Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Beyonce wins big with Super Bowl halftime show, will play Wells Fargo Center and Boardwalk Hall in July

Before the Superdome power outage became the story of the night, Beyonce put all the brouhaha over her lip-synching the National Anthem at President Obama's inauguration this month behind her.

Beyonce wins big with Super Bowl halftime show, will play Wells Fargo Center and Boardwalk Hall in July

POSTED: Monday, February 4, 2013, 9:03 AM

Dan DeLuca, Inquirer Music Critic

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UPDATE: As expected, Beyonce's big Super Bowl splash is being followed by a tour announcement. The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour play the Wells Fargo Center on July 25 and Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on July 26. Tickets for the Philadelphia show go on sale Feb. 15 at ComcastTix.com.

Before the Superdome power outage became the story of the night, Beyonce put all the brouhaha over her lip-synching the National Anthem at President Obama's inauguration this month behind her with what was surely the most scintillating big game halftime show since Prince played Super Bowl XLI in 2007.

Earlier this week at her Super Bowl press conference, Beyonce promised "I absolutely will be singing live," and it surely seemed she was, albeit with pre-recorded back up vocals, as she appeared several times larger than life on stage to a Vince Lombardi voice over.

But the dazzling part of the Beyonce Bowl wasn't about her singing so much as the hyper-energetic staging, the way she prowled the stage in skimpy black leather and knee high boots and looked the camera in the eye in her fiercest of Sasha Fierce modes. It was a spectacle worthy of the occasion, and also clearly an intensely rehearsed performance, making one wonder why she couldn't find the time to rehearse one song for the Inaugural.

She opened with a medley of "Love On Top" followed by "Crazy In Love" - without a guest rap from Jay-Z - followed by "Till the End Of Time" and "Baby Boy." After that came the much anticipated Destiny's Child reunion, with Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams back in black on "Bootylicious," "Independent Women," and before they were dismissed mid-song, "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)." The crescendo came with "Halo," with a super diva down on her knees belting out an-over-the-top power ballad, before the power went out.

Watch the show below.

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Comments (39)

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 11:45 AM, 02/04/2013

Boring halftime. Beyonce and her girls look like hookers or strippers with no talent. Very cheesy. Same old routine.

Zzzzzzzzzzz.

— Bill fields

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 11:51 AM, 02/04/2013

One good thing was that my 13 year old daughter watched the first half with me ("is it almost over Dad?") so I give it a thumbs up. When the lights went out I told my wife there was a power failure and she thought I was talking about our house! Gotta love sports!

— AlanInFlorida

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 1:28 PM, 02/04/2013

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

— Handsome B. Wonderful

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 2:04 PM, 02/04/2013

@masterncommander Let me guess you have women beating down your door because your so fine? I highly doubt you have any room to call anyone ugly.

— ceez0341

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:44 PM, 02/04/2013

Dan, so disappointed ... how can I ever take you seriously as a music critic again? The music was canned and in many spots pre-recorded, the costumes stripperesque, the show boring. Tired dancing. Angry, egomaniacal expression on her face. Overcompensation for the earlier controversy apparent in facial expression as well as costumes. She was filled with self-validation, not a connection to her fellow human beings. Nothing to grab onto and relate to other than perhaps masturbation. But we can get that elsewhere ... really Dan? Really? Please tell me you were drunk or something.

— thefactjack