Beyoncé London tour live updates: Stadium full of empty seats as Queen Bey kicks off UK Cowboy Carter shows at soggy Tottenham Hotspur Stadium amid ticket price plunge

By MAILONLINE REPORTER

Published: 10:00 EDT, 5 June 2025 | Updated: 15:16 EDT, 5 June 2025

Beyonce is performing in the UK tonight as her Cowboy Carter tour heads to London for six performances in the capital.

Fans of the global superstar began queuing outside the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium at 4am on Wednesday. 

The 62,000 capacity venue will host all the singer’s shows on the British leg of her tour before she moves to Paris and then returns to the US.

She last performed in the UK in 2023 on the Renaissance World Tour, which saw her play five dates at the same stadium.

Live updates below 

The show has started and there are plenty of empty seats…

And Beyonce’s first night in the capital has commenced.

However four songs in and the empty seats still haven’t filled….

The cowboy hats are out in force! Not long until Queen Bey takes to the stage!I attended Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter tour and what I saw shocked me… now I want my $700 back…

Read J.Peterson’s first hand experience of a Beyonce concert.

Will the star bring back her iconic Crazy in Love tiny jean shorts tonight?

Beyonce brought back one of her most iconic outfits two decades later during her Cowboy Carter stop in Chicago at Soldier Field last month.

She recreated her famous Crazy in Love music video ensemble, but added a bit of glitter to the look she first made famous in 2003.

In the famed music video, Beyoncé, then 21, donned a Prada tank top and on trend at the time J Brand low-rise jean shorts.

Will she recreate the look tonight?

Fans are filing in ahead of Queen B’s arrival

The crowds are gathering on the stadium floor ahead of her first UK tour date.

However earlier on Thursday there were still 539 free seats left in the stadium which holds around 62,000 people for concerts.

Plenty of fans also took to Twitter to share they were selling their tickets ahead of the show.

It’s set to be an expensive night at the bar…

As the fans file into the stadium the queues at the bar have begun with a Summer Berry Collins cocktail costing a whopping 14.50.

Meanwhile a pint will also set you back 7.95 for a Birra Moretti or Neck Oil.

Beyoncé returns to the UK for her first show in two years

It has been two years since the pop legend has performed in London after she took to the stage at Tottenham Spurs stadium for her Renaissance tour in May 2023.

Her husband Jay-Z proudly watched from the audience as well as stars Kris Jenner, Naomi Campbell and Dua Lipa who jetted to the UK to watch Queen B perform.

Read the full artcile below for a walk down memory lane for her last show in the English capital.

Revealed: The secret behind Beyoncé’s billionaire rise to stardom

Insiders close to Beyoncé have lifted the lid on how she has become a record-breaking billionaire.

The Houston-born superstar, 43, and her husband Jay-Z became music’s first billionaire couple and are now worth around $3billion.

And in a new interview those who have worked with her over the years have revealed how her work ethic that is on ‘another level’ and her attention to detail have been reflected in her impressive bank balance.

Producer Larry Griffin Jr worked with the star on her 2011 album 4, told The Times Culture magazine: ‘She knows exactly what she wants. It was one of the most intense weeks of my career.’

Read the full story by Amelia Wynne here:

Watch: Meghan and Harry dance night away at Beyoncé show

The royals were potted dancing the night away at the SoFi Stadium last month.

Afterwards, Beyoncé shared a photograph of the royals on her website, capturing the grinning couple as they cosied up inside the luxurious VIP lounge to watch the Crazy in Love singer perform.

How Beyoncé achieved the royal seal of approval

As hundreds of thousands of British fans gear up to watch Beyoncé live in action this month, one who has made no secret of his admiration is King Charles himself.

In March, the monarch revealed his eclectic taste in music by nominating 17 of his favourite songs for a playlist that featured none other than Queen Bey herself.

‘From a performer so exceptional that I just could not resist including her music,’ he said.

Describing her as ‘incomparable’, the King also made a point of congratulating the star on winning her first album of the year award at the Grammys – a ‘shout-out’, royal sources say, he ‘personally’ asked to include.

Will Beyoncé’s children appear during UK Cowboy Carter shows?

Two of Beyoncé children have performed on stage during her Cowboy Carter with her daughters Rumi, seven, and Blue Ivy, 13, making high-profile cameos.

Rumi made her stage debut at the opening night of her mother’s tour in LA last month, and looked more than happy to be soaking up the spotlight.

She looks primed to follow big sister Blue, who is already one of the biggest child stars on the planet.

Blue, a two-time Guinness World Record holder, might only be 13, but she’s already garnered a Grammy Award, MTV VMA Moon Man, NAACP Image Award, Voice Arts Award, and two BET Awards.

She previously danced back-up for Beyoncé’s songs My Power and Black Parade during her Renaissance World Tour.

Last year, Blue made her big screen acting debut by voicing Kiara in Mufasa: The Lion King.

• Watch Blue Ivy’s sole dance performance during Cowboy Carter tour

40-song setlist featuring some classics: What Beyoncé’s set list could look like

Here is Beyonce’s set list from her previous performance in Rutherford, New Jersey, on May 29:

• Ameriican Requiem
• Blackbiird
• The Star Spangled Banner
• Freedom
• Ya Ya / Why Don’t You Love Me

• America Has A Problem
• Spaghettii (includes Run the World (Girls), My Power and Flawless)
• Formation
• My House (includes elements of Bow Down)
• Diva

• Alliigator Tears
• Just for Fun
• Protector (includes elements of Dangerously in Love)
• Flamenco

• Desert Eagle
• Riiverdance
• II Hands II Heaven
• Tyrant (includes elements of Haunted)
• Thique (includes elements of Bills Bills Bills and Say My Name)
• Levii’s Jeans
• Sweet Honey Buckiin’ / Pure/Honey / Summer Renaissance

• Texas Hold ‘Em (includes elements of Texas Hold ‘Em (Pony Up Remix), Church Girl)
• Crazy In Love
• Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) (includes elements of Get Me Bodied)
• Love on Top (includes elements of Freakum Dress)
• Irreplaceable
• If I Were a Boy
• Jolene
• Daddy Lessons
• Bodyguard
• II Most Wanted (includes elements of Blow)
• Cuff It (includes elements of Cuff It (Wetter Remix), Smoke Hour II and Dance for You)
• Heated
• Before I Let Go

• Daughter
• I’m That Girl (includes elements of Apeshit)
• Cozy
• Alien Superstar

Three key questions as Beyoncé performs first UK show in two years

For those planning to enjoy a real-life hoedown in North London later or at some point this month, here’s some key information you need to know:

• What time will we see Beyoncé on stage?

Doors to the Tottenham Hotspur stadium open at 5pm and Beyoncé is expected to make her entrance on stage at around 7:30pm. But ever the performer, spectators maybe shouldn’t expect a prompt arrival…as the singer has turned up at previous Cowboy Carter shows at 8:15pm.

Fans can expect a near three-hour setlist featuring more than 40 songs in total. Records will be mostly from her Cowboy Carter album but also feature tracks from Renaissance plus popular favourites, like ‘Diva’ and ‘Crazy in Love’.

So far, Beyoncé has not had a support act and there’s nothing to suggest that will change tonight at the start of her UK shows. Some have speculated Sir Paul McCartney could join the star on stage for her rendition of the Beatles song ‘Blackbird’ after the Beatle praised her cover version last year.

Beyoncé heads to UK after winning elusive Grammy

Beyonce receives album of the yea at the 67th Grammy awards

Beyoncé may well feel a spring in her step as she takes to the stage in London tonight after Cowboy Carter won a Grammy for album of the year at the fifth time of asking.

At the 67th Grammy Awards in February, the 43-year-old extended her lead as the decorated artist in the event’s history with 35 awards after collecting the best country album Grammy as well as the country duo/group performance award for her song featuring Miley Cyrus, titled II Most Wanted.

She previously failed to secure the best album prize with 2008’s I Am … Sasha Fierce, 2013’s Beyonce, 2016’s Lemonade and 2022’s Renaissance.

Her success in the album category came after her husband Jay-Z used a speech at last year’s ceremony to condemn the Recording Academy for failing to give her the award

Watch: How Beyoncé revived classic look on Cowboy Carter tourDo ticket sales show Beyoncé is losing her pulling power?

Ticket sales for Beyoncé’s latest Cowboy Carter shows may reflect less interest in her country-tinged material compared to her dance-friendly records.

The megastar also may be struggling to get fans who saw her on her whirlwind Renaissance tour to come back just two years later, this time at even higher prices.

Over the past few months Beyoncé appears to have drastically slashed prices at some of her shows in order to get fans to buy the unsold tickets. Some who saw her in Los Angeles were able to nab tickets as cheap as $35 before Ticketmaster’s fees.

In addition it has been a difficult time for Beyonce and her husband Jay-Z in the last year.

The rapper, real name Shawn Carter, was falsely accused of raping a 13-year-old girl at a 2000 MTV Video Music Awards party alongside Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs in a lawsuit that was filed in December last year.

The unnamed accuser then voluntarily dismissed the case and Carter, 55, has now sued his accuser’s attorney Tony Buzbee, who filed the allegations.

Carter no longer faces legal action.

Beyoncé struggling to sell hundreds of tickets ahead of her first show

Hundreds of seats remained up for grabs (blue areas have free seats in them)

Beyoncé is struggling to sell hundreds of tickets ahead of her first UK Cowboy Carter in London tonight.

This morning there were still 539 free seats left at show at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium which holds around 62,000 people for concerts.

Currently the cheapest seats available for tonight are £71 for obstructed view seats while the most expensive are £278 for seated in better areas.

It comes in sharp contrast to ticket sales for her Renaissance world tour in 2023 where UK shows sold out within minutes of being released. Her UK stint comes after ticket sales for the US part of her tour were also sluggish.

• Read the full story by our showbiz reporter Amelia Wynne here

Bring your brolly… but only if it’s a small one

Fans attending tonight’s show are allowed to bring umbrellas inside the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium…but only if it’s no bigger than a metre in length.

Umbrellas greater than a metre are among a list of banned items stated by the football club on its website.

Heavy rain is forecast throughout the afternoon and evening in the capital.

The dates Beyoncé is performing in London

Tonight marks the first UK show for Beyonce’s new tour following her for her eighth studio album Cowboy Carter.

All performances will take place at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the venue she last graced when performing in Britain in 2023 on her then Renaissance World Tour.

Here are the dates she will be performing in London:

• Thursday, June 5
• Saturday, June 7
• Tuesday, June 10
• Thursday, June 12
• Saturday, June 14
• Monday, June 16

From there, Beyonce heads to Paris for three nights at the Stade De France, before returning to the US to conclude the tour.

More fans go Crazy in Love for Queen Bey’s UK return

The third person in line at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is Gabriele Macca, from Bergamo, Italy.

He is in a different section to Liam and Alex and is officially first in his separate queue.

I’ve been a fan since I was little. My sisters introduced me to Destiny’s Child when I was younger, and at 5, I was singing and dancing to Beyoncé.

I just remember thinking, ‘I want to be her someday’. Well, I’m not her, but I’m here – I’m her fan. I’ve loved following her evolution.

Meet the Beyonce superfans first in line for tonight’s show

Here are the Beyoncé superfans who are first in line for her run of London concerts – a German duo who showed up a day-and-a-half early.

Liam Ghassemi, 21, and Alex Schroer, 24, arrived at 4am on Wednesday (June 4), even though doors don’t open until 5pm the following day – 37 hours later.

The fans, who have travelled more than 550 miles from Germany, said the wait is worth it to get front row in the standing section.

I just think no one puts on a show like Beyoncé. I’ve been to lots of her tours and her performances are always different. Her production and visuals are insane. No one else compares.

Meanwhile, when asked why he is such a Beyoncé fan, Alex simply said:

She’s the queen. She’s Queen Bey.

Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter tour heads to stormy London

Hello and welcome to MailOnline’s live coverage as Beyoncé kicks off the European leg of her Cowboy Carter tour in London tonight.

The global superstar is performing six shows at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium before she moves to Paris and returns to the US.

Fans of Queen Bey will brave heavy thunderstorms in the capital to catch her first performance in Britain for more than two years with some queuing outside the venue at 4am on Wednesday.

Stick with us as we bring you live updates throughout the afternoon and evening plus fan reaction and the most eye-catching pictures and videos.

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Beyoncé London tour live updates: Stadium full of empty seats as Queen Bey kicks off UK Cowboy Carter shows at soggy Tottenham Hotspur Stadium amid ticket price plunge