She’s sung for Barack Obama, posed with alligators on leashes for an album cover and sold more records than there are people in Great Britain.
Now, the superstar singer will take the stage at Olimpiisky Sports Complex on Monday as part of her “I Am… Sasha Fierce” tour. Beyonce is having a successful 2009, having been named Woman of the Year by Billboard as well as performing at the Academy Awards ceremony and at the U.S. president’s inauguration.
Two years after her first visit to the city, Beyonce will bring a show that is bigger and far more expensive, rather like the singer herself. For the show, Beyonce has 72 different costumes created by famous couturier Thierry Mugler.
Local fans have already snapped up the cheaper tickets that started at 1,500 rubles ($51). “I didn’t have a chance to see Beyonce during her first visit to Moscow two years ago, but this time I just have to do it, especially as I love her last album,” said Marika, a Beyonce fan, just after buying a ticket at a box office on Tverskaya Ulitsa. “If the diva visits Moscow for the second time, that means she knows how Muscovites love her.”
Beyonce said in recent interviews that she will concentrate on songs from her latest multiplatinum album, such as “If I Were a Boy” and “Single Ladies,” although she will also find room for her older hits such as “Crazy in Love” and “Deja Vu.”
Beyonce plays Nov. 2 at Olimpiisky Sports Complex. 8 Olimpiisky Prospekt. Metro Prospekt Mira. Tel. 739-5599.
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