Beyoncé Adds Seven North American Shows to ‘Renaissance World Tour’

Beyoncé is going to need a bigger tour. One day removed from announcing the “Renaissance World Tour” that will hit 40 stadiums this summer, Queen Bey added seven additional shows in North America due to overwhelming demand.

Second nights were added in Toronto, Chicago, New Jersey, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Inglewood in Los Angeles and Houston.

According to “Renaissance World Tour” producer Live Nation, “Fan demand already exceeds the number of available tickets by more than 800% based on current registration numbers. To help meet demand for this first group of dates going on sale, seven shows have now been added based on venue and scheduling availabilities around the time of the tour. Even with these added dates, it is still expected that the majority of interested fans will not be able to get tickets because demand drastically exceeds supply.”

The tour is implementing Ticketmaster’s Verified Fan system for the North American leg with some tweaks from the standard system, much examined in the wake of the Taylor Swift on-sale fiasco. Because registration is being done with a staggered approach, Live Nation is advising fans interested in purchasing tickets for dates in North America Groups B and C to “stay tuned for further updates.” Fans can register now until Friday, Feb. 3, at 12 p.m. ET for the added shows here.

Members of the BeyHive, Beyoncé’s fan club, will be eligible to register with Verified Fan during the appropriate window. There are also Citi and Verizon Up-associated presales. (see below).

Beyoncé co-headlined a run in 2018 with her husband, Jay-Z, but this is her first headlining tour since 2016’s “Formation” tour,

The music and fashion icon tops the list of the highest-grossing Black touring artists with ticket sales topping $1 billion from concert touring during the past 21 years – from her solo treks, co-headlining tours and other concert appearances, according to reports submitted to Pollstar’s Boxoffice. Her overall gross is $1,008,743,477 from more than 9.3 million sold tickets at 441 concerts worldwide.

Beyoncé ranked No. 5 on Pollstar’s Top Touring Artists Of The Decade list with a gross of $857,405,819 from treks between 2009 and 2018.

Her most successful trek at the box office was “Formation” that played North American and European stadiums in support of the 2016 album Lemonade. She performed 49 shows that year, grossing $256 million from 2.2 million sold seats. The “On the Run II” stadium tour with Jay-Z, follows as a close second with ticket revenue totaling just $2.3 million less. The couple played 48 shows in stadiums on both continents on 2018’s reprise of “On the Run” and moved over 2.1 million tickets. Their first joint tour four years earlier took in $110 million globally from 21 sold-out stadium dates and 979,781 tickets.

Group A: Chicago, E. Rutherford, Washington, Atlanta, Las Vegas, Inglewood, Houston
Verified Fan Registration Windows: Now through Feb. 3 at 12 p.m. local.
BeyHive Verified Fan Presale: Feb. 6 
CITI Verified Fan Presale: Feb. 7 at 10 a.m. local through Feb. 8 at 6 pm local
Verizon Presale: Feb. 9 at 10 a.m. local through Feb. 10 at 6 p.m. local
Ticketmaster Verified Fan Onsale: Feb. 11

Group B: Minneapolis, Boston, Tampa, Miami, San Francisco, Seattle, Dallas
Verified Fan Registration Window: Now through Feb. 9 at 11:59 p.m. local time
BeyHive Verified Fan Presale: Mon, Feb. 13
CITI Verified Fan Presale: Feb. 14 at 10 a.m. local through Feb. 15 at 6 p.m. local time
Verizon Presale: Feb 16 at 10 a.m. local through Feb 17 at 6 p.m. local time
Ticketmaster Verified Fan Onsale: Feb. 18

Group C: Nashville, Louisville, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Charlotte, St. Louis, Phoenix, Kansas City, New Orleans, Philadelphia
Verified Fan Registration Window: Now through Feb. 16 at 11:59 p.m. local time
BeyHive Verified Fan Presale: Feb. 20
CITI Verified Fan Presale: Feb. 21 at 10 a.m. local through Feb. 22 at 6 p.m. local time
Verizon Presale: Feb. 23 at 10 a.m. local through Feb. 24 at 6 p.m. local time
Ticketmaster Verified Fan Onsale: Feb. 25

CANADA DATES
Verified Fan Registration: Now through Feb. 2 at 11:59 p.m. local time
BeyHive Verified Fan Presale: Feb. 6
Ticketmaster Verified Fan Onsale: Feb. 7

EUROPE DATES
Stockholm, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Sunderland, Paris, Marseille, Amsterdam, London 
BeyHive Presale: Feb. 6 at 10 a.m. local through 6 p.m. local time
General Onsale: Feb. 7 at 10 a.m. local time

Brussels, Barcelona, Cologne, Hamburg, Frankfurt 
BeyHive Presale: Feb. 6 at 10 a.m. local through 6 p.m. local time
General Onsale: Feb. 10 at 10 a.m. local time

RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR DATES
May 10 – Stockholm, SE – Friends Arena
May 14 – Brussels, BE – King Baudouin Stadium
May 17 – Cardiff, UK – Cardiff Principality Stadium
May 20 – Edinburgh, UK – BT Murrayfield Stadium
May 23 – Sunderland, UK – Stadium of Light
May 26 – Paris, FR – Stade de France
May 29 – London, UK – Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
May 30 – London, UK – Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
June 08 – Barcelona, ES – Olympic Stadium
June 11 – Marseille, FR – Orange Velodrome
June 15 – Cologne, DE – Rhein Energie Stadion
June 17 – Amsterdam, NL – Johan Cruijff Arena
June 21 – Hamburg, DE – Volksparkstadion
June 24 – Frankfurt, DE – Deutsche Bank Park
June 27 – Warsaw, PL – PGE Narodowy
July 8 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre
July 9 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre (ADDED SHOW)
July 12 – Philadelphia, PA – Lincoln Financial Field
July 15 – Nashville, TN – Nissan Stadium
July 17 – Louisville, KY – L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium
July 20 – Minneapolis, MN – Huntington Bank Stadium
July 22 – Chicago, IL – Soldier Field Stadium
July 23 – Chicago, IL – Soldier Field Stadium (ADDED SHOW)
July 26 – Detroit, MI – Ford Field
July 29 – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium
July 30 – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium (ADDED SHOW)
Aug. 01 – Foxborough, MA – Gillette Stadium
Aug. 03 – Pittsburgh, PA – Acrisure Stadium
Aug. 05 – Washington, DC – FedEx Field
Aug. 06 – Washington, DC – FedEx Field (ADDED SHOW)
Aug. 09 – Charlotte, NC – Bank of America Stadium
Aug. 11 – Atlanta, GA – Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Aug. 12 – Atlanta, GA – Mercedes-Benz Stadium (ADDED SHOW)
Aug. 16 – Tampa, FL – Raymond James Stadium
Aug. 18 – Miami, FL – Hard Rock Stadium
Aug. 21 – St. Louis, MO – Dome at America’s Center
Aug. 24 – Glendale, AZ – State Farm Stadium
Aug. 26 – Las Vegas, NV – Allegiant Stadium
Aug. 30 – Santa Clara, CA – Levi’s Stadium
Sept. 02 – Inglewood, CA – SoFi Stadium
Sept. 03 – Inglewood, CA – SoFi Stadium (ADDED SHOW)
Sept. 11 – Vancouver, BC – BC Place
Sept. 13 – Seattle, WA – Lumen Field
Sept. 18 – Kansas City, MO – GEHA Field At Arrowhead Stadium
Sept. 21 – Dallas, TX – AT&T Stadium
Sept. 23 – Houston, TX – NRG Stadium
Sept. 24 – Houston, TX – NRG Stadium (ADDED SHOW)
Sept. 27 – New Orleans, LA – Caesars Superdome