Beyoncé Kicks Off Virgo Season in L.A. With a Pre-Birthday Celebration at SoFi Stadium: Concert Review
variety.comTodd Gilchrist editor Los Angeles was severely depleted of its rhinestones, sequins and spandex Friday night when Beyoncé fans descended upon SoFi Stadium for the first night (of three) of her Renaissance Tour appearances at the venue.
Dutifully attired in their “most fabulous silver fashions” per the singer’s Aug. 22 Instagram post, the crowd arrived ready to celebrate Virgo season and the 42nd birthday of its queen, which falls on Sept.
4, the third night of her SoCal stopover. By now a well-oiled machine, the tour offered few surprises to anyone who’s followed its international trajectory, but that’s only to say it delivered all that her disciples could want and more in a dazzling, virtuoso display of spectacle, and more importantly, talent.
Beyoncé has famously served as her own opening act — shrewdly warming up the crowd (and possibly her peerless vocal chords) with a curated selection of ballads — but Los Angeles is too replete with talent for her not to call in a pinch hitter as a warmup: DJ Khaled.
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