Beyonce The Formation Tour

If you haven't seen Beyonce's new Formation video, you've officially been sleep underneath a rock. The unexpected release took over the Internet instantly. Being released in the wake of her highly anticipated Super Bowl performance, the beehive stirred up more attention, talk about great management for the Queen. Maybe I love the video so much because I'm from New Orleans, but the video gives you more sass and independence than ever before. Beyonce goes back to her New Orleans and Houston roots with Formation, "Slay!"  Using Nola as the film location Bey addresses some political issues like; Hurricane Katrina, Trayvon Martin, and Black lives matter. The video repeatedly switches scenes one being Bey standing on a submerging police car in the flooded city and another is a child in a black hoodie dancing in front of armed cops.

Does the Queen Bey actually care about these issues that we as a society face? I have no clue, but I do know she's 10 years late with addressing Hurricane Katrina, 4 years late for the Trayvon Martin incident, but we're at the climax of the black lives matters issue while in the middle of one of the most memorable presidential office changes of the century. So who else is better to broadcast minority issues? Beyonce also announced that she is forming a foundation with United Way for the Flint Water Crisis. She's doing more than I have so who am I to say she doesn't care. Although contributing to such charities are a beneficial tax return for businesses, she's using her public image to broadcast these issues and that's something we all know she doesn't have to do. Beyonce has a very established fan base to where she doesn't even have to make music anymore let alone address controversies. Performing the new single during the super bowl will definitely draw more attention to such a controversial video. The beehive got really buzzing once she announced her world tour following the halftime performance. I am excited, but also a little confused. Bey dedicated "Formation" the single she's promoting to New Orleans, but she doesn't have a tour date there? Like come on that's kind of a slap in the face Bey, fans like me who are native to the city could see this as you using our tragedy for your income without even providing us a show. Hopefully management reconsiders and adds New Orleans to the tour dates. 

Here's the list of the tour dates:

April 27 – Miami, FL – Marlins Park
April 29 – Tampa – Raymond James Stadium
May 1 – Atlanta, GA – Georgia Dome
May 3 – Raleigh, NC – Carter-Finley Stadium
May 5 – Nashville, TN – Nissan Stadium
May 7 – Houston, TX – NRG Stadium
May 9 – Dallas, TX – AT&T Stadium
May 12 – San Diego, CA – Qualcomm Stadium
May 14 – Los Angeles, CA – Rose Bowl
May 16 – Santa Clara, CA – Levi’s Stadium
May 18 – Seattle, WA – CenturyLink Field
May 20 – Edmonton, AB – Commonwealth Stadium
May 23 – Minneapolis, MN – TCF Bank Stadium
May 25 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre
May 27 – Chicago, IL – Soldier Field
May 29 – Detroit, MI – Ford Field
May 31 – Pittsburgh, PA – Heinz Field
June 3 – Boston, MA – Gillette Stadium
June 5 – Philadelphia, PA – Lincoln Financial Field
June 7 – New York, NY – Citi Field
June 10 – Baltimore, MD – M&T Bank Stadium
June 12 – Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium

European Dates
June 28 – Sunderland, UK – Stadium of Light
June 30 – Cardiff, UK – Millennium Stadium
July 2 – London, UK – Wembley Stadium
July 5 – Manchester, UK – Emirates Old Trafford
July 7 – Glasgow, UK – Hampden Park
July 9 – Dublin, IE – Croke Park
July 12 – Dusseldorf, DE – Esprit Arena
July 14 – Zurich, CH – Letzigrund
July 16 – Amsterdam, NE – Arena
July 18 – Milan, IT – Stadio San Siro
July 21 – Paris, FR – Stade de France
July 24 – Copenhagen, DK – Parken
July 26 – Stockholm, SE – Friends Arena
July 29 – Frankfurt, DE – Commerzbank Arena
July 31 – Brussels, BE – Roi Boudoin