Beyoncé Enlists Post Malone, Shaboozey and Blue Ivy Carter for Live Debut of ‘Cowboy Carter’ Songs During NFL Halftime Show
variety.comSteven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Beyoncé showed out for her native Houston with her highly anticipated NFL halftime performance during the Baltimore Ravens vs.
Houston Texans football game on Christmas Day. For her first live televised performance in four years, dubbed “Beyoncé Bowl,” the singer put on a meticulously confected and executed show, enlisting Post Malone, Shaboozey and her daughter Blue Ivy Carter to debut tracks from “Cowboy Carter” for the first time in a live setting.
As always, a bespoke Beyoncé performance is shrouded in mystery. There were rumors that it would be a staggering 20-minute epic; Stan accounts were circulating old photos of Miley Cyrus claiming she was in Houston for the game; and Beyoncé herself cashed in on poking fun at the potential buffering issues that plagued the Jake Paul-Mike Tyson Netflix fight last month.
But it instead was a masterful tour of choice cuts from her sprawling opus, which released earlier this year. It’s a challenge to top even your most arresting performances, yet Beyoncé repeatedly manages to outdo herself.
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