Beyoncé sang her usual hits, changed multiple times and hit high notes
at the Budweiser Made In America music festival in Philadelphia.
She also pulled more than ever from her Destiny's Child catalog, interpolated inspirational words from Maya Angelou
and UFC fighter Ronda Rousey and told the feverish audience near the
end of her 90-minute set : "I am so, so happy to celebrate my birthday
with y'all."
Beyoncé, who turned 34 on Friday, headlined the first night of her
husband's two-day music festival held on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
Though Jay Z didn't join the pop diva onstage Saturday night, Kelly
Rowland and Michelle Williams' presence was felt.
Sporting a light pink leotard and red knee-high boots, Beyonce kicked
off her set with a slow rendition of "Crazy In Love." It eventually hit
its normal tempo, but later she wove in "Bootylicious." And throughout
her set, the audience watched her energetically perform "Say My Name,"
''Jumpin' Jumpin'" and dance slickly to lyrics from "Independent Women
Part I."
"Where my survivors at?" she yelled before performing "Survivor."
"Shout-out to my girl Kelly, I love you. My girl Michelle, I love you,"
she said. "If you survived bad relationships, if you survived illnesses.
When it gets tough, that's when you work harder."
Beyonce offered words of encouragement and empowerment, per usual, to
the crowd of screaming fans. She took it to a new level when a
background dancer moved beautifully to the words of Angelou's classic
"Phenomenal Woman" in between songs, and the audience screamed loudly as
recent words from Rousey blasted from the speakers about girls who fall
under the category of "do-nothing chicks."
"The kind of chick that just tries to be pretty and be taken care of by
someone else. That's why I think it's hilarious if my body looks
masculine or something like that. Listen, just because my body was
developed for a purpose other than (sleeping with) millionaires doesn't
mean it's masculine," Rousey's audio was heard and also appeared on the
large screen. "There's not a single muscle on my body that isn't for a
purpose, because I'm not a do-nothing (chick)."
Beyonce also performed hits like "7/11," ''Ring the Alarm," ''Run the
World (Girls)," ''Flawless," ''Halo," ''Love on Top" and "Drunk In
Love." She changed into a bedazzled Philadelphia Sixers shirt before
singing "Feeling Myself," and she closed her set with the upbeat "Single
Ladies (Put a Ring On It)."source:abc news
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