While Beyoncé may be breaking records this year with the critically acclaimed Cowboy Carter Tour, it’s not immune to occasional snafus, like any other global concert tour.
The singer, 43, powered through a potentially dangerous one when she returned to her hometown of Houston, Texas with her show on Saturday, June 28.
As has become a popular staple, the singer closes out each concert with a rendition of the Cowboy Carter power ballad “16 Carriages” while flying around the arena in a prop car, suspended on wires while she herself is harnessed in.
However, a social media clip showed that this portion of the concert didn’t go to plan, when the car stopped traveling through the audience and instead began tipping over to the side, precariously close to dropping the singer and leaving her hanging.
While maintaining her cool, once Beyoncé realized what was going on, she paused her singing and went: “Stop…stop, stop, stop stop,” as the car corrected itself. It began moving to the side as fans reassured the singer by loudly cheering for her.
“Thank y’all for your patience,” she told the crowd at NRG Stadium, keeping calm and collected as the car then began moving down back to the stage, and Beyoncé was able to remove her harness and continue the show once again after pausing for a few minutes.
© Beyoncé/InstagramThe “Texas Hold ‘Em” hitmaker certainly may have kept her cool, but fans definitely couldn’t, even when the singer cheekily referenced the moment in her latest social media post, sharing several outtakes from the Houston show, concluding with a photo of her in the car tipped over to the side.
“You boutta get right back in that car tomorrow ain’t you,” one of her followers commented, with another adding: “The lean was scary but it gave the show an extra sprinkle. I thought it was intentional until it leaned too much and you said ‘Stop’. The error made magic though.”
© HELLO!A third wrote: “Sister, I don’t wanna see that car tippin on 4-4s anymore. You stay on that ground!” with a fourth then quipping: “GISELLE STOP FLYING ACROSS THE STADIUM PLEASE,” using her middle name.
Technical difficulties aside, the Cowboy Carter Tour has been a raging success, having already grossed nearly $270 million worldwide from just 23 shows. Just nine more shows remain (including one more in Houston on Sunday, June 29) before the tour concludes on July 26 at Paradise, Nevada.
© Getty ImagesAcross nine acts, the concert covers almost every single one of her eight studio albums, with space primarily for the parent album, Cowboy Carter, and its predecessor in her planned trilogy, 2022’s Renaissance.
Beyoncé’s two daughters, 13-year-old Blue Ivy and eight-year-old Rumi, feature as prominent parts of the ensemble, with the former acting as one of the show’s backup dancers and the latter making an appearance during her performance of “PROTECTOR.” Recent guests on the tour also include “II Most Wanted” collaborator Miley Cyrus and husband Jay-Z.
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