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News18
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- News18
Major Brawl Breaks Out At Beyonce's Chicago Concert
Last Updated: Videos of an altercation between Beyonce fans went viral. The incident occurred at Chicago's Soldier Field. Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter concert saw a major brawl break out among the fans as the pop icon wrapped up the final show in Chicago. The concert was held at Chicago's Soldier Field, pictures and videos of which are going viral on social media. In a couple of videos, fans could be seen throwing chairs and pushing each other in the middle of the show. As per The Mirror US, the altercation broke out when the Grammy-winning singer was performing her gospel country song, II Hands II Heaven. During the performance, the audience members shoved each other, while others in cowboy attire tried to stop them. 'This is frying me so bad. I feel so bad for everyone who had to sit by that," a user wrote along with a video of the fight. One of the fans in the audience shared a video of himself, showing him enjoying the concert when he almost got hit in the crowd. 'When you have to break up a fight that starts right next to you at Beyonce's concert #CowboyCarter," the caption read. When you have to break up a fight that starts right next to you at @Beyonce concert #CowboyCarter — Terrance M. (@Terrance_M_) May 17, 2025 Despite the disruption, the performance moved forward as planned. The show was reportedly already delayed two hours due to severe weather conditions. At the same time, a number of Chicago residents were quick to distance themselves from those involved in the fight. It remains unclear what led to the altercation or whether anyone was arrested over the incident. Soldier Field representatives are also yet to comment on the developments. The Chicago incident came on the heels of another similar altercation that took place on the opening night of Beyoncé's tour in Los Angeles last month. Several eyewitnesses reported seeing pushing, shoving, and even 'cowboy-boot kicking" during Beyoncé's performance. It is worth mentioning that Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter tour is currently scheduled to continue through the summer months with several performances planned across North America. While the pop singer is yet to perform onstage with her collaborators during the tour, one in particular showed up to her show in Chicago, and it was none other than Shaboozey. 'We got Shaboozey in the house tonight," Beyonce said, which the Tipsy crooner later confirmed by sharing a picture from the stadium on his Instagram handle. Among other collaborators are Post Malone, Brittney Spencer, Tiera Kennedy, Tanner Adell, and Reyna Roberts. First Published:
Yahoo
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Las Vegas Sphere Owner Hits Beyoncé With Cease And Desist Over 'Unauthorized' Use Of Venue In Tour
Beyoncé has just kicked off her "Cowboy Carter" tour, but there's already trouble at the rodeo. According to sources close to the owner of the famed Las Vegas Sphere, which opened in September 2023, they have sent Beyoncé a cease and desist letter over her "unauthorized" use of their venue in her tour's interlude visuals. During the opening night of Beyoncé's "Cowboy Carter" tour on April 28, fans noticed the Las Vegas Sphere in one of the interlude visuals. In the stunning graphic, the "II Hands II Heaven" singer is depicted as hundreds of feet tall, striding through Sin City before stopping at the Sphere. She then lowers down before picking the venue up, tapping it with one finger, and walking away with it in her hand. Although the clip had Beyoncé fans buzzing with speculation online, Madison Square Garden boss James Dolan wasn't pleased with the 43-year-old's use of the building in her visuals. 'Beyoncé — many orders of magnitude larger than the Sphere venue — leans over, picks up the venue, and looms over it,' Kathleen McCarthy, a lawyer representing Dolan, wrote in a statement obtained by The Post. McCarthy went on to say that Bey's interlude has caused "significant speculation" that she would end her tour with a "Sphere residency." The letter, addressed to Beyoncé's production company, Parkwood Entertainment, asked the singer to stop using footage of the venue "without permission" so that it wouldn't confuse fans. "It has recently come to SEG's attention that a Cowboy Carter tour interlude video contains the unauthorized use of SEG's intellectual property," the letter states. "SEG is sure that multiple aspects of the interlude video, including other brands, clips, and music, were duly cleared by the tour with rights permissions from the rights holders whose works were used in the video, as is common practice. SEG, however, was never asked, and the prominent appearance and manipulation of SEG's Sphere venue in the video is unauthorized." Social media users immediately reacted to the legal matter and defended the "Dangerously In Love" singer vigorously in different threads. Tami Roman from MTV's "The Real World" and VH1's "Basketball Wives" commented, "The way I heard tourism was down [and] people aren't even going to the sphere ... they might wanna let her help with free promo [and] visibility." Someone else commented, "Now why would you block your blessings?" A third user also shared their thoughts and assumed Dolan was upset over previous rumors that Beyoncé declined the opportunity to perform a residency at the Sphere in 2024. "Oh, he mad she ain't wanna do that residency," they wrote. Another user suggested Beyoncé pull the footage of the Sphere from her interlude, "and then never perform there." During the first night of Beyoncé's "Cowboy Carter" tour, which occurred at SoFi Stadium in California, Beyoncé surprised attendees with a few of her family members. Blue Ivy Carter, who was featured in the "RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR" and "Beyoncé Bowl" on Netflix, joined her mother on stage throughout various parts of the three-hour performance. But she wasn't the only Carter on stage. Rumi Carter also stood by her mother's side during her performance of "PROTECTOR," in which the former can be heard saying on the studio version of the song, "Mom, can I hear the lullaby, please?" While off stage, some fans were involved in a heated exchange that turned physical, sending concertgoers into a panic. Two women, dressed head-to-toe in their best Western-inspired get-up, were seen arguing with each other near the VIP section of the concert before one of them smacked a hat off their other's head. Later, someone else swooped into the encounter, pushing another to the floor. One bystander could be heard calling the situation "a mess," while another joked, "Another show after the Beyoncé show?"
New York Times
21-03-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
The Power of ‘Two': An Anniversary Playlist
Image Dolly Parton Credit... Charlie Riedel/Associated Press Surprise: There's a birthday party in your inbox! Today we're celebrating two years of The Amplifier, with — what else? — a themed playlist. On March 21, 2023, I sent out the first installment of this newsletter, introducing myself with 11 songs that explain my musical perspective and asking readers to submit some of their own favorite tracks. In the time since, I've sent out nearly 200 playlists, shared thousands of songs and received countless submissions when I've asked Amplifier readers to generate their own soundtracks. The community we've created together is vibrant and reciprocal: I may have discovered as much new music through your recommendations as you have through mine. Today's playlist honors the Amplifier's second birthday with eight tracks that feature the word 'two' in the title. In keeping with The New York Times style guide, I stuck with songs that spell out the word 'two,' so my apologies to Sinead O'Connor's 'Nothing Compares 2 U' and Beyoncé's 'II Hands II Heaven,' among plenty of other greats that didn't make the cut. But you will hear classics from the Beatles, Dolly Parton and Bruce Springsteen, as well as more recent and lesser-known tracks from indie singer-songwriters like Mitski and Flock of Dimes. This anniversary is also ushering in a new chapter for this newsletter. Starting next week, I'll be taking a few months off to finish the manuscript of a book I've been working on. I'll miss making these playlist and corresponding with you all, but I'm incredibly excited to get one step closer to a lifelong goal of publishing my first book. Once I'm back, I'll update you on my progress — and probably share my writing playlist with you, too. While I'm out, I have a wonderful lineup of guest writers who will be sending out their own newsletters and playlists each Tuesday, and I'm thrilled for you to see (and hear) what they have in store. Thanks to each and every one of you who has read this newsletter, sampled our playlists and reached out to give us feedback. As always, happy listening. Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times. Thank you for your patience while we verify access. Already a subscriber? Log in. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
