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Lexus is hitting the road with Beyoncé's RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR alongside her BeyGOOD Foundation as the exclusive automotive partner of the U.S. leg of the tour. The leading luxury car brand will support the mega superstar's nonprofit with a donation to help small, minority-owned businesses.

Lexus will join BeyGOOD Foundation and its Black Parade Route to help small business owners impacted by economic inequities through a variety of grant opportunities and/or sustainability support services. Lexus' donation expands the BeyGOOD commitment by providing an additional $10,000 each to two grant recipients in all tour cities.

"Lexus is honored to be part of Beyoncé's RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR and contribute to BeyGOOD Foundation's mission focused on economic equity," said Mia Phillips, senior manager, advertising and media for Lexus. "We are confident this collaboration will make a significant impact on entrepreneurs in every city we touch."

Beyoncé Knowles-Carter's BeyGOOD Foundation launched the Black Parade Route in 2020 as an initiative to amplify and promote Black-owned and small businesses. Carter committed $1 million to support small businesses in 10 cities in the U.S. as well as regions in the United Kingdom. Throughout the RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR, the business impact luncheons will be held to celebrate grant recipients in Chicago, New York, Charlotte, N.C., Atlanta, Los Angeles, Houston, and New Orleans.

Since Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour began in May, it has become not only one of the greatest concert events in history, but also a fashion show for people of all ages. Last month, Beyoncé partnered with Amazon for an exclusive collection of Renaissance merchandise. Now, supporters can choose from Drop 2.0.

The second of four upcoming drops features a five-piece, limited-edition edit with new exclusive tees and a sticker pack, all of which are available along with all the products from Drop 1.0. This collaboration offers customers around the world access to never-before-seen product and memorabilia styles that are only available online, via Beyoncé’s official Amazon Store and the Amazon Music Artist Merch Shop.

Take a look at all of the Renaissance World Tour products that you can shop from Drop 2.0 below.

The Minneapolis City Council chambers were packed with Black women on Thursday, as the city recognized its “Black Girl Magic” resolution — declaring Thursday “Bey Day” in honor of Beyoncé. The declaration celebrated all Black girls and women in the city — and came the same day the artist was in town for her “Renaissance” tour.

“Black women show up, time and time again, to do the hard work of speaking out against racism, oppression, gender and sexual violence, and all of the ways our systems perpetuate harm against us,” said City Council President Andrea Jenkins in a news release. “We embody strength, resilience and foresight. Black women have always been at the forefront of change work, while the rest of the world tells us we are wrong. While we hold the line, it takes years for the rest of the world to ‘get in formation,’ to quote Queen Bey, who inspires us to break through dominant culture and create our own lanes of power. We do the hard work which benefits all of our society. Black women and girls are trendsetters. Yes, we are human. Yes, we are #BlackGirlMagic. Thank you to all of the incredible Black women who showed up and shined today at City Hall and who do this important work every day without recognition.”

Beyoncé is returning to the beauty world with the surprise release of her new eau de parfum.

Currently retailing for $160, exclusively on her website, the 1.7 fl. oz bottle is only available in the United States and Canada and will begin shipping this November. last.

For those curious about how it’s going to smell, the fragrance notes are as follows: Top notes are clementine and golden honey while the heart of the fragrance is rose absolute and jasmine sambac, which rest on a base of nambian myrrh and golden amber.

The parfum was created in France, is “encased in art,” and of course, was crafted and designed by Bey herself. Those interested in purchasing will also receive a “special gift” while quantities It’s also worth noting that the pre-order may be cancelled at any time, prior to shipping, and customers will receive a full refund.

Beyoncé fans in Pittsburgh will not be seeing the Renaissance tour as originally planned. The concert date that was scheduled for August 3 has now been canceled.

“Due to production logistics and scheduling issues, unfortunately, the August 3rd Pittsburgh stop of the Renaissance World Tour will not be taking place,” reads a statement from Acrisure Stadium.

The venue said that refunds would be issued automatically at the point of purchase.

Fans that had planned to see Beyoncé on September 13 in Seattle will have to wait an extra day. Lumen Field confirmed that the Renaissance tour stop would take place on September 14 “due to production logistics and scheduling conflicts.”

Kansas City was expecting Beyoncé on September 18 but that date has now been postponed until October 1 at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. The reason for the delay was also cited as “production logistics and scheduling issues.”

If you've been watching Beyoncé's Renaissance World Tour videos on repeat like we have, you're in luck as Holt Renfrew is helping us get into full on D-I-V-A mode with the launch of the "Renaissance Flagship."

Celebrating the tour's two-night residency at Toronto's Rogers Centre, the Canadian retailer is transforming its store to welcome an overflowing collection of never-before-seen clothing and accessories, available for the first time in North America.

Housed in a fitting chrome formation, the 21-piece collection pays homage to the already-legendary tour's aesthetic, featuring a Summer Renaissance hoodie, boasting bold "B" detailing in honor of the Queen herself, as well as a rodeo-ready silver cowboy hat. For the bibliophiles, a robust 80-page self-published art book is teeming with exclusive imagery. The flagship also includes an exhibition of couture looks from Bey and Balmain creative director Olivier Rousteing, allowing fans to get up close and personal with the one-of-a-kind designs for the very first time, marking a historic moment as Beyoncé is the first Black woman to ever oversee a couture collection designed by a Parisian fashion house. Commemorating the exhibition, a four-piece collection arrives alongside it, including oversized T-shirts, artfully dropped-shoulder hoodies, as well as a spacious tote, complete with the collection's logo.

Available at Holt Renfrew's 50 Bloor Street West store from July 5 to July 11, 2023, the Renaissance collection is priced from $25 to $325 CAD, while the exhibition collection ranges from $200 -- $600 CAD.

Take a sneak peek in the gallery below.

In March, news dropped that the relationship between Beyoncé’s Ivy Park fashion brand and Adidas would be coming to a close, reportedly due to creative disagreements over the direction of the label. Things aren’t 100% kaput yet — Ivy Park dropped a swim collection just in time for the oncoming dog days of summer — but we now have some possible clues about where Queen Bey may be taking her merch-related talents next.

As noted by attorney Josh Gerben of Gerben Intellectual Property, Beyoncé-linked BGK Trademark Holdings LLC submitted eight applications to the US Patent and Trademark Applications, all dated June 22, for one single word: Echoville.

We have no material proof that this is the basis for a new consumer venture, but the details we do have are quite intriguing

Learn more below.

Beyoncé’s Echoville Trademarks

The following bullet points are taken verbatim from BGK Trademark Holdings LLC’s filings with the USPTO.

Harris County officials and Houston natives Beyonce and Kelly Rowland are collaborating to create 31 permanent housing units in Midtown. The initiative was announced Tuesday by county leaders, who will use $7.2 million in American Rescue Plan funds to develop housing at the Bread of Life gymnasium at 2019 Crawford Street.

Judge Lina Hidalgo said an "even bigger launch" on the housing units would be announced in September when Beyonce is in Houston for her Renaissance World Tour. Beyonce's two tour dates in the city are Saturday, Sept. 23, and Sunday, Sept. 24, at NRG Stadium.

"Harris County and the city of Houston, jointly with the coalition for the homeless, have reduced homeless in the middle of the pandemic by 20 percent, and we've been able to hold that reduction," Hidalgo said in a press conference Tuesday morning. "We just did the homeless count again, so it's initiatives like this one I certainly will be supportive of it no matter whose behind it, but it's especially interesting, I think, because there are these names of Beyonce and Kelly Rowland, who, of course, have been supportive of the community for a very long time."

According to a May Point-in-Time survey by the Coalition for the Homeless, Houston's unhoused population has declined by an estimated 17 percent since 2022.

In addition to the 31 housing units, the Knowles-Rowland House permanent housing project will have case managers, peer specialists, service specialists, and support services, like transportation, mental health, physical and behavioral health support, county records note.

Drop 1.0 is available now, featuring five items celebrating the iconography of the tour including apparel and a one-of-a-kind poster, only available via Beyoncé’s official Amazon store.

Amazon Music is the official online merchandise partner for Beyoncé’s critically-acclaimed RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR. The collaboration will come to life over the course of four, distinct Drops, released throughout the North American leg of the tour. Drop 1.0 is now available at Amazon.com/Beyoncé.

The collaboration offers customers around the world access to never-before-seen product and memorabilia styles that are only available via Beyoncé’s official Amazon Store and the Amazon Music Artist Merch Shop.

The inaugural drop in the four-part collection includes five items that celebrate the iconography of the tour.

Here’s all of the Beyoncé RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR merch you can shop now:

SZA and Beyoncé each won three times, including tying for the Album of the Year Award, at the 2023 BET Awards on Sunday.

The awards, which honor the year’s best performances in music, TV, film and sports, were handed out during a live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. This year’s event celebrated 50 years of Hip Hop, with Busta Rhymes receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award.

SZA also won tonight for best Female R&B/Pop Artist and for Video of the Year for “Kill Bill,” while Beyonce’s “Break My Soul” won both the Viewers Choice Award and the BET Her Award.

Album of the Year (Tie)
SOS – SZA
RENAISSANCE – Beyoncé

BET Her Award
Break My Soul – Beyoncé

Viewer's Choice Award
Break My Soul – Beyoncé

On June 22, ASCAP celebrated its 2023 Rhythm & Soul Music award winners during a VIP pre-party reception. The awards recognize the songwriters and publishers of the most-performed songs of the past year based on Luminate data for terrestrial and satellite radio and streaming services.

Beyonce received two awards in the R&B/Hip Hop & Rap Songs category for "Break My Soul" and "Cuff It". Congrats!

AFC Ajax is auctioning a shirt signed by Beyoncé. By Queen B's request, all profits will go to the Ajax Foundation. You can find the auction website here.

The new adidas x IVY PARK collection IVY PARADISE is available now!

Beyoncé's hit Renaissance Tour is gearing up for its highly anticipated run in the States, but there's one person who fans won't see in formation.

The star’s longtime dancer Ashley Everett has been noticeably absent from the tour, which kicked off in Stockholm on May 10. In fact, it's the first time Everett hasn't been grooving by Queen Bey's side in 17 years.

"I've been dancing my entire life," says Everett, 34. "I was one of the little girls in ballet class who was paying attention and loved it." Then, at age 17, she landed the gig of a lifetime.

"I was dancing at Alvin Ailey and I thought my dance journey was going to take me the modern, contemporary route. I randomly went to an audition and got asked to be a part of some music videos. That led to tour and then it just kept going. It was a dream come true."

Thinking back to her first videos with Beyoncé —"Get Me Bodied" and "Greenlight" off of the star's 2006 B'Day album — "It's so funny," says the dancer. "I remember on set everyone was like 'You guys kind of favor each other, are you cousins?' I was like, 'Not that I know of!'"

But over the years, and after numerous tours together, the two became like family. Beyoncé named her Dance Captain in 2009 and it was Everett who was one of two people by Bey’s side in the hit "Single Ladies" video. Though she was double booked to perform with the Rockettes at the time, "I had to play sick" to be part of the iconic trio in black and white, she says. "I made it work."

adidas and IVY PARK announce their latest collaborative swim and lifestyle collection: Ivy Paradise. This all-inclusive capsule pays homage to the disco era nightclubs, 90s hip-hop pool parties and present-day desert raves with its sequin silhouettes, lux velvet materials and the IVP monogram prints, making it this summer’s must have for the courageous and the cheeky.

Ivy Paradise pushes the boundaries of athleisure and luxury and celebrates freedom & self-expression. It takes swimwear from the water onto the dance floor with its versatility & stylistic combinations. It can be worn during the day at a music festival, to a glamorous city soiree, and the next day lounging on your best friend’s pool.

This capsule collection is designed to flatter every body with its luxurious fabrics, bold color blocks and versatile use with many reversible and 2-in-1 offereings included. Expect extreme cutouts, iridescent linings, shimmering rhinestones, and spandex to snatch the complete look. Styles include crystal mesh sarong wraps, crop tops & short sets, swimsuits and speedos, and a hot pink sequin jacket & shorts combo w/ fringe, and much more.

Ivy Paradise also includes an array of beach accessories including monogram visors & bucket hats, Ivy Park logo towel, and this summer’s IT accessory, the Disco bag.

The collection’s inclusive sizing ranges from 3XS – 4XL and price points range from $35 – $350 USD. The line is available in adidas stores and online at adidas.com/ivypark on June 23rd and in select partner stores, globally.

At this point, Beyoncé’s Renaissance world tour is part concert, part extended exercise in seeing just how many custom looks one pop star can commission and pack. Queen Bey has upended the typical stadium show model and turned it into an ever-changing format full of surprises and new looks.

Nearly every tour stop so far—there are 51 dates on the books in total, as of right now—has featured a new never-been-seen look designed by some of the biggest names in contemporary fashion. Off-White, Balmain, Brandon Blackwood, and on and on. What you may not have noticed, however, is that Bey often honors the country she’s in by wearing a designer who calls that nation home: Jacquemus for Marseille, France (the designer’s hometown); Alexander McQueen, David Koma, Robert Wun, and Stella McCartney for the singer’s five-night residency in London; custom Fendi in Barcelona that featured designs pulled from Spanish artist Antonio Lopez. It’s the pop star’s version of fashion diplomacy.

There are undoubtedly more custom looks to come from Beyoncé—she has not even made her way through the reported 41 custom pairs of Jimmy Choo shoes she bought along for the ride.

adidas updated their website with an announcement of a new IVY PARADISE collection!

The 2023 BET Awards nominees have been announced. Beyoncé leads among R&B acts with four nominations. The ceremony will air live Sunday, June 25, at 8 p.m. from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California.

Album of the Year
Beyoncé, Renaissance
Chris Brown, Breezy
DJ Khaled, God Did
Drake and 21 Savage, Her Loss
GloRilla, Anyways, Life’s Great…
Kendrick Lamar, Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
SZA, SOS

Best Female R&B/Pop Artist
Ari Lennox
Beyoncé
Coco Jones
H.E.R.
Lizzo
SZA
Tems

Beyonce has treated hotel staff to some VIP tickets for her sold-out show as a way of saying thank you for "taking care of her".

The 41-year-old performer is currently in the middle of her Renaissance World Tour and has been staying at London's Corinthia Hotel while she performs in the capital.

Beyonce is said to have left a generous tip for her butler, personal chef and concierge, giving them pairs of VIP tickets which cost more than £750 ($930) each.

A source said: "Beyonce is really sweet and very gracious to everyone around her, so always wants to thank the people who are taking care of her.

"They have gone above and beyond to look after her while she has been in the UK, so she treated them to some of the best tickets you can get."

Speaking to The Sun, the source added: "It’s her favourite hotel so she asked for the staff’s emails to personally thank them."

During her stay at the penthouse at the Corinthia, which costs an eyewatering £20,000 per night, Beyonce is said to have asked for her hotel rider to be stocked with bottled water and exotic fruits.

She also asked for a specially prepared vegan mac and cheese, along with salmon, according to the publication.

For BeyHive members who were unable to secure tickets to Beyoncé’s Renaissance world tour, and her historic five-night residency at London’s Tottenham Hotspur stadium, we bring a silver lining to your sadness. Because the team at Flannels have got in “Formation” to bring you a complete in-store takeover by Queen Bey herself inside the luxury retailer’s flagship store in the capital.

The “Renaissance flagship” – which from Tuesday 30 May 2023 will be situated in Flannels X, the retailer’s experiential cultural hub – brings you everything you need to soak in the Beyoncé excitement. Even its exterior facade will transform into a 360-degree digital display that delves into the visual and auditory splendour of the Renaissance era.

“Crazy in Love” for tour merch? No fear. As the luxury retail partner for the Renaissance World Tour collection, Flannels brings you a 19-piece memorabilia offering, sold for the first time outside of stadium venues, including exclusive “London Has a Problem” and “Cuff It” tees.

Obsessed with Beyoncé and Olivier Rousteing of Balmain’s co-designed Renaissance Couture collection? Flannel’s has you covered. The “Renaissance flagship” is also playing host to an exhibition of twelve looks, complete with “Renaissance: Beyoncé with Balmain”, an offering of available-to-buy pieces that includes an oversized tee, dropped-shoulder hoodie and giant tote.