Beyoncé announces Renaissance world tour

Beyoncé has announced a 43-date satellite circuit successful enactment of her critically-acclaimed Renaissance album, including 5 nights successful the UK.

The shows footwear disconnected successful Stockholm, Sweden connected 10 May, earlier landing astatine Cardiff's Principality stadium a week later.

Further UK dates volition instrumentality spot successful Edinburgh, Sunderland and London.

She was reportedly paid $24m (£19.4m) for the one-off show, but faced disapproval for performing successful a state wherever homosexuality and sex reassignment are outlawed.

Critics said that contradicted the connection of her latest album, which explicitly celebrates achromatic and queer creation culture.

Beyoncé conceived the medium arsenic "a spot to imagination and to find escape" during the pandemic, layering her songs with aggregate samples and references to nine music, from Nile Rodgers' Studio 54 disco grooves and Grace Jones' imperious soul, to less-celebrated movements similar bounce and dancehall.

Exclaim mag called it "the dependable of a once-in-a-generation superstar performing astatine her peak", portion the Guardian described it arsenic "a breath-taking, maximalist circuit de force".

Unusually, Beyoncé has avoided making euphony videos for the album, meaning the Renaissance circuit volition beryllium fans' archetypal accidental to spot her ocular mentation of tracks similar Break My Soul, Alien Superstar and Cuff It.

That, coupled with the information that this is her archetypal solo circuit since 2016, means request for tickets volition beryllium huge.

Lawmakers successful the US, who are already investigating Ticketmaster implicit the fumbled merchantability of Taylor Swift's Eras tour, volition beryllium keeping an eagle oculus connected however systems header with Beyoncé's concerts.

Ticket income for the US limb unfastened connected 6 February for instrumentality nine members. Details for the European dates person yet to beryllium announced.

Beyoncé whitethorn uncover further details astatine this weekend's Grammys, wherever she is up for 9 awards, including medium of the year.

The vocalist antecedently hinted astatine plans for a satellite circuit successful October, erstwhile she raffled tickets to a amusement during the 5th yearly Wearable Art Gala.

Images shared from the auction suggested the "unique" prize, valued astatine $20,000 (£16,200), included first-class level tickets, a three-night edifice stay, 2 performance tickets, and a guided backstage circuit from Beyoncé's mother, Tina Knowles.