Beyoncé launched the Cowboy Carter Tour 2025 on Monday, April 28, with the first of five SoFi Stadium concerts in Inglewood, California, to glowing reviews. " Beyoncé doesn’t just take the stage," the Guardian raved . "She takes the narrative back. "On opening night of her Cowboy Carter world tour at the four-year-old SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, she brings forth a sweeping, theatrical spectacle that reclaims country music, reframes American identity and reminds everyone who’s still driving pop’s evolution after all these years." USA TODAY provided live updates from opening night, including the moment when Beyonce shared the stage with daughters Blue Ivy, 13, and Rumi, 7 . The New York Times wrote that "the superstar’s new stage show turns reclamation, personal and musical, into joyful extravaganza." And Rolling Stone weighed in with, "The three hours of Beyoncé felt nonstop as she ran through almost the entirety of 'Cowboy Carter' during the set. Everything from the show seemed calculated and measured to perfection, leaving little space for Beyoncé to break from the plan. It was a theatrical spectacle that, once again, put Bey in a league of her own.
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