Beyhive, this is not a drill.
Beyoncé on Wednesday announced her forthcoming Renaissance world tour and posted the concert dates on her website. The singer will travel across Europe, the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States, with the tour kicking off May 10 in Stockholm and concluding Sept. 27 in New Orleans.
Fans can register for Ticketmaster's Renaissance tour presale via Beyoncé's website by signing up for any of three registration groups with different deadlines and different cities — perhaps an attempt to streamline the ticket-buying process and prevent another Eras Tour fiasco. Buyers are permitted to sign up for multiple registration groups.
Rumors of a Renaissance tour have been circulating since October, when two tickets to see Beyoncé perform "live from anywhere around the world" were auctioned off at her mother and stepfather's Wearable Art Gala in Los Angeles. The tickets reportedly sold for $150,000.
This marks Queen Bey's first time hitting the road since she and husband Jay-Z co-headlined their On the Run II tour in 2018. Her first concert since then was last month at luxury hotel Atlantis the Royal in Dubai. The private show was part of a three-day event celebrating the opening of the resort on Dubai's Palm Jumeirah island.
Beyoncé unveiled her Renaissance tour dates several months after releasing her seventh studio album of the same name. In November, music from the critically acclaimed record received eight Grammy nominations, including a nod for album of the year. When the Recording Academy released this year's nominations, Beyoncé and Jay-Z became the most nominated artists of all time with a total of 88 nods apiece.
"Creating this album allowed me a place to dream and to find escape during a scary time for the world," Beyoncé wrote on Instagram in June.
"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. I hope you find joy in this music. I hope it inspires you to release the wiggle. Ha! And to feel as unique, strong, and sexy as you are."
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