Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s tour is officially happening
You may want to check your bank account balance and kick your penny-pinching into high gear because the long-rumoured Beyoncé and Jay-Z joint tour is officially happening.
The powerhouse couple announced Monday that their On the Run II tour will start June 6 in the United Kingdom and July 25 in North America. Presale starts Wednesday, with tickets going on sale March 19.
Beyoncé dropped the news via a trailer on her website and some photos on Instagram.
The first On the Run tour, named after the Jay-Z song “Part II (On the Run)” featuring Beyoncé, took place in 2014 after they wrapped up solo tours. The duo has had a Bonnie and Clyde thing going for a while (that was even the name of their first single together), and they kept that on-the-lam vibe with the 2014 tour. At the time, the superprivate couple also were plagued by rumours of impending divorce (remember the elevator incident?)
Well, On the Run II comes at a different point for the two. They have since aired a lot of their dirty laundry, had twins and released some of their most critically acclaimed and revealing work yet.
In 2016, we were sorting through the tea leaves to discern what Beyoncé was spilling about her husband’s possible infidelity on “Lemonade”; the album took us on her journey from rage to sorrow to redemption. A year later, Jay-Z basically fessed up to his erring ways on “4:44,” repeating the phrase “I apologize” seven times in the title track.
When they hit a rough patch in their marriage, they started working on a joint project, Jay-Z said in an interview with New York Times Magazine: “We were using our art almost like a therapy session. And we started making music together,” he said.
Will some of that music make its way into the tour? We can only wait to see. The two have also collaborated on tracks in 2017, including “Family Feud” on “4:44” and on DJ Khaled’s 2017 “Shining.”
While the cost of the North America tickets for On the Run II isn’t available yet, Ticketmaster U.K. announced that in the United Kingdom, they would range from 25 to 160 pounds, plus fees (so that’s US $34 to $222).
Monday’s announcement comes a week after an event called “On the Run II” featuring the two popped up on Ticketmaster and Beyoncé’s Facebook page. The events were quickly deleted from the websites, but the Beyhive was already kicked up into a frenzy over the possible tour.
Rumours no more. Now it’s time to check the couch for tour pennies.