Fans who waited five months to see Beyoncé for The Formation World Tour in Nashville, waited at the edge of their seats a little longer on Sunday, October 2, 2016, at Nissan Stadium.
The show was originally scheduled to take place in May, toward the beginning of her tour, but she postponed the show until October. Tickets said it started at 7:30 p.m., but DJ Khaled who opened for Beyoncé, didn't come out until well after 8:00 p.m. Of course he hyped up the crowd, with a number of old school and new school hits, but he was small on the stage, working his music, next to a giant cube called The Monolith.
The Monolith rotates, projects videos, and has secret pathways. It teased the audience with quick dramatic images of Beyoncé before she appeared on the stage almost an hour after Khaled, in "Formation" with her army of female dancers.
When she hit the stage, Beyoncé was right on time, and she and her dancers strutted down an extended runway to a second stage to give the audience powerful and sexy performances of past and present favorites, including songs from "Lemonade."
The entire concert was special, but several moments with the crowd were extra special. The first, included Beyoncé alone on the stage belting out a soulful acappella rendition of “Love On Top” with the crowd singing right with her.
The second was an emotional tribute to Prince with her cover of "The Beautiful Ones," and "Purple Rain." The third was an on-stage break down in a shallow pool of water with her dancers storming to
"Freedom." They kicked, pounded and splashed water out into the crowd, which added to the intensity of the performance.
Beyoncé danced hard, and she sang hard. The entire concert, she was at 100 percent. She wrapped the night about two hours after she began, with "Halo," fireworks and cannons.