Beyoncé pays for late trains to take fans home

Beyoncé spent $100,000 (more than 2.37 billion VND) to extend subway hours to help fans get home after attending the “Renaissance” concert.

According to DailyMail , Beyoncé’s Renaissance tour performance at FedExField stadium had to be postponed nearly two hours due to inclement weather on August 6.

Due to the late start, Beyoncé’s team coordinated with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) to extend service hours by an hour, allowing fans to get home after the show.

Accordingly, after the show ended, WMATA opened an entrance at Morgan Boulevard Station – the closest to the show – and exits at 98 other stations. The agency rescheduled departures at Morgan Boulevard Station to 1:04 a.m. the next day, instead of 11:34 p.m. the night before.

Beyoncé during a performance in Detroit, Michigan, during her “Renaissance” tour. Photo: Instagram Beyoncé

The Maryland show marks the 10th US stop of the world tour. The 42-year-old singer is currently preparing for a concert in North Carolina (August 9).

The Renaissance World Tour is the ninth concert tour by the American singer, in support of her seventh studio album Renaissance (2022). The concerts began in May in Stockholm, Sweden and are scheduled to end in October this year in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. This is Beyoncé’s first solo tour since The Formation World Tour (2016).

The show received critical acclaim, with most impressed with the show’s organization, vocals, and costumes.

The Guardian ‘s Malcolm Jack described the tour as “the greatest pop show on Earth”. “We’ve seen a lot of modern, lavish shows, but this is something else: a mega-club, the most vibrant discotheque”, wrote Neil McCormick, chief music critic at the Telegraph . Rolling Stone described the Renaissance World Tour as “a once-in-a-lifetime show”, praising Beyoncé’s vocals and her interaction with the audience.

Vogue noted how Beyoncé uses fashion “as a way to connect with culture and fans.” The Halo singer collaborated with brands like Alexander McQueen, Loewe and Tiffany & Co. to design her own outfits for the show .

According to Billboard , the first nine shows of the European leg grossed $154.4 million, with one million tickets sold for 21 shows. Forbes magazine estimates that the singer could earn $2.1 billion from the tour. Along with Taylor Swift ‘s Eras Tour , the Renaissance World Tour is expected to appear on the list of the highest-grossing concerts of all time.

Beyoncé , born in 1981, is one of the most successful artists in the world with over 100 million records sold worldwide. Throughout her career, the singer has won many prestigious awards such as Grammy, Billboard, MTV, American Music Awards… Forbes magazine has twice honored her as the most powerful woman in the world’s entertainment industry in 2015 and 2017.

At the Grammy Awards held in February, the singer received the award for Best Dance/Electronic Album for Renaissance , Best R&B Song for Cuff It , Best Dance/Electronic Recording for Break My Soul and Best Traditional R&B Performance for Plastic Off the Sofa . The artist is the most awarded artist in Grammy history with 32 golden trumpets, including awards from his time in Destiny’s Child and The Carters (with Jay-Z).

She married rapper Jay-Z in 2008, and has three children, 11-year-old Blue Ivy Carter and 6-year-old twins Rumi and Sir Carter.