Kelly, and Kanye West – On the Run felt truly collaborative. “Show Me What You Got” mash-up that set the tone for the evening, the star couple both reinventing their respective catalogs and fusing them together.Īs opposed to Jay Z’s other split-marquee tours – his jaunts with Justin Timberlake, R. Instead of saving them for the encore, they came out of the gate with “’03 Bonnie & Clyde,” “Upgrade U” and a “Crazy In Love” vs. The Carters didn’t waste any time before getting to their duets. How ‘Dave’ Landed Drake and Brad Pitt in Wild Season Three Finale Perhaps a little too often, it felt like Jay Z was there just to kill time between his wife’s costume changes, but what better way to kill time than have one of the greatest rappers of all time rifle through a few of his biggest tunes. She monopolized the heavy-duty set pieces, she wore the jaw-dropping outfits, she delivered the mesmerizing and complex choreography. Husband and wife might get equal billing here, but make no mistake: This is Beyoncé’s show. Between the visuals, the outfits, the stage setup, the pyrotechnics and the insane setlist, they provided enough hits and eye candy to make the Miami audience forget all about LeBron James opting out of his Heat contract.
Instead, over the course of two-and-a-half hours and 42 songs, the Carters opened their joint On the Run tour with a well synchronized cinematic spectacle. The most powerful couple in music could have easily just coasted on their names, performing a sparse half- Jay/half- Bey concert before cashing the Roc Nation checks.