Now I don’t have great percentage rate of predicting what will happen on HBO, but I did call this one. Beyonce’s presence on HBO, with her LIFE IS BUT A DREAM documentary and her BEYONCE x10 music videos, has prompted a full fledge concert event. ON THE RUN TOUR: BEYONCE AND JAY Z will tape in September and air exclusively on HBO later that month. Here is the official Press Release:
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ON THE RUN TOUR: BEYONCÉ AND JAY Z,
PRESENTING THEIR FIRST COLLABORATIVE TOUR,
DEBUTS IN SEPTEMBER, EXCLUSIVELY ON HBO
ON THE RUN TOUR: BEYONCÉ AND JAY Z, featuring the superstars in their first collaborative tour – and their first HBO concert event – will debut in September; it was announced by Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming. Taping September 12 and 13 at Stade de France in Paris on the only international leg of their current tour, the special will feature the superstars performing more than 40 songs. Noted Lombardo
“This is a m
ajor musical event that belongs on HBO. It’s going to be a night to remember.”
ajor musical event that belongs on HBO. It’s going to be a night to remember.”Although 17-time Grammy winner Beyoncé and 19-time Grammy winner JAY Z have recorded numerous hit songs together, including “Crazy in Love” and “Drunk in Love,” and have been special guests on each other’s tours, ON THE RUN TOUR: BEYONCÉ AND JAY Z marks the first time the married couple has toured together on the same bill. The stadium tour covers 19 shows in the U.S. and two shows in Paris.
USA Today said of the tour, which began June 25 in Miami –
“The coordination is not just remarkable, it’s the absolute best way that two of the world’s best performers can deliver a show that proves why they are on top together,”
while the New York Times hailed it as –
“a show that acknowledged their two very different sorts of success without diminishing either one.”
Beyoncé is currently appearing on HBO in BEYONCÉ: X10,” a ten-episode series of concert performances debuting Sunday nights before TRUE BLOOD, she was previously seen on the network in the intimate feature-length documentary LIFE IS BUT A DREAM which debuted in Feb. 2013. Jay Z’s PICASSO BABY: A PERFORMANCE ART FILM had its world premiere on HBO in Aug. 2013.
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Besides the annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame concerts this is the first musical concert since LADY GAGA: LITTLE MONSTER CONCERT in 2011. Are you ready to be On The Run with the Carter’s comes September? We will announce the air date when it is official. Note this doesn’t appear to be a live broadcast of the Paris, France shows as the release states it will be a taped event. We will have to find out for sure.
