‘Lemonade’ news and updates: Beyoncé ends Miami tour by dedicating song to Prince.
Beyoncé debuted many of her new songs of her personal album "Lemonade" live on Wednesday at Marlins Park in Miami. The exclusive album is all about infidelity, self-worth and forgiveness.
The concert was the opening night of her 41-date "Formation" world tour, which runs until August.
The New York Times reports, Beyoncé drew largely from her most recent albums for the two-hour set, mixing the hurt and anger of songs from "Lemonade" - "Sorry," "Hold Up," "Don't Hurt Yourself" - with more euphoric numbers from her 2013 self-titled release. Deeper throwback numbers included "Baby Boy," "Naughty'' Girl" and, from Destiny's Child, bits of "Survivor" and "Bootylicious."
The show also featured a partial singalong to "Purple Rain" by Prince
"I want to dedicate this song to my beautiful husband," Beyoncé said before closing the show with "Halo," a ballad from 2008. "I love you so much." She added, "Prince, thank you for your beautiful music."
"Lemonade," is Beyoncé's sixth solo album that was released on Saturday night after the premiere in HBO. In a review, Jon Pareles of The New York Times wrote, "Marital strife smolders, explodes and uneasily subsides" on the album, which "probes betrayal, jealousy, revenge and rage before dutifully willing itself toward reconciliation at the end."
At the show, Beyoncé called the hopeful "All Night" her favorite song from "Lemonade," influencing fans to echo its opening lines: "Found the truth beneath the lies/And true love never has to hide."
The New York Times, the concert mostly avoided the explicitly political content of her Black Panthers-inspired Super Bowl appearance this year, the tour merchandise included T-shirts that read "BOYCOTT BEYONCé," an allusion to the backlash she received from a Miami police union after the release of the single "Formation" in February.
"Anyone who perceives my message as anti-police is completely mistaken," Beyoncé told Elle in a rare interview. "I am against police brutality and injustice. Those are two separate things."
