Tensions Flare Again At Beyoncé’s Tour As Fans Get Physical Mid-Performance

Beyoncé is likely to be preaching peace on her “Cowboy Carter” tour, however some followers appear to have missed the message, as a result of yet one more battle simply broke out mid-show, and it’s giving extra barroom brawl than stadium sing-along.

The chaos went down earlier this week at Chicago’s Soldier Discipline, the place Queen Bey hit the stage two hours late because of extreme climate delays.

However as soon as the music began, Beyoncé didn’t maintain again, belting out her gospel-country ballad “II HANDS II HEAVEN” with all the facility and soul followers have come to anticipate.

Whereas Beyoncé delivered her calming vocals, a wild battle erupted within the crowd, with followers in cowboy hats caught on digicam attempting to pry two aggressive concertgoers off one another.

In a now-viral video, chairs are shoved apart, and fists go flying as a small group begins grabbing, shoving, and even smacking one another, all whereas Bey stored proper on singing, unbothered by the drama unfolding close by.

No less than one individual was seen delivering a headshot slap, igniting much more chaos earlier than either side ultimately backed off and staggered away. No phrase but on whether or not anybody was ejected or arrested, however the present undoubtedly went on.

And get this. This isn’t the primary time Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” crowd has gotten rowdy.

Just some weeks in the past, throughout her opening evening at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, denim-clad followers let their cowboy boots and tempers fly after one other hat-smacking incident spiraled right into a full-on brawl. As followers poured out of the venue, one lady reportedly slapped one other’s cowboy hat proper off her head, triggering a heated confrontation that quickly turned physical.

A witness informed the Daily Mail, “I’m mad.” One other fan, clearly surprised, quipped, “One other present after the Beyoncé present?”

In response to onlookers, it acquired ugly quick.

One lady in a denim maxi costume tried and failed to interrupt it up, solely to get caught within the fray. One notably fired-up fan pushed one other lady to the bottom twice earlier than a person lastly stepped in to separate the group.

“She assaulted her,” a person will be heard saying in footage captured from the scene.

Regardless of the mayhem, Beyoncé stays untouchable, by no means breaking stride as her followers danced, sang, and sure, generally scrapped, their means by means of her genre-blending setlist.

However the drama would not finish there.

There’s been some chatter that Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter Tour” isn’t fairly residing as much as its blockbuster expectations.

Even after nabbing her first-ever Grammy for Album of the Yr with “Cowboy Carter,” the “Single Women” icon has reportedly been battling surprisingly sluggish ticket gross sales.

Simply hours earlier than her efficiency at SoFi Stadium final month, greater than 3,000 seats have been nonetheless up for grabs, per Ticketmaster, and resale costs had dipped as low as $20.