/ 24 January 2023

Beyoncé’s big gig

Image source: Wikimedia
Image source: Wikimedia

But you weren’t able to buy a ticket for it… Attending her first long-form performance since 2018 was an invitation-only audience of influencers, celebrities, the wealthy, and journalists – all for a hotel opening in Dubai on the weekend. Atlantis the Royal is the latest luxury hotel in a city of luxury hotels – so to stand out, it shelled out a reported US$35 million for the appearance. Nice… Not so nice for the music innovator has been the blowback from her LGBTQI+ fans, dismayed that she would appear in the United Arab Emirates. They were surprised that Beyoncé – a champion of gay rights – took the booking. But with Queen Bey smashing out 19 songs in an hour – that’s a bit more than US$1.8 million a song, or $583,000 a minute – she’s an Independent Woman

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