Renaissance World Tour

Some Beyoncé Fans Got Waitlisted For The ‘Renaissance Tour’ And They’re Really Over It

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Beyoncé broke many records last night (February 5) at the Grammy Awards, and fans are ready to break their piggy banks open to join in the celebration at the Renaissance World Tour.

Not only is the “Cuff It” singer now the most-awarded musician on record for the annual music event, but she also became the first Black woman to win in the Best Dance/Electronica Album category. With her four wins, each of the Houston native’s solo albums has earned at least one Grammy Award. After losing Album Of The Year (AOTY) to Harry Styles, who didn’t have the best vocal showing during the event, the Beyhive is ready to show the British pop star how it is done with footage from the Renaissance World Tour.

However, if witnessing their beloved Queen Bey lose out on AOTY to Styles wasn’t hard enough, many found themselves on the losing end of Ticketmaster’s new pre-sale raffling system. Swedish pop star Zara Larsson may have a professional hook-up to help her secure tickets. Still, many of Beyoncé’s fans have lost all hope of securing tickets. To avoid crashing their site and to deter scalpers from gauging the ticket price, those interested in attending a show were required to enter a raffle using their email address. If selected, you were given a limited window to purchase your desired tickets using the custom code provided in the email. Those not selected received an email informing them that they were added to the waitlist. If tickets remain after the first wave of buyers finishes, they can purchase a ticket based on the remaining availability.

From the rumored ticket prices and the high demand, some card-carrying Beyhive members are either preparing to sit this tour out or are taking to social media to beg for their “waitlisted” status to be lifted.

Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance World Tour’ Tickets Are A Hot Commodity, But Zara Larsson Has A Tip

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The Beyhive is feverously counting down the days until their queen, Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour tickets, go on sale.

Ticketmaster has taken a few steps to ensure a smooth transaction process in the hopes of avoiding a repeat of Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour debacle. Also, Ticketmaster has reportedly updated its resale policy to deter scalpers from spiking the cost of tickets. Although these measures could certainly help the average fan, Swedish pop singer Zara Larsson has her own safety net.

During a recent visit to Z100’s afternoon show, Maxwell and Crystal, Larsson spoke about how she admires Beyoncé and can’t wait to see her perform live when the Renaissance World Tour makes a stop in Stockholm.

“I’m so excited! I’m so excited! Premiere night [of the tour’s European wing]? In Stockholm? Stop,” Larsson tells co-host, Crystal Rosas.

Larsson then revealed that being an artist and superfan comes with its perks or, as she says, “Top two things about being an artist is that you meet people throughout your life that can secure you Beyoncé tickets. And it’s not number two.”

As the room laughed, Larsson doubled down, “It’s true! The fact that I’m signed to LiveNation as an artist I’m like, ‘hey, hey, hey,’ I know who to call,” later adding, “even if they make me pay for the tickets I know I can secure them which is the important part. I will be there!”

Now, if only we were all budding international pop stars.

Watch the full interview above.

How Much Are Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance Tour’ Tickets?

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It’s hard to believe, but it’s only been two days since Beyoncé officially announced the dates for her global Renaissance Tour this year.

The shows, in support of her 2021 album, will kick off in Stockholm, Sweden in May. She will then continue around Europe before making her way back to North America in the summer.

However, given Ticketmaster making serious headlines after Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour debacle and A-List pop stars commonly being associated with skyrocketed pricing on the tickets, members of the Beyhive are likely wondering how much attending will set them back.

According to National World (and Twitter users), Beyoncé’s ticket prices for the London show are reportedly the following (USD equivalent) and expected to be in a similar range. However, dynamic pricing on Ticketmaster and other fees could increase it depending on implementation.

Seated – £56.25 to £199 ($68.31 – $241.67)
Standing – £106.80 ($129.70)
Gold Circle – £177.50 ($215.56)
GA Early Entry Package – £221 ($268.38)
Silver VIP Fan Ticket Package – £256 ($310.89)
Premium GA Early Entry Package – £321 ($389.82)
Gold VIP Fan Ticket Package – £341 ($414.11)
Club Renaissance Experience – £372 ($451.76)
BeyHive VIP Package – £769 ($933.88)
Alien Superstar Riser – £1038 ($1260.55)
Pure/Honey On Stage Risers Front Row Experience – £2400 ($2914.56)

The official prices for Beyoncé’s Renaissance Tour US performances will be available when the first Citi presale starts on February 7.

More information, along with a complete list of her worldwide show dates, can be found here.

Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ Tour Announcement Led To Fans Rushing To Buy Her Shimmering Disco Ball Cowboy Hat

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Beyonce is heading on a world tour in support of her latest album, last year’s Renaissance. This run is so important that the Senate Judiciary Committee issued a warning to Ticketmaster ahead of the pre-sale to make sure fans could acquire tickets without trouble.

But it’s also so important that an online shop had to shut down because of too many sales. According to TMZ, Abby Misbin, or “Trending By Abby” on Etsy, made so many sales because of the disco ball cowboy hat she made for Beyonce in June after her stylist reached out to her. She usually got 5 to 6 sales a week, but after the announcement of the Renaissance Tour, she made 60 in a day. Because they’re handmade, she can only make two a day. They cost $140.

As for how to scoop up tickets, Ticketmaster recently explained, “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.”

Find the tour dates below.

The Senate Judiciary Committee Issued A Warning To Ticketmaster Ahead Of The Pre-Sale For Beyoncé’s Tour

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Beyoncé‘s Renaissance World Tour is set to kick off this spring, and you can believe that the Beyhive already has strategic plans in place to get their tickets. While the pre-sales have not officially begun yet, many fans are still shaken up after last November’s Ticketmaster fiasco that took place during the pre-sale for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour.

Several Swifties waited in Ticketmaster’s virtual waiting room for hours on the day of the virtual pre-sale, but many didn’t get their tickets, as the website kept glitching, and the rules for accessing the pre-sale were rather vague. Since then the United States Congress has held a hearing regarding Ticketmaster and their questionable practices.

The first of two pre-sales for the Renaissance World Tour will begin Tuesday, February 7, with the second taking place the following Tuesday, February 14. With the pre-sale imminent, Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have issued a warning to Ticketmaster.

“We’re watching,” read a tweet from the Senate Judiciary Committee’s official Twitter account.

But hopefully, this pre-sale won’t break any of the Beyhiver’s souls. Ahead of the pre-sale, Ticketmaster issued a notice, revealing that they have changed some of their policies and processes.

“Demand for this tour is expected to be high,” read the statement. “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.”

Unsurprisingly, Beyoncé Fans Were So Hungry For Tour Tickets She Added Several Extra Dates

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Surprising absolutely no one, demand for Beyoncé tickets was through the roof after she announced the official dates for her Renaissance World Tour.

Fortunately, our Queen is a benevolent one, seeing the demand and rising to meet it with a slew of added dates in locations including Toronto, Chicago, New Jersey, Washington, DC, Atlanta, Los Angeles, and of course, in her hometown Houston. You can see those added dates below.

Meanwhile, it’s rumored that VIP packages for the tour will include such perks as stage access with a cash bar. The ticketing process has become more complex as a result of Ticketmaster’s botched rollout for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, which could make things easier — or turn buying coveted tickets into a process every bit as frustrating as buying Nikes on the SNKRS app.

7/8 – Toronto, ON @ Rogers Centre
7/9– Toronto, ON @ Rogers Centre – ADDED SHOW
7/2 – Chicago, IL @ Soldier Field Stadium
7/23 – Chicago, IL @ Soldier Field Stadium – ADDED SHOW
7/29 – East Rutherford, NJ @ MetLife Stadium
7/30 – East Rutherford, NJ @ MetLife Stadium – ADDED SHOW
8/5 – Washington, DC @ FedEx Field
8/6 – Washington, DC @ FedEx Field – ADDED SHOW
8/11 – Atlanta, GA @ Mercedes-Benz Stadium
8/12 – Atlanta, GA @ Mercedes-Benz Stadium – ADDED SHOW
8/26 – Las Vegas, NV @ Allegiant Stadium
9/2 – Inglewood, CA @ SoFi Stadium
9/3 – Inglewood, CA @ SoFi Stadium – ADDED SHOW
9/11 – Vancouver, BC @ BC Place
9/23 – Houston, TX @ NRG Stadium
9/24 – Houston, TX @ NRG Stadium – ADDED SHOW

After Botching Taylor Swift’s Ticket Sales, Ticketmaster Is Changing Its Policies For Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ Tour

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In terms of public opinion, Ticketmaster is perhaps at an all-time low right now. Zach Bryan recently released an album called All My Homies Hate Ticketmaster. Taylor Swift was infuriated after her The Eras Tour onsale through Ticketmaster went remarkably poorly. They just botched a John Mayer ticket sale, too. On top of all that, Congress is currently looking into them.

All this has Beyoncé fans worried: She just announced her long-awaited Renaissance tour and tickets are being sold through Ticketmaster. Apparently, though, the company is changing some things in an effort to avoid a repeat of the Swift fiasco.

As KTLA notes, the steps Ticketmaster is taking with the Renaissance tour includes staggering the on-sale dates for various venues and using membership systems like Verified Fan.

Ticketmaster shared a blog post with more detailed information about how to get Renaissance tickets. It explains in part, “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.”

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What Songs Should We Expect Beyoncé To Play On Her ‘Renaissance Tour?’

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The countdown for Beyoncé‘s Renaissance World Tour is underway. As fans across North America, Europe, and the United Kingdom scrape together their general tickets or possibly VIP packages, the question on everyone’s mind is what songs she will perform.

As confirmed by the singer’s private Dubai concert and her epic Coachella performance in 2018, every Beyoncé concert setlist features a mixture of her most recent project with sprinkles of her past musical release. However, the tricky part is that the Ivy Park boss has been in the music industry since the tender age of 15. Beyoncé has a total of seven studios, three compilations, and five live albums to her name; before even adding her projects as part of the group Destiny’s Child, there are just too many tracks to choose from.

A great place to start is the Renaissance tracklist itself. The album has received praise for the way it was flawlessly sequenced. So, it is safe to say each of those tracks will be played live in the appearance in which they appear on the album in addition to a few fan-favorite songs, including “Naughty Girl,” “Drunk In Love,” “Diva,” and “Flawless,” with a mixture of songs she’s inspired by. Maybe a few Teena Marie songs as she is sampled throughout the album.

See the Renaissance tracklist below.

1. “I’m That Girl”
2. “Cozy”
3. “Alien Superstar”
4. “Cuff It”
5. “Energy”
6. “Break My Soul”
7. “Church Girl”
8. “Plastic Off The Sofa”
9. “Virgo’s Groove”
10. “Move”
11. “Heated”
12. “Thique”
13. “All Up In Your Mind”
14. “America Has A Problem”
15. “Pure/Honey”

What Does Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance Tour’ VIP Package Include?

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For weeks the Bey Hive has taken to social media to coordinate a financial plan in anticipation of Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour announcement. Although tickets for the upcoming haven’t gone on sale to the general public, social media has begun to speculate not only what the potential ticket prices will be but if there will be a VIP package add-on.

Well, one fan page on Twitter (not affiliated with the singer) alleges that there will not only be a VIP ticket package for the shows in the United States, but it will grant the holder access like never seen before. In the screengrab of what appears to be a Ticketmaster checkout screen, the VIP package is titled “VIP Front Row ON Stage Experience Package.”

The picture goes on to share that this supposed package will be available for purchase starting on February 10 at 10 am local time. Included in the package, holders will be given front-row seats on the stage, a red-carpet photo opportunity, commemorative laminate, exclusive tour merch, a dedicated restroom, and more.

Other accounts jumped in to share what the international VIP packages will supposedly contain.

Only time will tell if these rumors are true.

In the mean time, to learn more about how to get tickets for the Renaissance World Tour, click here.

Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance Tour’ Announcement Has Fans Elated And In Formation To Buy Tickets

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Beyoncé fans may have joked about dreading the effects her eventual Renaissance tour would have on their checkbooks, but now that the announcement has been made, it looks like they can’t wait to give her all their money — even if it is the first of the month when the rent’s due.

While some fans have been joking about selling the family homestead to afford the tickets, which are currently only available to fans who register on Beyoncé’s website. This is likely a precautionary measure to avoid a repeat of Ticketmaster’s Eras Tour debacle, which angered Taylor Swift fans enough that even Congress stepped in to grill the ticket platform’s parent company, Live Nation.

Meanwhile, other Beyoncé fans are trying to take a different tack, urging others to avoid her concerts with dire, tongue-in-cheek warnings of the dangers of her siren’s call. One fan even went so far as to play one of Beyoncé’s signature songs, “Single Ladies,” in reverse, a sly reference to past satanic panics (although those usually involved heavy metal bands in the ’80s).

And due to the high demand, plenty of fans expressed plans to see their fave by hook or crook, even if it means also making travel plans to see her in a completely different city.

Clearly, The Beyhive is thriving today, and Black History Month is off to a great start. But one question remains: Where are the visuals, sis?