Renaissance World Tour
The Renaissance World Tour was the ninth concert tour by American singer-songwriter Beyoncé. Her highest-grossing tour to date, it was announced on February 1, 2023, in support of her seventh studio album, Renaissance (2022). The all-stadium concert run began on May 10, 2023, in Stockholm, Sweden, and concluded on October 1, 2023, in Kansas City, Missouri. It was her first tour in five years, since the On the Run II Tour in 2018.
| Tour by Beyoncé | |
Promotional poster for the tour | |
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| Associated album | Renaissance |
| Start date | May 10, 2023 |
| End date | October 1, 2023 |
| No. of shows | 56 |
| Attendance | 2.78 million |
| Box office | $579 million |
| Website | tour |
| Beyoncé concert chronology | |
The concert lasted between two and a half and three hours and was split into six or seven acts, with Beyoncé performing the tracks of Renaissance in order, interspersed with songs from across her discography. The stage consisted of a giant screen with a large "portal" in its center, and featured sculptures, robotic arms and ultraviolet technology.
According to official figures provided by Billboard Boxscore, the tour broke ticket sales records worldwide, becoming the seventh highest-grossing concert tour of all time, the highest-grossing tour ever by a female artist, the highest-grossing tour by a black artist, achieved the two highest monthly tour-grosses in history and ranked at number one on the Top Tours Year End 2023 list. The show received critical acclaim, with particular praise for the production value and Beyoncé's vocal performance. The tour boosted both local and national economies and was a sociocultural phenomenon.
Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé, which chronicles the creation and execution of the tour, was released in cinemas on December 1, 2023.