit 100 million views on YouTube.   

Since then, Alade has had an illustrious career, collaborating with artists including Rick Ross , earning another 100 million-view video for " Oh My Gosh ," and featuring alongside fellow Africans Mr. Eazi and Tekno on the Beyoncé -curated soundtrack for The Lion King .

Her latest album, Rebel Queen , includes high-profile collaborations with Angélique Kidjo , Ziggy Marley , and dancehall star Konshens . The album promises a genre-jumping journey across the globe, incorporating amapiano ("Soweto to Ibiza"), highlife ("Chairman"), and even reggae ("Peace and Love") and dancehall ("Bop’).

Ahead of Rebel Queen ’s release, GRAMMY.com caught up with Alade about her progression as an artist, what it was like to work with Beyoncé and her team, and bridging international success.

This interview has been edited for clarity and length.

Your new album, ' Rebel Queen ', contains influences from all over Africa and beyond. Was that intentional?

Yes, you're correct that I wanted to make sure that the album had sounds that I actually genuinely love, from the amapiano influence to dancehall. And also , I personally wanted to go back to the foundation of Afrobeats , which are sounds and genres that I listened to growing up as a kid. When my parents took me to family parties, there were certain melodies and guitar strums that I fell in love with. And I wanted to revisit those nostalgic moments and put it all in this album.

There are a lot of high-profile collaborations on this record, such as Anjélique Kidjo and Ziggy Marley. How did you decide who to work with on ' Rebel Queen '?

Honestly my life is a roller coaster, same for every touring artist. We try to gather as much as we can while being in motion. Anjélique Kidjo is like my music mum, I love her. And when I made the record, "African Woman," who else would I feature on such a song if not Anjélique ? And as for Ziggy, he and I have a song that we did previously (" Look Who’s Dancing Now "), which was his song, and he featured me. And I wanted a tit-for-tat moment. So I sent the song to him. I felt like, who else but him? Every feature was necessary to complete the melody for each song, they are such a huge part of each one, not just in the fresh vibe that they bring.  

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It’s been ten years since you broke out with the massive hit " Johnny ." Back then, African pop music was relatively unknown in America. Since then, African artists have gained global recognition. Do you see yourself as a pioneer for the current Afropop movement?

I agree with you 100 percent, there is no way you authentically go through the history of, you know, building a bridge between Africa and the rest of the world via music without mentioning a song like "Johnny." It's definitely an honor for me to be the vessel that delivers such amazing music to the world. Of course, there were people way before me who also did the same thing. We're talking about Fela [Kuti]. We're talking about King Sunny Ade . At the end of the day, yes, music is metamorphosing into so much more. And definitely, I'm a pioneer [laughs].

You have a strong sense of storytelling, especially in your music videos. "Johnny" has an entire storyline about a news reporter investigating a womanizer. How important is that kind of storytelling to your music?

Storytelling is a big part of my artistry, because I feel everybody loves a good story. I find that even when I'm writing most times in the studio, there's always a picture I'm trying to paint, and it only makes sense for the visuals to kind of match that most of the time. Except sometimes we decide to make it a performance video because I just feel like dancing.

What’s the most memorable video you’ve ever done ?

Every one of my videos has taken a lot of pain, sweat, and even some tears. But I think "Johnny" is such a masterpiece, because it resonated with the entire world, and Africa especially. And it pretty much helped me to stay on my way through the industry, because it became my identity. That song and that video was the platform for the brand and everything that I am today. you know, so that is definitely the most memorable, in a good way.

You've traveled to and performed in America several times in your career. What's your overall impression?

I think I've done four or five American tours. And yo , America is so big [laughs]. My first American tour had me in shambles, because of the flights. I didn't realize that to go from one city to another, I might have to connect once or twice depending on how far I'm going. So the flights had me in shambles, but the energy of the people? Oh my days, lit! America is definitely one of my favorite places. I’m always reminding my agents to make sure that they include American cities on my tours, which is why even for the album listening parties for Rebel Queen , we did the first one in Paris, then London, and then we had to come to New York as well. And then just yesterday, we had one in Lagos as well.   

Since you first became popular, a lot of Afrobeats artists have gained a following abroad like Burna Boy and WizKid . It seems as though , at least looking at the artists that break outside of Africa, that the genre is still very male-dominated. Do you agree with that? And do you think there’s potential for more female artists to break out internationally?

Honestly, when I started out, the odds were really way more against women than they are right now, in that, there were female artists sprouting maybe once every two years, or once every year, and barely hanging around long enough. But now, the story is different. And I give kudos to all the women before me and all the women with me. Yes, in a male dominated society, it seems as though my male counterparts get their roses and their flowers for a second. And you know, once in a while someone comes back and remembers, "Oh, there's Yemi Alade." Do you know what I mean?  

I was speaking to someone earlier today and I was saying, I think what surprises me the most is that, I feel like there are no expectations of female artists. So like, if we do or we don't, people are just moving on. But I'm not the one to play victim, never. Despite the odds, you see that the females continue to be resilient, because we know. I know deep within that my existence is definitely of value to so many people out there.

What do you think of the upcoming generation of talent like Tems and Ayra Starr and Tyla, who recently won the first GRAMMY Award for Best African Music Performance for "Water?"

Exceptional, exceptional artists. As you just mentioned, they're doing amazingly well. And, you know, these women are unique in their own ways. And I want to just say that I believe it's just the starting point for them. There's so much to come. And there's so many other females that are still en route to greatness.

How have you seen the music industry in Africa evolve? And what sorts of challenges do you think African musicians face today?

I personally feel like, with all the momentum that Afrobeats has got, we need authentic platforms that can actually check the streaming numbers that are coming in for music, especially within Africa. Because at the moment it’s mostly Apple, Spotify, etc. But there are other platforms here in Africa that most Africans use, and they have more of a database compared to Apple and Spotify. We've come to a point where we need to have more credible numbers, because there's millions of people streaming music in Africa that are not on those platforms.

So you think that these local platforms need to be counted alongside Apple and Spotify?

100 percent. In Nigeria there’s two: Audiomack and Boomplay . Boomplay is a big deal.

You’re going on a decade in the industry. In all that time, what's one moment or one achievement that gives you the greatest sense of accomplishment? What are you most proud of in your career?

That’s a big question…I think I have an idea, because there've been so many moments in my life and in my career that have aligned with my dreams coming true. Number one is each time that I'm approached by a complete stranger and the stranger tells me "Oh my God, Yemi. You don't know what your music has done for me. Your music has gotten me through so much grief." Some people walk up to me and tell me that they just had the biggest struggle in their life and they listen to my music, and it always sends them into a realm of joy and happiness. Honestly, I feel accomplished in those moments, because when I record my music, I always say, the thing I'm trying to spread through my music the most is love, joy and happiness. So to have people testify to that, it means to me that the magic is complete, that my job is actually effective. So that makes me feel very accomplished.  

On a personal note, an accomplishment that I am most grateful to is the fact that I'm always able to comfortably take care of my family. It's something that I would never play down. You know, I'm just grateful to God for that.  

And lastly, aside from winning a GRAMMY through Angelique Kidjo — you know, I've met a lot of amazing people, and Beyoncé is one of them. So at the end of the day, it's a full circle moment for me. I'm just enjoying the ride.

You know, it’s funny you mentioned Beyoncé, I was just about to ask you what it was like to work with her.  

Oh my days — wow, working with her, it was such an experience for myself and my team. It was like, we're literally awake, walking in the dreams that we have dreamt for so long.The process of her team contacting us was a bit weird, because my management didn't realize that Parkwood [Entertainment] was a real company, that they were emailing them and talking about Beyoncé. They assumed that it was some kind of scam artist. But when they had sent it to me, I was like "What? Parkwood? Who doesn’t know Parkwood is Beyoncé?"  

So it turned out that it was for real, and we went to L.A. where the studio was, and I lost my voice for 24 hours — I couldn’t talk, I couldn’t sing. I just soaked up all the vitamin C's and hot teas and Throat Coats I could get. I managed to regain a little bit of my voice back and that's what I was able to record that day. That was a miracle for me. But one of the most memorable moments was actually meeting her in person. After the album, Lion King , came out, the movie was being premiered in London, and I happened to be in London at that time. We had met her in person, we met Jay Z . It was such a full circle moment. Honestly, that lady has really touched my life in a way that I will never forget. Because she could have lived her life without doing what she did, but she decided to reach out to people she felt were pillars of African music and pay homage to Africa. And I'm happy to have been part of that moment.

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Behind Ryan Tedder's Hits: Stories From The Studio With OneRepublic, Beyoncé, Taylor Swift & More

As OneRepublic releases their latest album, the group's frontman and pop maverick gives an inside look into some of the biggest songs he's written — from how Beyoncé operates to Tom Cruise's prediction for their 'Top Gun' smash.

Three months after OneRepublic began promoting their sixth album, Artificial Paradise , in February 2022, the band unexpectedly had their biggest release in nearly a decade. The pop-rock band's carefree jam, "I Ain't Worried," soundtracked Top Gun: Maverick 's most memeable scene and quickly became a global smash — ultimately delaying album plans in favor of promoting their latest hit.

Two years later, "I Ain't Worried" is one of 16 tracks on Artificial Paradise , which arrived July 12. It's a seamless blend of songs that will resonate with longtime and newer fans alike. From the layered production of "Hurt," to the feel-good vibes of "Serotonin," to the evocative lyrics of "Last Holiday," Artificial Paradise shows that OneRepublic's sound is as dialed-in as it is ever-evolving.

The album also marks the end of an era for OneRepublic, as it's the last in their contract with Interscope Records. But for the group's singer, Ryan Tedder , that means the future is even more exciting than it's been in their entire 15-year career.

"I've never been more motivated to write the best material of my life than this very moment," he asserts. "I'm taking it as a challenge. We've had a lot of fun, and a lot of uplifting records for the last seven or eight years, but I also want to tap back into some deeper material with the band."

As he's been prepping Artificial Paradise with his OneRepublic cohorts, Tedder has also been as busy as he's ever been working with other artists. His career as a songwriter/producer took off almost simultaneously with OneRepublic's 2007 breakthrough, "Apologize" (his first major behind-the-board hit was Leona Lewis ' "Bleeding Love"); to this day he's one of the go-to guys for pop's biggest names, from BLACKPINK to Tate McRae .

Tedder sat down with GRAMMY.com to share some of his most prominent memories of OneRepublic's biggest songs, as well as some of the hits he's written with Beyoncé , Adele , Taylor Swift and more.

OneRepublic — "Apologize," 'Dreaming Out Loud' (2007)

I was producing and writing other songs for different artists on Epic and Atlantic — I was just cutting my teeth as a songwriter in L.A. This is like 2004. I was at my lowest mentally and financially. I was completely broke. Creditors chasing me, literally dodging the taxman and getting my car repoed, everything.

I had that song in my back pocket for four years. A buddy of mine just reminded me last month, a songwriter from Nashville — Ashley Gorley , actually. We had a session last month, me, him and Amy Allen , and he brought it up. He was like, "Is it true, the story about 'Apologize'? You were completely broke living in L.A. and Epic Records offered you like 100 grand or something just for the right to record the song on one of their artists?"

And that is true. It was, like, 20 [grand], then 50, then 100. And I was salivating. I was, like, I need this money so bad . And I give so many songs to other people, but with that song, I drew a line in the sand and said, "No one will sing this song but me. I will die with this song." 

It was my story, and I just didn't want anyone else to sing it. It was really that simple. It was a song about my past relationships, it was deeply personal. And it was also the song that — I spent two years trying to figure out what my sound was gonna be. I was a solo artist… and I wasn't landing on anything compelling. Then I landed on "Apologize" and a couple of other songs, and I was like, These songs make me think of a band, not solo artist material. So it was the song that led me to the sound of OneRepublic, and it also led me to the idea that I should start a band and not be a solo artist.

We do it every night. I'll never not do it. I've never gotten sick of it once. Every night that we do it, whether I'm in Houston or Hong Kong, I look out at the crowd and look at the band, and I'm like, Wow. This is the song that got us here.

Beyoncé — "Halo," 'I Am…Sacha Fierce' (2008)

We were halfway through promoting Dreaming Out Loud , our first album. I played basketball every day on tour, and I snapped my Achilles. The tour got canceled. The doctor told me not to even write. And I had this one sliver of an afternoon where my wife had to run an errand. And because I'm sadistic and crazy, I texted [songwriter] Evan Bogart, "I got a three-hour window, race over here. Beyoncé called me and asked me to write her a song. I want to do it with you." He had just come off his huge Rihanna No. 1, and we had an Ashley Tisdale single together.

When you write enough songs, not every day do the clouds part and God looks down on you and goes, "Here." But that's what happened on that day. I turn on the keyboard, the first sound that I play is the opening sound of the song. Sounds like angels singing. And we wrote the song pretty quick, as I recall. 

I didn't get a response [from Beyoncé after sending "Halo" over], which I've now learned is very, very typical of her. I did Miley Cyrus and Beyoncé "II MOST WANTED" [from COWBOY CARTER ] — I didn't know that was coming out 'til five days before it came out. And when I did "XO" [from 2013's Beyoncé ], I found out that "XO" was coming out 12 hours before it came out. That's how she operates.

OneRepublic — "Good Life," 'Waking Up' (2009)

["Good Life"] was kind of a Hail Mary. We already knew that "All the Right Moves" would be the first single [from Waking Up ]. We knew that "Secrets" was the second single. And in the 11th hour, our engineer at the time — who I ended up signing as a songwriter, Noel Zancanella — had this drum loop that he had made, and he played it for Brent [Kutzle] in our band. Brent said, "You gotta hear this drum loop that Noel made. It's incredible."

He played it for me the next morning, and I was like, "Yo throw some chords to this. I'm writing to this today." They threw some chords down, and the first thing out of my mouth was, [ sings ] "Oh, this has gotta be the good life." 

It's the perfect example of, oftentimes, the chord I've tried to strike with this band with some of our bigger records, [which] is happy sad. Where you feel nostalgic and kind of melancholic, but at the same time, euphoric. That's what those chords and that melody did for me.

I was like, "Hey guys, would it be weird if I made the hook a whistle?" And everyone was like, "No! Do not whistle!" They're like, "Name the last hit song that had a whistle." And the only one I could think of was, like, Scorpion from like, 1988. [ Laughs .] So I thought, To hell with it, man, it's been long enough, who cares? Let's try it. And the whistle kind of made the record. It became such a signature thing.

Adele — "Rumour Has It," '21' (2011)

"Rumour Has It" was the first song I did in probably a four year period, with any artist, that wasn't a ballad. All any artist ever wanted me to write with them or for them, was ballads, because of "Halo," and "Apologize" and "Bleeding Love."

I begged [Adele] to do a [song with] tempo, because we did "Turning Tables," another ballad. She was in a feisty mood [that day], so I was like, "Okay, we're doing a tempo today!"

Rick Rubin was originally producing the whole album. I was determined to produce Adele, not just write — because I wanted a shot to show her that I could, and to show myself. I stayed later after she left, and I remember thinking, What can I do in this record in this song that could be so difficult to reproduce that it might land me the gig?

So I intentionally muted the click track, changed the tempo, and [created that] whole piano bridge. I was making it up as I went. When she got in that morning. I said, "I have a crazy idea for a bridge. It's a movie." She listens and she says, "This is really different, I like this! How do we write to this?" 

I mean, it was very difficult. [But] we finished the song. She recorded the entire song that day. She recorded the whole song in one take. I've never seen anyone do that in my life — before or since.

Then I didn't hear from her for six months. Because I handed over the files, and Rick Rubin's doing it, so I don't need to check on it. I randomly check on the status of the song — and at this point, if you're a songwriter or producer, you're assuming that they're not keeping the songs. Her manager emails my manager, "Hey, good news — she's keeping both songs they did, and she wants Ryan to finish 'Rumour Has It' production and mix it." 

When I finally asked her, months later — probably at the GRAMMYs — I said, "Why didn't [Rick] do it?" She said, "Oh he did. It's that damn bridge! Nobody could figure out what the hell you were doing…It was so problematic that we just gave up on it."

OneRepublic — "Counting Stars," 'Native' (2013)

I was in a Beyoncé camp in the Hamptons writing for the self-titled album. [There were] a bunch of people in the house — me, Greg Kurstin , Sia — it was a fun group of people. I had four days there, and every morning I'd get up an hour and a half before I had to leave, make a coffee, and start prepping for the day. On the third day, I got up, I'm in the basement of this house at like 7 in the morning, and I'm coming up with ideas. I stumble across that chord progression, the guitar and the melody. It was instant shivers up my spine.  

"Lately I've been losing sleep, dreaming about the things that we could be" is the only line that I had. [My] first thought was, I should play this for Beyoncé , and then I'm listening to it and going, This is not Beyoncé, not even remotely. It'd be a waste. So I tabled it, and I texted the guys in my band, "Hey, I think I have a potentially really big record. I'm going to finish it when I get back to Denver."

I got back the next week, started recording it, did four or five versions of the chorus, bouncing all the versions off my wife, and then eventually landed it. And when I played it for the band, they were like, "This is our favorite song."

Taylor Swift — "Welcome to New York," '1989' (2014)

It was my second session with Taylor. The first one was [ 1989 's] "I Know Places," and she sent me a voice memo. I was looking for a house in Venice [California], because we were spending so much time in L.A. So that whole memory is attached to me migrating back to Los Angeles.  

But I knew what she was talking about, because I lived in New York, and I remember the feeling — endless possibilities, all the different people and races and sexes and loves. That was her New York chapter. She was so excited to be there. If you never lived there, and especially if you get there and you've got a little money in the pocket, it is so exhilarating.

It was me just kind of witnessing her brilliant, fast-paced, lyrical wizardry. [Co-producer] Max [Martin] and I had a conversation nine months later at the GRAMMYs, when we had literally just won for 1989 . He kind of laughed, he pointed to all the other producers on the album, and he's like, "If she had, like, three more hours in the day, she would just figure out what we do and she would do it. And she wouldn't need any of us." 

And I still think that's true. Some people are just forces of nature in and among themselves, and she's one of them. She just blew me away. She's the most talented top liner I've ever been in a room with, bar none. If you're talking lyric and melody, I've never been in a room with anyone faster, more adept, knows more what they want to say, focused, efficient, and just talented.

Jonas Brothers — "Sucker," 'Happiness Begins' (2019)

I had gone through a pretty dry spell mentally, emotionally. I had just burned it at both ends and tapped out, call it end of 2016. So, really, all of 2017 for me was a blur and a wash. I did a bunch of sessions in the first three months of the year, and then I just couldn't get a song out. I kept having, song after song, artists telling me it's the first single, [then] the song was not even on the album. I had never experienced that in my career.

I went six to nine months without finishing a song, which for me is unheard of. Andrew Watt kind of roped me back into working with him. We did "Easier" for 5 Seconds of Summer , and we did some Sam Smith and some Miley Cyrus, and right in that same window, I did this song "Sucker." Two [or] three months later, Wendy Goldstein from Republic [Records] heard the record, I had sent it to her. She'd said, very quietly, "We're relaunching the Jonas Brothers . They want you to be involved in a major way. Do you have anything?" 

She calls me, she goes, "Ryan, do not play this for anybody else. This is their comeback single. It's a No. 1 record. Watch what we're gonna do." And she delivered.

OneRepublic — "I Ain't Worried," 'Top Gun: Maverick' Soundtrack (2022)

My memory is, being in lockdown in COVID, and just being like, Who knows when this is going to end , working out of my Airstream at my house. I had done a lot of songs for movies over the years, and [for] that particular [song] Randy Spendlove, who runs [music at] Paramount, called me.

I end up Zooming with Tom Cruise [and Top Gun: Maverick director] Jerry Bruckheimer — everybody's in lockdown during post-production. The overarching memory was, Holy cow, I'm doing the scene, I'm doing the song for Top Gun . I can't believe this is happening. But the only way I knew how to approach it, rather than to, like, overreact and s— the bed, was, It's just another day.

I do prescription songs for movies, TV, film all the time. I love a brief. It's so antithetical to most writers. I'm either uncontrollably lazy or the most productive person you've ever met. And the dividing line between the two is, if I'm chasing some directive, some motivation, some endpoint, then I can be wildly productive.

I just thought, I'm going to do the absolute best thing I can do for this scene and serve the film. OneRepublic being the performing artist was not on the menu in my mind. I just told them, "I think you need a cool indie band sounding, like, breakbeat." I used adjectives to describe what I heard when I saw the scene, and Tom got really ramped and excited. 

You could argue [it's the biggest song] since the band started. The thing about it is, it's kind of become one of those every summer [hits]. And when it blew up, that's what Tom said. He said, "Mark my words, dude. You're gonna have a hit with this every summer for, like, the next 20 years or more." 

And that's what happened. The moment Memorial Day happened, "I Ain't Worried" got defrosted and marched itself back into the top 100.

Tate McRae — "Greedy," 'THINK LATER' (2023)

We had "10:35" [with Tiësto ] the previous year that had been, like, a No. 1 in the UK and across Europe and Australia. So we were coming off the back of that, and the one thing she was clear about was, "That is not the direction of what I want to do."

If my memory serves me correct, "greedy" was the next to last session we had. Everything we had done up to that point was kind of dark, midtempo, emotional. So "greedy" was the weirdo outlier. I kept pushing her to do a dance record. I was like, "Tate, there's a lot of people that have great voices, and there's a lot of people who can write, but none of those people are professional dancers like you are. Your secret weapon is the thing you're not using. In this game and this career, you've got to use every asset that you have and exploit it."

There was a lot of cajoling. On that day, we did it, and I thought it was badass, and loved it. And she was like, "Ugh, what do we just do? What is this?"

So then it was just, like, months, months and months of me constantly bringing that song back up, and playing it for her, and annoying the s— out of her. And she came around on it. 

She has very specific taste. So much of the music with Tate, it really is her steering. I'll do what I think is like a finished version of a song, and then she will push everyone for weeks, if not months, to extract every ounce of everything out of them, to push the song harder, further, edgier — 19 versions of a song, until finally she goes, "Okay, this is the one." She's a perfectionist.

OneRepublic — "Last Holiday," 'Artificial Paradise' (2024)

I love [our latest single] "Hurt," but my favorite song on the album is called "Last Holiday." I probably started the beginning of that lyric, I'm not joking, seven, eight years ago. But I didn't finish it 'til this past year.

The verses are little maxims and words of advice that I've been given throughout the years. It's almost cynical in a way, the song. When I wrote the chorus, I was definitely in kind of a down place. So the opening line is, "So I don't believe in the stars anymore/ They never gave me what I wished for." And it's, obviously, a very not-so-slight reference to "Counting Stars." But it's also hopeful — "We've got some problems, okay, but this isn't our last holiday." 

It's very simple sentiments. Press pause. Take some moments. Find God before it all ends. All these things with this big, soaring chorus. Musically and emotionally and sonically, that song — and "Hurt," for sure — but "Last Holiday" is extremely us-sounding. 

The biggest enemy that we've had over the course of 18 years, I'll be the first to volunteer, is, this ever-evolving, undulating sound. No one's gonna accuse me of making these super complex concept albums, because that's just not how my brain's wired. I grew up listening to the radio. I didn't grow up hanging out in the Bowery in CBGBs listening to Nick Cave . So for us, the downside to that, and for me doing all these songs for all these other people, is the constant push and pull of "What is their sound? What genre is it?" 

I couldn't put a pin in exactly what the sound is, but what I would say is, if you look at the last 18 years, a song like "Last Holiday" really encompasses, sonically, what this band is about. It's very moving, and emotional, and dynamic. It takes me to a place — that's the best way for me to put it. And hopefully the listener finds the same.

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5 Reasons Why 'The Writing's On The Wall' Is Destiny's Child's Defining Album

From its embrace of experimental R&B production and memorable music videos, to its GRAMMY-winning empowering songs, 'The Writing’s On the Wall' remains a touchstone for fans of Destiny's Child.

In 1997, all-female R&B groups were thriving: TLC already had seven Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, En Vogue had numerous platinum singles, and Xscape reached No. 1 more than once. Soon, a quartet of teenagers would burst upon the scene and leave an indelible impact.

While Destiny’s Child are now canonical in the world of '90s and early aughts R&B, the group initially experienced spotty success. Their 1997 debut single, "No, No, No (Part 2)" peaked at No. 3 on Billboard’s Hot 100 and was certified platinum. Yet their eponymous album, released in February 1998, only hit No. 67. Their follow up single, "With Me," also failed to set the charts ablaze. 

Destiny’s Child's underwhelming chart performances could’ve easily derailed the budding group. Fortunately, the four ambitious girls from Texas had other plans. 

Beyoncé Knowles , Kelly Rowland , LaTavia Roberson , and Le Toya Luckett were determined not to become one hit wonders, and quickly went back into the studio to record their sophomore album. Released on July 14, 1999, The Writing’s On the Wall became Destiny’s Child’s highest selling album and spawned some of their most iconic songs — one of which led to the group's first GRAMMY win. Not only did the album establish Destiny's Child as a household name, but it fine tuned the R&B girl group concept to perfection.

"We had no idea that The Writing's on the Wall would be as big a record as it was. Especially worldwide," Beyoncé said in a 2006 Guardian interview .

In celebration of the iconic album's 25th anniversary, read on for five reasons why The Writing’s On the Wall is the defining album of Destiny’s Child’s career.

Its Members Took Creative Control

On their debut album, Destiny’s Child tapped into the neo soul trend popularized by the likes of D’Angelo , Erykah Badu , and Maxwell — artists in their early-to-mid twenties with a maturity the teen quartet didn’t yet have. The references and creative direction clashed with the reality of the group members being so young.

"It was a neo-soul record and we were 15 years old. It was way too mature for us," Beyoncé tol the Guardian .

Heading back into the studio, the girls made sure to eradicate any misalignments and put more of themselves into their sophomore album. In an interview with MTV , the members said The Writing’s On the Wall had a fresher, more youthful vibe because "it comes from us." The quartet's fingerprints are all over the 16 track album: Each member co-wrote at least 50 percent of the album. 

"Even at the time, Beyoncé would produce a lot of their background vocals, and she was a leader even at a young age," Xscape's Kandi Burruss said in a Vice interview , reflecting on her work as a songwriter and producer on The Writing's On the Wall . This heightened presence enabled the group to develop lyrics that boldly reflected their opinions and youthful energy. In turn, The Writing's On the Wall netted a run of iconic hit singles.

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It Pushed R&B Forward 

Like its predecessor, The Writing’s On the Wall is very much an R&B album. However, Beyoncé's father Mathew Knowles — who still managed the group at the time — brought in producers who weren’t afraid to experiment. The result was a more commercial album that fused classic R&B with pop influences, creating a sound that was simultaneously contemporary and timeless.

Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs and Burrus (who would go on to co-write and produce TLC’s "No Scrubs") contributed to five of the album's tracks, shaping its overall sound and differentiating it from Destiny’s Child . The duo kept a few elements from the group’s debut effort, including the sing-rapping heard on "Bug A Boo" and "Hey Ladies." With syncopated beats, thumping basslines, and their knack for writing catchy hooks, Briggs and Burrus created R&B records with the perfect blend of chart-friendly accessibility.

On the Missy Elliott produced "Confessions," synthesizers, drum machines, and electronic garbling were layered to create a lush, futuristic backdrop. Further subverting the classic R&B ballad, Elliott paired what sounds like a cabasa to match Beyonce’s cadence throughout the verses which gives her laidback vocals an almost robotic feel. In addition to producing, Elliott’s velvety vocals also appear quite prominently on the chorus, adding to the track’s sonic tapestry.

GRAMMY-winner Rodney Jerkins was tapped to produce "Say My Name." The original beat Jerkins used was two-step garage, a subgenre of UK garage. No one else liked the sound, so he completely revamped the track into the GRAMMY-winning anthem we know today. Jerkins melded funk-inspired guitar and a call and response approach, then modernized them with a shimmery, polished production. This helped "Say My Name" become the group’s most listened to song on Spotify with over 840 million streams. Jerkins has even gone on record to say this is his favorite song he’s produced to date.

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Its Music Videos Praised Black Culture

"For me, it is about amplifying the beauty in all of us," Beyoncé said in a 2019 interview with Elle when asked about the importance of representation. Even before her solo work, the importance of spotlighting Black culture was evident in Destiny's Child's music videos.

In "Bills, Bills, Bills," we see the group play the role of hair stylists in a salon which is an obvious nod to Beyoncé's mother’s longstanding relationship with all things hair . Near the end of "Bug a Boo," the members change into their version of majorette costumes and dance in front of a marching band. Majorettes and marching bands have a vibrant legacy within HBCUs; almost 20 years after this video premiered, Beyoncé revisited this very concept for her 2018 Coachella performance. 

It Delivered Mainstream Success 

The Writing’s On the Wall was a hit across the charts. The group earned their first No. 1 singles on Billboard’s Hot 100 with "Bills, Bills, Bills" and "Say My Name." Promotions for the latter also reinvigorated album sales and helped shift another 157,000 copies (an impressive 15 percent increase from their first-week sales). The fourth and final single, "Jumpin’, Jumpin’" was released during the summer of 2000 and became one of the most played songs on the radio that year.

Songs from the album were nominated at both the 42nd and 43rd GRAMMY Awards. Destiny’s Child took home their first golden gramophone at the 2001 GRAMMYs, winning Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for "Say My Name." The single also won Best R&B Song and  was nominated for Record Of The Year. 

With 14 nominations, Destiny’s Child remain the most nominated girl group in GRAMMY history. With worldwide sales of 13 million, The Writing’s On the Wall is also the fourth best-selling girl group album of all time.

It Expanded The Concept Of "Girl Power"

The Writing’s On the Wall was much more than catchy, radio-friendly tunes. Lyrically and in production, the album reintroduced Destiny’s Child as the architects for their own lives. The tongue-in-cheek Godfather -inspired intro tees up each song with a commandment for their partners and, at times, for themselves.

Often misconstrued as a gold digger anthem,"Bills, Bills, Bills" empowers a woman to confront a lover who's financially taking advantage of her. This is a far cry from the theme of a young woman focused on finding love — a common theme on Destiny's Child —  and puts their confidence on full display. "So Good" is a sassy, uplifting anthem which explicitly addresses haters with pointed lyrics like "For all the people ‘round us that have been negative/Look at us now/See how we live." Destiny's Child was sending a clear message: they’re going to be fine regardless of what others say. 

And when the group became tabloid fodder due to unexpected lineup changes , "So Good" took on a new meaning for persevering through hard times. While there are some songs with morally questionable lyrics — we’re looking at you ‘"Confessions" — the consistent message of embracing one’s self-worth and independence is clear. 

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Crashing Into The Present: How Kehlani Learned To Trust Their Instincts And Exist Loudly

"I want this next batch of music to feel like the most fiery parts of me," Kehlani says of her new album, 'Crash.' The singer/songwriter speaks with GRAMMY.com about embracing the moment and making an album she can headbang to.

After finishing the first mixes of their new album, Kehlani knew exactly what she needed to do: head to Las Vegas.  

The L.A.-based, Oakland-born singer/songwriter had always identified with Sin City: "I’m full of juxtapositions," she tells GRAMMY.com. "Vegas is this crazy bright light city in the middle of a vacant desert that has weddings and also strippers." Fittingly, Kehlani harbored a very Vegas-like image in their head while creating Crash , a record built on blaring neon, glowing smoke, and the highest highs.

Crash drops June 21, and is Kehlani's fourth solo album. She burst onto the scene in 2009 as a member of teen sextet PopLyfe, but their 2014 debut solo mixtape Cloud 19 announced a far more complex character. Their debut full-length, SweetSexySavage , was released three years later to critical acclaim, with two more albums and a handful of platinum-certified singles following. As if that weren’t enough, Kehlani added acting, appearing in "The L Word: Generation Q" and a cameo in Creed III .  

And while Crash embodies the evolution and growth through all those experiences, the record builds a hyper-real language all their own. Beyond any sense of R&B or pop, soul or hip-hop, Crash finds Kehlani chasing passions that refuse to fit in any box, shifting multiple times within a track — refusing to focus on anything but the moment.  

"A crash isn't anything from the past. It isn't the anxiety of what's about to happen," she says. "It's the height of the moment. It's right now."

Nearing the release of Crash , Kehlani spoke with GRAMMY.com about finding inspiration from international music, getting their five-year-old to sing on the album, and their need to stage dive.

What’s it like living in Los Angeles after growing up in the Bay Area?

I moved to L.A. when I was about 17. I had already left the house. I left the house at 14, and by the time I was almost 18 it was the appropriate time for me to situate in a new place. L.A. and the Bay are like cousins. Do we have differences? Absolutely, things that are fundamental to us, but when you leave California, you can really see that we're just like a big family.

Had you been dreaming of L.A. as a place where you could pursue art? Were you already set on that goal?

It was the closest place that a young, very broke person could go and work in music. I'm sure there were other places with musical homes, musical cities, but if all I had to do was get on a $15 bus and go find someone to stay with in L.A., I was gonna do it for sure.

That’s the same ambition that I feel drives this new record, which is just so dense and full of surprises. That includes the lovely retro radio intro to "GrooveTheory," where you move from this ‘60s pop feel to the present. That’s such a smart way to foreground your evolution.

I think the second that we made that song and then turned it into ["GrooveTheory"], I was like, This feels like it encompasses where I'm headed, this whole new sound .  

Once that radio dials in and it comes in with R&B elements, it's producing where I'm headed, but also remembering that my core hasn't changed. Especially the energy of what I'm saying in the song, like, "I'm kind of crazy," it's introducing this energy difference on this album. I feel like that's the biggest change, and that's what's so prevalent in this whole rollout. Energetically, I'm on a whole different type of time.

You can sense it. 'Crash' feels really rooted in self-expression and personal growth, and when you listen to it as a whole, it really does seem like an evolution story. Beyond just the genre and style, how do you feel the way that you've expressed your true self has shifted over the years?

Thank you! That's been the feedback I've gotten from pretty much everyone who's listened, and I don't know what I expected, but it wasn't this. I have realized the public's understanding of me and the general consensus for so long, and I also realized how multi-faceted I am to people.  

People get really confused when I express all the sides of my personality. They’re either, like, "Okay, she makes really sweet love songs," or "We've seen you be political, we've seen you come out, we've seen you be a family member." And then there's a lot of people who are, like, "I feel like she's f—ing crazy. I've seen her in multiple relationships. I've seen her be angry. I've seen her get online and cuss people out."  

I want this next batch of music to feel like the most fiery parts of me. I want it to feel like the most present and energetic parts of me. I don't want anything to feel somber. I don't want anything to feel reminiscent. I think a lot of my albums in the past have been me looking back, and sitting in that feeling and detailing it. I just wanted [this album] to feel right here, right now, which is why the title came about. A crash isn't anything from the past. It isn't the anxiety of what's about to happen. It's the height of the moment. It's right now.

That’s unfortunately a story you hear too often about artists of color — that essentialization, where you can only be seen as one thing. R&B often gets hit with those same issues. Throughout your career you’ve stood up to those expectations, and "Better Not" on this album is such a good example of that. It’s a left turn, a stylistic contrast and an open conversation with the listener. You cleverly fuse that intentionality with a voice that’s stronger than ever.

In the past, I have had moments where I would make the song and [start recording], and there would be so many versions of each song on different microphones, recorded in different places.

"Let me try vocal production. Let me try to go back and work with this version again." I went back and did vocal production with Oak Felder , who did all the vocal production on SweetSexySavage . When I come back to some of my favorite vocal production moments, it was moments like "Distraction" or "Advice" or "Escape" — songs on my very first album — and I wanted to get that feeling again. Where it's lush where it needs to be, but also that I really mean what I'm saying.  

That started with the approach in the songwriting. Once I had the songs and I had to go back and deliver them, I had enough time to listen and listen, to learn the songs and identify with them. We would make music all day and then go out, and we would be in this sprinter van on the way to going out, and, like, bang, the songs we just made, the energy was just different. It allowed me to be present in a different way where my voice is able to show up like that.

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Which again ties perfectly to crashing into the present. As someone from South Africa, I love that the other guests that you included represent different cultural viewpoints. You worked with Young Miko from Puerto Rico, Omah Lay from Nigeria. Having that musical dialogue is so powerful.

We had so many conversations about how America's in the backseat often when it comes to music. We have our moments, and it's fantastic, like Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter . There's a culture that is super American, that is Black, that historically needs to be dived into. It needs to be shown that we do have something here.  

So many people that don't speak Spanish bang Bad Bunny all day. Amapiano’s taking over; Tyla ’s going up. It's really not here . So that wasn't a conscious choice. It's just what we've all been listening to, what we've been loving.

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Speaking of guests, I wanted to ask about your daughter, whose voice is on "Deep." Was she just in the studio and you got her singing?

So those vocals on that, that’s actually my little sister and my goddaughter. And [my daughter] was in the room and she started singing along. She has perfect pitch; she's always freestyling or singing or making something up.  

I was like, "You want to just go sing on it?" What's on there is her first take. Literally. She did it the first time, all the way through, perfectly. I was like, "Well, that's it, guys. I can retire."  

That track is so lush. It feels so alive. Were you working with a full band?

[Producer] Jack Rochon, who I did a lot of the music with, he just is a freaking genius music whiz. Honestly, he's one of the most humble people that I know, and deserves credit for how amazing a lot of this album is.

Talking about touchstones, there's a Prince energy to the title track. Did you have any new inspirations or influences for this record?

Thank you! My main focus for this album came from going on tour for my last one and making such a pretty, sweet, intimate album, and then playing some of the biggest venues of my career. At some point I had to rearrange the setlist to add in a lot of the album before that one, because it was just more energy on the stage. By week two of tour, the setlist had completely changed. I knew that I was playing venues on this next tour that I've dreamt about, places that I can't fathom that I'm playing, like Barclays Center.  

I do a lot of things for, like, my inner child, and this is such a move for my inner child. Like, You're about to go play Barclays. Do you want to look back and say, ‘I rocked out and played Barclays’? I'm a person who headbangs on stage. I stage dive. I wanted to create an album that would ring through a venue like that. I want people to be engaged again. I'm not looking for the lighters and the somber, holding each other — which will occur regardless, because it's a me show.  

But I really wanted people to be in their bodies, and their heart’s exploding and the ground’s shaking. So that's what we accomplished. I wanted to have fun. This album is so fun to me. It’s a place of fire in my heart.

It took me a second to get the word play on "Eight." I loved the track, and then suddenly I was like, 'Oh… I knew there was something raunchy going on here.'

[*Laughs.*] "Eight" was super fun, and shoutout to the boys that I did it with, because they made it everything for me.  

I didn't come up with the wordplay. My boys did. Like, "This is how you talk!" I was like, "It is! This is perfect." Once I got in to fix things, add things, add my own spin, and finish writing, my favorite part was that it sounds like a Brandy song. She's my favorite.

I also wanted to ask about the Nina Sky sample on "After Hours."

That was mine. I was like, "What can we flip that when it comes on, my generation loses their mind?" And for me, every single time that Nina Sky comes on in the club, everybody's like "Woo!" And then you see how many songs were made from that same sample, and they're all songs that make us lose our minds.  

I went into the room with the producers, and I was like, "So, I want to flip this, but I want you to make it to where it doesn't become one of those where the whole thing is just a sample."

Similarly, "Lose My Wife" balances breeziness with high emotional stakes. Is finding a balance like that just natural for someone so capable of juxtaposition?

The second that we established that [the record] felt like Vegas, I knew what components were missing from the energy of how I feel the second my car crosses the line into the city of Las Vegas. I knew I was missing that feeling of the next morning when you realize you went on this high and you come down. I wanted to create these scenarios that weren't necessarily applicable to me, but captured that emotion. I've been there before, and I want people to be like, Damn, I've been there before. I know this feeling .  

I recorded that song at 4 in the morning with a sinus infection. The second that we finished it, everybody was like, "You can never re-sing that. Don't try to make another version, you're not gonna be able to sound like that again." All the chatter in the background of that song is really everybody who was in the studio that stayed up to just hang out. We had the tequila out, it was perfect. That was probably one of my favorite moments of making the album.

It takes a while as an artist to reach a place where you can capture those moments. You said before that people try to figure you out, and I mean this in the best possible way, but it feels like now you don’t care if they can’t figure you out.

I don't give a f—anymore, yeah. And that was a very important thing for me to learn. I used to care so much, and I would spend so much time explaining myself online, in music, in interviews, on stage. I realized that you're damned if you do, damned if you don't.  

I've been so forward-facing with my heart my entire career that I've left a lot of room for people to consistently pedestal me and then critique me, for people to want to tear me down. I realized I'm just being present, here, existing loudly in front of a billion people, and whichever way that goes is how the cookies gonna crumble. Me giving a f—? I'm the only one it's affecting at this point, for sure.

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Since kicking off her Renaissance World Tour in May, Beyoncé has brought her dazzling, disco-themed show—complete with dancing robots, crystal-lined corsets, and that iconic sparkling horse from the album cover—to cities around the world. It wrapped on October 1. Listen to the set list, pulled from the tour’s kickoff show in Stockholm, Sweden, right here.

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B eyoncé’s fans have been waiting for this day: the pop megastar finally announced that she will embark on the long-awaited Renaissance World Tour. She uploaded a post to Instagram early Wednesday morning with the caption: “RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR 2023,” and her official website has been updated to show the tour dates. The tour starts in May in Sweden and will hit Belgium, the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Poland, before she makes her way to North America. The first date stateside will be in Philadelphia, Pa., in July and the tour will hit the major U.S. cities before wrapping up in New Orleans, La., on Sept. 27.

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Following the release of her seventh album, Renaissance , in July, fans have been itching for a tour announcement, in addition to music videos to accompany the songs. Beyoncé’s last solo tour was the Formation World Tour back in 2016 to support her sixth album, Lemonade . Following that, she went on the On The Run Tour with her husband, Jay-Z, in 2018 after releasing their joint project, Everything Is Love . The announcement of a new tour just before the Grammy Awards on Sunday raises suspicion that Beyoncé might be performing or, at the very least, attending the night’s festivities.

The singer is nominated for nine Grammys at this year’s awards ceremony, which are set to take place on Feb. 5 in Los Angeles. This year, she is up against Adele for multiple awards, including Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Record of the Year. There has been speculation about whether or not Beyoncé would be performing ever since the nominations were announced. The last time fans saw her perform on a major televised stage was at last year’s Oscars ceremony, where she performed “Be Alive” from the King Richard movie for the first time.

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Beyoncé most recently took the stage for a private concert at the opening of the Atlantis The Royal resort in Dubai in January. However, she did not perform any songs from Renaissance . Also, given that Beyoncé unveiled the album’s title on Instagram as “act [one],” her dedicated fanbase has been busy theorizing what acts two and three might be. Some have hypothesized that the tour would be act two and then a concert movie would be act three. Others have ventured to guess that this is a three-part album and that Renaissance was just the beginning.

Tickets for the concert will not be an easy get if Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is any indication. Beyoncé’s fans can click on the date they would like to attend to register for Ticketmaster’s Verified Fan program and will then have to wait to see if they are given an access code to purchase tickets to the event. With Verified Fan and the “unexpected” traffic the pre-sale brought to the site, many Swifties likened the ticket-buying process to a warzone. The disastrous rollout drew ire from Swift’s fans and political officials alike. After the ticketing fiasco, the Senate held a hearing to look into whether Live Nation and Ticketmaster have a monopoly over the ticketing industry. This, coupled with the technical problems that Swift fans faced, have Beyoncé fans worrying that finding their way to an actual concert will be nothing short of an ordeal.

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Clearly in response to the chaotic Taylor Swift on-sale last fall, tickets to Beyonce’s forthcoming “Renaissance” stadium tour will be released on a staggered basis. Ticketing information appears below; Ticketmaster has issued an FAQ as well. The tour begins on May 10 in Sweden and comes to North America on July 8 — see full tour dates here .

• U.S. DATES:  There will be four ways fans can purchase tickets to the U.S. dates of the tour:
• Ticketmaster Verified Fan Onsale : The tour is using Verified Fan to ensure more tickets get into the hands of fans who want to attend the shows rather than those looking to resell them. Fans can register now  HERE . Sign in or create a Ticketmaster account to register now. 
• BeyHive Verified Fan Presale: BeyHive members will be eligible to register for a Verified Fan Presale during the applicable registration window(s) below. Fans can register now  HERE  using the email address associated with their BeyHive account.
• CITI Presale powered by Verified Fan: Citi cardmembers can access this presale by registering with their Citi card number  HERE . Citi is the official credit card of the Beyoncé RENAISSANCE World Tour. Citi cardmembers can take advantage of a special Citi Presale powered by Verified Fan opportunity for tour dates in the United States. More details available at  www.citientertainment.com .

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• Verified Fan Registration Windows (BeyHive, CITI, Ticketmaster): Register now  HERE  through Thurs, Feb 2 at 11:59pm local time
• BeyHive Verified Fan Presale: Mon, Feb 6 
• CITI Verified Fan Presale: Tue, Feb 7 at 10am local time through Wed, Feb 8 at 6pm local time
• Verizon Presale: Thurs, Feb 9 at 10am local time through Fri, Feb 10 at 6pm local time
• Ticketmaster Verified Fan Onsale: Sat, Feb 11

Group B: Minneapolis, Boston, Tampa, Miami, San Francisco, Seattle, Dallas

• Ticketmaster Verified Fan and CITI Verified Fan Registration Window: Register now  HERE  through Thurs, Feb 9 at 11:59pm local time
• BeyHive Verified Fan Presale: Mon, Feb 13
• CITI Verified Fan Presale: Tues, Feb 14 at 10am local time through Wed, Feb 15 at 6pm local time
• Verizon Presale: Thur, Feb 16 at 10am local time through Fri, Feb 17 at 6pm local time
• Ticketmaster Verified Fan Onsale: Sat, Feb 18

Group C: Nashville, Louisville, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Charlotte, St. Louis, Phoenix, Kansas City, New Orleans, Philadelphia

• Ticketmaster Verified Fan and CITI Verified Fan Registration Window: Register now  HERE  through Thurs, Feb 16 at 11:59pm local time
• BeyHive Verified Fan Presale: Mon, Feb 20
• CITI Verified Fan Presale: Tues, Feb 21 at 10am local time through Wed, Feb 22 at 6pm local time
• Verizon Presale: Thur, Feb 23 at 10am local time through Fri, Feb 24 at 6pm local time
• Ticketmaster Verified Fan Onsale: Sat, Feb 25
• CANADA DATES: Toronto & Vancouver will have a BeyHive Verified Fan presale and a Ticketmaster Verified Fan On Sale. 
• Ticketmaster Verified Fan Registration Window: Register now  HERE  through Thurs, Feb 2 at 11:59pmlocal time
• BeyHive Verified Fan Presale: Mon, Feb 6
• Ticketmaster Verified Fan Onsale: Tue, Feb 7 
• EUROPE DATES: 

Stockholm, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Sunderland, Paris, Marseille, Amsterdam, London 

• BeyHive Presale: Mon, Feb 6 at 10am local time through 6pm local time
• General Onsale: Tues, Feb 7 at 10am local time 

Brussels, Barcelona, Cologne, Hamburg, Frankfurt 

• General Onsale: Friday, Feb 10 at 10am local time

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Bey herself is listed as the tour's director, executive producer and creative director.

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Beyoncé ‘s long-awaited Renaissance tour is in full swing, and the superstar is giving credit where credit is due.

The “Break My Soul” singer updated the “tour” section of her official website this week with the full list of the run’s credits. She leads the list as the tour’s director, executive producer and creative director, before listing additional creative directors Andrew Makadsi, Ed Burke and Leah Nardos Takele; executive producers Justina Omokhua and Erinn Williams; and music directors Damian Smith, Khirye Tyler and Dammo Farmer. The list goes on to list everyone from stage designers, choreographers, videographers, costume designers, band members and dancers to glam team, tour management, SFX crew members, caterers, nurses, drivers and more.

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Want to get Beyoncé tickets? Ticketmaster just shared step-by-step instructions

Editor's Note (Feb. 6 at 10:10 a.m.): This article has been updated to note that registration for the Group B and C presales has closed.

Demand is already astronomical for tickets to Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour , with fans on Twitter saying they’re “ready to fight” for a shot to see Queen Bey live. In fact, so many people registered as Verified Fans in North America that Live Nation closed registration early, on Sunday, Feb. 5.

With presale tickets going on sale Feb. 6 for the certain shows in the North American leg of the tour, which starts in July, Live Nation is sharing step-by-step instructions for fans hoping to nab a seat.

Ticketmaster is no doubt keen to avoid the chaos that ensued around ticket sales for Taylor Swift’s upcoming Eras Tour.

For the Beyoncé tour sales, Ticketmaster said in a recent release that it’s implementing measures to “ensure more tickets get into the hands of concertgoers,” using a Verified Fan registration system to “help filter out buyers looking to resell tickets.”

How to get Beyoncé tickets

According to Ticketmaster, fans should follow these steps for a shot at Beyoncé tour tickets:

1. Register as a Verified Fan in the correct group, based on the city you'd like to attend a concert in

Registration for Verified Fan status via Live Nation was open through Feb. 5. Becoming a Verified Fan does not guarantee a ticket.

Registration has been divided into three groups, organized by city. These groups originally had staggered registration dates, but due to high demand, organizers closed registration for all groups on Feb. 5.

Group A — Registration was open through Feb. 2 at 11:59 ET, for shows in these cities:

• Atlanta, Ga. 
• Chicago, Ill.
• East Rutherford, N.J.
• Houston, Texas
• Inglewood, Calif.
• Las Vegas, Nev.
• Toronto, Canada
• Vancouver, Canada
• Washington, D.C.

Group B — Registration closed on Feb. 5 for shows in these cities:

• Boston, Mass. 
• Dallas, Texas 
• Miami, Fla.
• Minneapolis, Minn.
• San Francisco, Calif.
• Seattle, Wa.
• Tampa, Fla.

Group C — Registration closed on Feb. 5 for shows in these cities:

• Charlotte, N.C.
• Detroit, Mich.
• Kansas City, Mo.
• Louisville, Ky.
• Nashville, Tenn.
• New Orleans, La.
• Philadelphia, Penn.
• Phoenix, Ariz.
• Pittsburgh, Penn.
• St. Louis, Mo.

2. Verify your registration

Ticketmaster said it would verify each request to register to ensure “it belongs to an individual — not a bot — and that it hasn’t been tied to irregular behaviors that could be a sign of a professional seller attempting to access the sale for purposes of reselling tickets.”

Responding to concerns about people buying tickets only to resell them at a markup, Ticketmaster said that "historically, Verified Fan onsales see only about 5 percent of tickets end up on the secondary market," rather than the "20 to 30 percent which is typical for non-Verified Fan onsales."

3. Get assigned either an access code or a spot on the waitlist

After registering as a Verified Fan, ticket hopefuls will either be assigned an access code or added to a waitlist, likely via "lottery-style" selection process, according to Ticketmaster.

People assigned an access code will have access to the Verified Fan sale. Having a code does not guarantee getting tickets, which will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis, so Ticketmaster recommends logging on promptly at the designated time, code in hand.

Meanwhile, fans added to the waitlist “may be invited to join the sale if tickets remain,” according to Ticketmaster.

If you received a code, head over to our presale instructions here .

Beyoncé ticket presales

In addition to general presale, there are a few presale options available for Beyoncé tour tickets.

Registration for the presales is now closed. The day before the presales for each group (which take place Feb. 6, Feb. 13 and Feb. 20), registered fans should receive an email letting them know whether they have been waitlisted, or given a unique access code to try for a ticket.

• Beyhive Nation presale:  Registered members of the BeyHive were able to access the BeyHive presale here through Feb. 2 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
• Citi Presale: Eligible Citi credit or debit card holders were able register for a shot at presale tickets here until Feb. 3.
• Verizon Up Presale: Fans with Verizon Up First Access can get “first dibs” on Renaissance World Tour tickets, according to Verizon’s website .

The Renaissance World Tour kicks off May 10 in Stockholm, Sweden, and will kick off its U.S. leg on July 12 with a show in Philadelphia. The tour will wrap on Sept. 27 in New Orleans.

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By now we've all seen those TikToks from Beyoncé's Exclusive Dubai performance with her viral Siren-esque vocal runs (even though it was technically supposed to be a photo and video-free event, but we're not complaining 🤭). Those clips of Bey absolutely slaying in Dubai have been leaving us hot with Bey fever, so we literally jumped for joy when we saw that Beyoncé *finally* dropped the deets on her world tour.

The singer posted to her Instagram in a disco cowgirl ensemble to make the announcement. She looked fierce sitting atop a shimmering horse with a cowgirl hat to match and an intricate crystal bodysuit. She captioned the post, "RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR 2023." Beyoncé's last tour was in 2018 when she and her husband Jay-Z blessed us with their On The Run Tour .

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Beyoncé's album Renaissance set the music world on fire and broke records. Released on July 29, 2022, her album quickly landed at the number one spot on the Billboard 200, making her the first female artist to have all seven of her solo albums make it to first. Renaissance has been nominated for an astounding nine Grammys at this year's ceremony which will take place on February 5.

In a letter to her fans posted on her official website, Beyoncé wrote, "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."

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How can i buy tickets to beyoncé's renaissance world tour.

Tickets likely won't be very easy to snag after the Taylor Swift Ticketmaster incident , but BeyHive Verified Fans, Ticketmaster Verified Fans, and Citi credit card members will have access to a presale for tour tickets , so set your alarms and register on time if seeing Bey is on your bucket list. Registration groups for presale are determined by the location of the desired show, so make sure to check on beyonce.livenation.com for the full rundown. Registration for group A is open until February 2, group B until February 9, and group C until February 16 at 11:59 pm ET. While there is no official sale date for the general public, the Verified Fan ticket lotteries will determine which lucky fans get that highly anticipated early access or a spot on the waitlist.

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• NEW SHOWS ADDED: To help as many concertgoers get tickets as possible , the tour has announced 3 new shows in the following cities: Atlanta (8/14); Las Vegas (8/27); and Inglewood, CA (9/4). These 3 shows have been added based on venue availabilities and scheduling for the tour.
• REGISTRATION FOR ALL SHOWS REMAINS CLOSED. Unique access codes for the new shows will be sent to Verified Fans who were previously waitlisted for these cities during the BeyHive and Citi Verified Fan Presales, and Verified Fan Onsale, as determined by a lottery-style selection process.
• WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT: The 3 new shows will go on sale this week along with the Group B schedule: BeyHive Verified Fan Presale on Mon (2/13), Citi Verified Fan Presale on Tue (2/14) and Verified Fan Onsale on Sat (2/18). Selected fans will receive their unique access code the night prior to their sale. Additionally, these shows will be included in the Verizon Up Presale on Thurs (2/16).

Update as of Feb 5 at 2:30pm PT / 5:30m ET:

• REGISTRATION FOR ALL GROUPS IS NOW CLOSED.  In consultation with tour organizers, all remaining registration windows closed at 2:30pm PT / 5:30pm ET on Sunday February 5, 2023.
• WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT: If you registered, a lottery-style process will determine which registered Verified Fans receive a unique access code and which are put on the waitlist. You’ll receive an email update the day prior to your sale date.
• STAY UPDATED:   Follow us on Twitter  for additional information and check back here for future updates.

Update as of Feb 5:

Fan Demand for Groups B and C is well above the number of tickets available – trending towards previously announced demand levels. With this in mind, in consultation with all tour organizers, it’s been decided that all remaining registration windows will close at  2:30pm PT / 5:30pm ET on Sunday February 5, 2023 . Anyone interested in tickets needs to register by that time.

Update as of Feb 3:

• REGISTRATION FOR GROUP A IS NOW CLOSED: Fan demand exceeds the number of tickets available by more than 800% based on the registration numbers in the Group A cities. It is expected that many interested fans may not be able to get tickets because demand drastically exceeds supply.
• WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT: If you registered for Group A, a lottery-style process will determine which registered Verified Fans receive a unique access code and which are put on the waitlist. You’ll receive an email update the day prior to your sale date – see the schedule below. 

GROUP A SALE DATES:

• BeyHive Presale powered by Ticketmaster Verified Fan: Monday, February 6
• Citi Presale powered by Verified Fan (UNITED STATES ONLY): Tuesday, February 7 – Wednesday, February 8
• General Verified Fan Onsale (CANADA ONLY): Tuesday, February 7
• General Verified Fan Onsale (UNITED STATES ONLY): Saturday, February 11 

Reminder : Access to the Verified Fan sale does not guarantee tickets. Tickets will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. So if you get a code, be sure to join the sale promptly at the time stated in your email for the best chance to get tickets. Please be aware that presale start times will differ depending on the show you registered for, so make sure you make a note of the time stated in your email.

Update as of Feb 2:

• NEW SHOWS ADDED:  The tour has announced its first extension, adding second shows in 7 cities:  Toronto, Chicago, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles and East Rutherford .
• REGISTRATION TIMELINE :  Since new dates have been added, the Verified Fan Registration for Group A now closes tomorrow, Friday February 3rd at 12pm ET.
• DEMAND UPDATE:  These seven shows have been added to help as many concertgoers get tickets as possible, and are based on venue availabilities and scheduling for the tour. Fan demand already exceeds the number of tickets available by more than 800% based on the registration numbers in the Group A cities. It is expected that many interested fans may not be able to get tickets because demand drastically exceeds supply.

For more information on North American shows and Verified Fan Registrations, please visit beyonce.livenation.com.

How Verified Fan Registration Works:

Step 1: Registration

By registering for Verified Fan, you are letting us know you are a fan who is interested in purchasing tickets. From the registration page, you can sign in or create a new account to select your preferred show(s) and register your email and phone number. When completed, you’ll automatically receive a confirmation email letting you know we got your request . 

* Registration windows vary by city, so check the schedule below and be sure to note when the window closes for the show you’re interested in attending.

Step 2: Verification 

Next Ticketmaster vets your request by confirming it belongs to an individual – not a bot – and that it hasn’t been tied to irregular behaviors that could be a sign of a professional seller attempting to access the sale for purposes of reselling tickets. 

Step 3: Access Code or Waitlist

When demand exceeds availability, a lottery-style process will determine which registered Verified Fans will receive a unique access code and which are put on the waitlist. You’ll receive an email the day prior to the ticket sale letting you know which group you’re in.

• Access Code : If you receive an access code, it will be sent via text message. It is unique to your account, and will not work if anyone else enters it – do not try to sell or trade your code. 
• Waitlist : If tickets remain, we may text you an access code to join the ticket sale. The lottery-style process will be used to determine who gets off the waitlist. 

Access to the Verified Fan sale does not guarantee tickets. Tickets will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. So if you get a code, be sure to join the sale promptly for the best chance to get tickets.

Who Will Get Invited to Participate in the Verified Fan sales?

Demand for this tour is expected to be high. If there is more demand than there are tickets available, a lottery-style selection process will determine which registered Verified Fans get a unique access code and which are placed on the waitlist. A Verified Fan access code does not guarantee tickets, it just gives you access to join the sale. All tickets will be sold on a first come, first served basis. If tickets remain, the lottery-style process will be used to invite more Verified Fans from the waitlist to join the sale.

Common Questions

What are the different Verified Fan ticket sales? Beyoncé is distributing tickets in three different Verified Fan sales: BeyHive Presale powered by Ticketmaster Verified Fan; Citi Presale powered by Verified Fan and the General Verified Fan Onsale. Additionally, there will be a Verizon Up Presale. Registration windows vary by city, so check the schedule below and be sure to note when the window closes for the show you’re interested in attending.  

Can I register for multiple Verified Fan sale groups? You are able to submit a registration for each registration group.

When is the Verified Fan registration period? Registration windows vary by city, so be sure to note when the window closes for the show you’re interested in attending.

The registration period will be divided into three groups based on city.

Registration Group A (Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL; Houston, TX; Las Vegas, NV; Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY; Toronto, ON; Vancouver, BC; Washington, D.C.)

Registration for Group A is open through Friday, February 3, at 12:00 P.M. E.T.

Registration Group B (Boston, MA; Dallas, TX; Miami, FL; Minneapolis, MN; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; Tampa, FL)

Registration for Group B is open through  Sunday, February 5, 2023, at 2:30pm PT / 5:30pm ET

Registration Group C (Charlotte, NC; Detroit, MI; Kansas City, MO; Louisville, KY; Nashville, TN; New Orleans, LA; Philadelphia, PA; Phoenix, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA; Saint Louis, MO)

Registration for Presale Group C is open through Sunday, February 5, 2023, at 2:30pm PT / 5:30pm ET

When will I receive an email letting me know if I’ll receive a unique access code or be placed on the waitlist?

You’ll receive an email update the day prior to your sale indicating if you will receive a unique access code or are put on the waitlist. See the schedule below.

GROUP A SALES DATES:

• Citi Presale powered by Verified Fan (U.S. ONLY): Tuesday, February 7 – Wednesday, February 8
• Verified Fan Onsale (CANADA ONLY): Tuesday, February 7
• Verified Fan Onsale (U.S. ONLY): Saturday, February 11

GROUP B SALE DATES:

• BeyHive Presale powered by Ticketmaster Verified Fan: Monday, February 13
• Citi Presale powered by Verified Fan: Tuesday, February 14 – Wednesday, February 15
• Verified Fan Onsale : Saturday, February 18

GROUP C SALE DATES:

• BeyHive Presale powered by Ticketmaster Verified Fan: Monday, February 20
• Citi Presale powered by Verified Fan: Tuesday, February 21 – Wednesday, February 22
• Verified Fan Onsale: Saturday, February 25

Reminder: Access to the Verified Fan sale does not guarantee tickets. Tickets will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. So if you get a code, be sure to join the sale promptly at the time stated in your email for the best chance to get tickets. Please be aware that presale start times will differ depending on the show you registered for, so make sure you make a note of the time stated in your email.

If I edit my registration more than once, will I be disqualified?

No, you won’t be disqualified. If you edit your registration more than once to correct a mistake, such as changing the show you previously selected, we only keep the last registration that you submitted.

I received a registration confirmation email, does that mean I will get tickets?

No, registration does not guarantee tickets. The registration confirmation email is simply to inform you that we have received your information and will be working to verify your account.  A second email will be sent the day before the Verified Fan sale letting you know if you will receive a unique access code or if you’ve been placed on the waitlist.

When submitting my registration I received a six-digit authentication code from Ticketmaster. Can I use this code to purchase tickets during the Verified Fan sales?

No, that code was sent to you to verify your phone number at registration. It is not a unique Verified Fan code and cannot be used to purchase tickets.

Does registering mean I get a Verified Fan access code?

No. Registration for Verified Fan allows Ticketmaster to authenticate your account and places your request into a lottery-style process  to determine which registered Verified Fans get an access code and which fans are placed on the waitlist . Access to tickets is not guaranteed. If you’re selected, you’ll receive a unique access code and link to the sale via text message. If you aren’t selected, you’ll be automatically placed on a waitlist and may be invited to join the sale if tickets remain.

Does getting an access code mean I will get tickets?

No. Receiving an access code means that you’ll have the opportunity to join the sale. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis so they may sell out.

How do I join the BeyHive?

Please visit beyonce.com , click the “Join” button, and enter your email address where you are prompted to “Sign Up Now for the Latest Info and Updates.” Please note: in order to register for the BeyHive Presale, you will need to complete sign up before registration closes for your desired group.

For more information about Verified Fan, please visit our Verified Fan FAQ.

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What To Expect From Beyoncé’s 2023 Renaissance World Tour

The stadium tour kicks off in May in cities across Europe and the U.S.

Get ready for your soul (or at least your bank account) to be broken . Queen Bey is coming to a city near you soon. More than six months after releasing Renaissance , her first solo studio album in six years, Beyoncé finally announced the Renaissance World Tour , sharing the poster on Instagram and posting the tour dates on her website on Feb. 1. The stadium jaunt will kick off in May in Sweden, with dates currently confirmed across Europe and North America.

The Renaissance World Tour will mark Beyoncé’s first live shows in five years — aside from the extravagant private show she played in Dubai on Jan. 21 for the grand re-opening of the Atlantis resort, for which she was reportedly paid around $24 million . Naturally, demand has proven to be enormous, leading Bey to add more shows across the U.S. and Europe. She last co-headlined the On The Run II Tour with her husband Jay-Z in 2018. The singer was rumored to have planned a tour in 2020 to promote The Lion King: The Gift and its accompanying Black Is King film , but dates were inevitably scrapped due to lockdown. Her last solo outing was the Formation World Tour in 2016.

In October, the “CUFF IT” singer indicated — in a very low-key way — that she would embark on a 2023 world tour to promote her seventh studio album . At the inaugural Wearable Art Gala, the 28-time Grammy winner auctioned off a “UNIQUE opportunity,” referencing her fan-favorite track “ALIEN SUPERSTAR,” to see one of her upcoming shows. The listing confirms that the Renaissance tour will kick off in the summer of 2023, calling it “one of the most sought-after musical performances of all time” and assuring international fans that Bey will take the tour worldwide.

That VIP package included two concert tickets, first-class airfare to select cities, a three-night hotel stay, and to top it off, a guided backstage tour from Beyoncé’s mother Tina Knowles-Lawson. According to Variety , the winning bidder paid between $45,000 and $50,000 for the honor of seeing Bey. Thankfully, this did not indicate the price range for normal Renaissance tour tickets.

Here’s everything you need to know about the Renaissance World Tour.

Beyoncé’s Renaissance Tour Dates

The Renaissance World Tour will kick off on May 10 in Sweden and take Beyoncé to 14 cities across the UK and Europe before heading to the U.S. and Canada. The North American leg will start on July 8 in Toronto and conclude nearly three months later in New Orleans. Demand for tickets ended up being so big that Beyoncé added multiple dates across both continents. On Feb. 2, she announced second shows in several U.S. cities , and added multiple dates across the UK and Europe on Feb. 7, including a total of five shows in London alone.

See the full tour Renaissance World Tour schedule below.

• May 10 – Stockholm, Sweden @ Friends Arena
• May 11 – Stockholm, Sweden @ Friends Arena
• May 14 – Brussels, Belgium @ Baudoin Stadium
• May 17 – Cardiff, Wales @ Principality Stadium
• May 20 – Edinburgh, Scotland @ BT Murrayfield Stadium
• May 23 – Sunderland, England @ Stadium of Light
• May 26 – Paris, France @ Stade de France
• May 29 – London, England @ Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
• May 30 – London, England @ Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
• June 1 – London, England @ Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
• June 3 – London, England @ Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
• June 4 – London, England @ Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
• June 8 – Barcelona, Spain @ Olympic Stadium
• June 11 – Marseille, France @ Orange Velodrome
• June 15 – Cologne, Germany @ RheinEnergieStadion
• June 17 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Johan Cruijff Arena
• June 18 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Johan Cruijff Arena
• June 21 – Hamburg, Germany @ Volksparkstadion
• June 24 – Frankfurt, Germany @ Deutsche Bank Park
• June 27 – Warsaw, Poland @ PGE Nardowy
• June 28 – Warsaw, Poland @ PGE Nardowy
• July 8 – Toronto, ON @ Rogers Centre
• July 9 – Toronto, ON @ Rogers Centre
• July 12 – Philadelphia, PA @ Lincoln Financial Field
• July 15 – Nashville, TN @ Nissan Stadium
• July 17 – Louisville, KY @ Cardinal Stadium
• July 20 – Minneapolis, MN @ Huntington Bank Stadium
• July 22 – Chicago, IL @ Soldier Field
• July 23 – Chicago, IL @ Soldier Field
• July 26 – Detroit, MI @ Ford Field
• July 29 – East Rutherford, NJ @ MetLife Stadium
• July 30 – East Rutherford, NJ @ MetLife Stadium
• Aug. 1 – Boston, MA @ Gillette Stadium
• Aug. 3 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Heinz Field
• Aug. 5 – Washington, DC @ Fedex Field
• Aug. 6– Washington, DC @ Fedex Field
• Aug. 9 – Charlotte, NC @ Bank Of America Stadium
• Aug. 11 – Atlanta, GA @ Mercedes Benz Stadium
• Aug. 12 – Atlanta, GA @ Mercedes Benz Stadium
• Aug. 16 – Tampa, FL @ Raymond James Stadium
• Aug. 18 – Miami, FL @ Hard Rock Stadium
• Aug. 21 – St. Louis, MO @ Dome at America’s Center
• Aug. 24 – Phoenix, AZ @ State Farm Stadium
• Aug. 26 – Las Vegas, NV @ Allegiant Stadium
• Aug. 30 – San Francisco, CA @ Levi’s Stadium
• Sept. 1 – Los Angeles, CA @ SoFi Stadium
• Sept. 2 – Los Angeles, CA @ SoFi Stadium
• Sept. 11 – Vancouver, BC @ BC Place Stadium
• Sept. 13 – Seattle, WA @ Lumen Field
• Sept. 18 – Kansas City, KS @ Arrowhead Stadium
• Sept. 21 – Dallas, TX @ AT&T Stadium
• Sept. 23 – Houston, TX @ NRG Stadium
• Sept. 24 – Houston, TX @ NRG Stadium
• Sept. 27 – New Orleans, LA @ Caesars Superdome

How To Buy Renaissance Tour Tickets

Like Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour , fans will need to register with Ticketmaster’s Verified Fan program to buy tickets to the Renaissance World Tour. BeyHive subscribers can register for their own Verified Fan presale, which comes first, while Citi cardmembers will also have a separate presale before the general Verified Fan onsale. The shows have been divided into Groups A, B, and C, which all have different registration periods and presale dates. Therefore, not all shows will go on sale at once, decreasing the chances of the traffic jams that happened for Swift’s Eras Tour .

That said, huge traffic and long virtual queues are still expected, as Ticketmaster announced the day after the tour announcement that the number of Verified Fan registrations exceeded the number of tickets available by nearly 800%. For cities in Group A, the BeyHive presale will begin on Feb. 6, with the Citi presale happening the next day and the general Verified Fan onsale being held on Feb. 11. The presales for Group B will be held the following week, and tickets for Group C shows will go on sale the week after. Originally, fans had until Feb. 2 to register for Group A shows, Feb. 9 for Group B, and Feb. 16 for Group C. But due to the demand, Ticketmaster ended up cutting off registration for all shows on Feb. 5.

This article was originally published on Oct. 24, 2022

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Beyoncé’s renaissance world tour makes history as the highest-grossing tour for a black female artist.

The Weeknd currently holds the record for a Black artist overall after surpassing Michael Jackson.

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Beyoncé is one of the most successful Black female performers of all time, and she has the stats to prove it. Her Renaissance World Tour has already amassed over $295.6 million in sales, making it the highest-grossing tour for a Black female artist — eclipsing her own Formation World Tour .

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After 33 shows reporting box office data, Beyoncé's #RENAISSANCEWorldTour has become the high-grossing tour of her career, with $295,676,504 in sales. This becomes the highest-grossing tour of all time by a black artist, breaking the record set by her Formation World Tour. pic.twitter.com/z4szqLfZd1 — BEYONCÉ LEGION ? (@BeyLegion) August 8, 2023

In terms of the overall top-grossing tour for a Black artist, The Weeknd holds that title with his After Hours Til Dawn Tour . The 64-city run grossed $350 million in sales, surpassing Michael Jackson’s Bad Tour, which earned $311 million — adjusted for inflation.

The sold-out 2022 North American leg of the Canadian crooner’s stadium tour brought in $148 million. 

When celebrating news of the feat back in July, The Weeknd shared a video of him performing “D.D.” from his mixtape, Echoes of Silence , which is a loose remake of Jackson’s “ Dirty Diana .”

“My king. Then, now and forever. Rest easy,” read the caption from the Instagram post.

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Want tickets for Beyoncé's Renaissance World Tour? These tips will help you score seats

Beyoncé is the queen of timing.

Just days before Sunday's Grammy Awards , where she is poised to potentially become the most awarded entertainer in the show's history, the singer announced Wednesday a new world tour to support her "Renaissance" album.

Shows start May 10 in both European and North American cities and wrap up Sept. 27 in New Orleans. Demand for tickets is ravenous: "Fan demand already exceeds the number of available tickets by more than 800%," promoter Live Nation said in a news release a day after the tour's announcement, when seven cities were given one more date each. 

Priority will go to concertgoers with Verified Fan and other membership-based accounts. Here's how you can get your hands on tickets.

When do Beyoncé tickets go on sale?

Ticketing begins Feb. 6. But rather than put tickets for all shows on sale together, Beyoncé is rolling on-sale dates to try and avoid ticketing system meltdowns that have plagued other big acts of late, notably Taylor Swift. 

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Be aware that for some, getting tickets will require signing up for one of a variety of Verified Fan platforms by Feb. 3.

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How to get Beyoncé tour tickets, including presale

You'll want to make sure you fit into one of these four groups to have the best shot at getting seats for Beyoncé's U.S. performances:

• Ticketmaster Verified Fan Onsale: Sign up for an account in order to be eligible for these tickets, which are aimed at ensuring that fans who plan to attend the show get seats ahead of re-sellers.
• BeyHive Verified Fan Presale: Registered members of Beyhive, Beyoncé's superfan club, will be eligible to register for Verified Fan Presale during applicable registration windows.
• Citi Presale powered by Verified Fan: Citi cardmembers can access this presale by registering with their Citi card number .
• Verizon Up Presale: Members of the cellular provider's Verizon Up program are being offered an exclusive presale for the tour.

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Set up your Verified Fan account now

Don't delay. Beyoncé is putting tickets for her U.S. tour dates on sale in three groups: A, B and C. The deadline for fans in Group A cities to sign up for a Ticketmaster Verified Fan accounts is Feb. 3.

Increasingly, ensuring that you have a Verified Fan account is the best way to avoid being left empty-handed or having to go to the secondary market, where prices are often sky high.

Be patient. When top performers announce tours, many rush into action to sign up for Verified Fan accounts, causing delays on "virtual lines."

One more tip. Be sure to check either Beyoncé’s website or the sites of the various ticketing option outlets for the latest location and date updates as a few cities that were previously announced have changed.  

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What ticket group am I in and what's the deadline to register?

Group A fans, listen up. The deadline for you to sign up for Ticketmaster, BeyHive or Citi cardmember access to tickets is 11:59 p.m. local time Feb. 3 . Group A cities are:

• Chicago (Soldier Field Stadium, July 22 and 23) 
• East Rutherford, N.J. (MetLife Stadium, July 29 and 30) 
• Washington, D.C. (FedEx Field, Aug. 5 and 6) 
• Atlanta (Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Aug. 11 and 12) 
• Las Vegas (Allegiant Stadium, Aug. 26)
• Inglewood, Calif. (SoFi Stadium, Sept. 2 and 3) 
• Houston (NRG Stadium, Sept 23 and 24) 

BeyHive Verified Fan Presale for these dates is Feb. 6. Citi Verified Fan Presale is Feb. 7 at 10 a.m. local time through Feb. 8 at 6 p.m. local time. Verizon Up Presale is Feb. 9 at 10 a.m. local time through Feb. 10 at 6 p.m. local time. And Ticketmaster Verified Fan Onsale is Feb. 11.

The deadline to sign up for the various programs for Group B cities ends Feb. 9 at 11:59 p.m. local time. Group B cities are:

• Minneapolis (Huntington Bank Stadium, July 20)
• Boston (Gillette Stadium, Aug. 1)
• Tampa (Raymond James Stadium, Aug. 16)
• Miami (Hard Rock Stadium, Aug. 18)
• San Francisco (Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., Aug. 30)
• Seattle (Lumen Field, Sept. 13)
• Dallas (AT&T Stadium, Sept. 21)

BeyHive Verified Fan Presale: Feb. 13. Citi Verified Fan Presale is between 10 a.m. Feb. 14 and 6 p.m. and Feb. 15 local time. Verizon Up Presale is between 10 a.m. Feb. 16 and 6 p.m. Feb. 17 local time. And Ticketmaster Verified Fan Onsale is Feb. 18.

The deadline to sign up for the various programs for Group C cities ends Feb. 16 at 11:59 p.m. local time. Group C cities are:

• Philadelphia (Lincoln Financial Field, July 12)
• Nashville (Nissan Stadium, July 15)
• Louisville (L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium, July 17)
• Detroit (Ford Field, July 26)
• Pittsburgh (Acrisure Stadium, Aug. 3)
• Charlotte, N.C. (Bank of America Stadium, Aug. 9)
• St. Louis (Dome at America's Center, Aug. 21)
• Phoenix (State Farm Stadium, Aug. 24)
• Kansas City (GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, Sept. 18)
• New Orleans (Caesars Superdome, Sept. 27)

BeyHive Verified Fan Presale: Feb. 20. Citi Verified Fan Presale is between 10 a.m. Feb. 21 and 6 p.m. and Feb. 22, local time. Verizon Up Presale is between 10 a.m. Feb. 23 and 6 p.m. Feb. 24 local time. And Ticketmaster Verified Fan Onsale is Feb. 25.

What if I love Beyoncé and live in Canada?

If you're hoping to hit a show in either Toronto (Rogers Centre, July 8 and 9) or Vancouver (BC Place, Sept. 11), the Ticketmaster Verified Fan registration window closes Feb. 3 at 11:59 local time. BeyHive Verified Fan Presale is Feb. 6, and the Ticketmaster Verified Fan Onsale date is Feb. 7.

What if I want to catch Queen Bey in Europe?

European tour dates also have two staggered onsale windows.

If you're in this first bucket of cities, BeyHive Presale is Feb. 6 between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. local time, and general onsale is Feb. 7 at 10 a.m. local time. Those cities are: 

• Stockholm, Sweden (Friends Arena, May 10)
• Cardiff, Wales (Cardiff Principality Stadium, May 17)
• Edinburgh, Scotland (BT Murrayfield Stadium, May 20)
• Sunderland, England (Stadium of Light, May 23)
• Paris (Stade de France, May 26)
• London (Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, May 29 and 30)
• Marseille, France (Orange Velodrome, June 11)
• Amsterdam, Netherlands (John Cruijff Stadium, June 17 and June 18)
• Warsaw, Poland  (PGE Narodowy, June 27)

If you're in the second bucket, BeyHive Presale is Feb. 6 between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. local time, and general onsale is at 10 a.m. Feb. 10 local time. Those cities and dates:

• Brussels, Belgium (King Baudouin Stadium, May 14)
• Barcelona, Spain (Olympic Stadium, June 8)
• Cologne, Germany (Rhein Energie Stadion, June 15)
• Hamburg, Germany (Volksparkstadion, June 21)
• Frankfurt, Germany (Deutsche Bank Park, June 24)

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How much will Beyoncé tickets cost?

Ticket prices have not yet been announced. But one thing to keep in mind is  dynamic pricing . That's when, with the prior agreement of the artist, some of the best seats in the house are subject to real-time market demand.

How high can tickets go? When Bruce Springsteen allowed some of the best seats to his upcoming tour to be dynamically priced, some went as high as $4,000 and many fans were outraged. But sales figures released by Ticketmaster reveal that about 12% of tickets were so-called Platinum, or subject to dynamic pricing. 

Over the years, top acts such as Taylor Swift, Drake, Paul McCartney, Ye and Harry Styles have embraced dynamic pricing. Currently, artists such as The Weeknd, Alicia Keys and Carrie Underwood also are offering their best seats – often dubbed Platinum Tickets – through this variable pricing system.

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