Beyoncé took the stage at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Wednesday night time (Aug. 30), not solely as a celebrity performer, but additionally as town’s honorary mayor.
“I’m so comfortable to be on this stage,” Bey advised the group in a fan video posted to TikTok. “Y’alls faces are so stunning. You realize as we speak is particular as a result of as we speak I’m the mayor.”
After smiling on the crowd, who cheered at their mayor of the day, the “Break My Soul” singer continued, “That is my gratitude tour. I don’t take any of this as a right. I do know after 25 years I’m nonetheless capable of do what I like due to your loyalty, due to your prayers. I’m so grateful for y’all.”
The Santa Clara Metropolis Council voted on Tuesday night time (Aug. 29) to call Bey honorary mayor for the day and current her with a key to town, in line with The Mercury Information. “The town of Santa Clara is worked up about Beyonce’s upcoming go to to the world-renowned Levi’s Stadium,” Santa Clara spokesperson Michelle Templeton advised the publication. “Her concert events will definitely deliver quite a lot of power and pleasure.”
In accordance with figures reported to Billboard Boxscore, The Renaissance World Tour earned $127.6 million over 11 exhibits between July 8-30, claiming the biggest one-month sum for any artist for the reason that Boxscore archives started within the mid-Nineteen Eighties. In the meantime, when her five-show run at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium grossed $42.2 million, it was famous that it was the very best grossing engagement ever by a lady, a Black artist, or any American artist.