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On the Run II Tour

The On the Run II Tour was the second co-headlining concert tour by American singer-songwriter Beyoncé and rapper Jay-Z, also known as The Carters. The all-stadium concert tour began on June 6, 2018, in Cardiff, Wales and concluded on December 2, 2018, in Johannesburg, South Africa. It followed 2014's On the Run Tour.

Commercial performance

Billboard stated the tour could double the On the Run Tour's gross, predicting it could gross between $180 million and $200 million, if the success of the previous tour is replicated.

Following the first day of general sale, an extra show was added in Amsterdam, after the first date sold out within an hour, as well as in Paris, Landover, East Rutherford, Chicago, Atlanta, Houston, Pasadena and London. Newly added shows were also announced on March 20, in Columbus, Columbia, Seattle, and London.

Billboard ranked On the Run II Tour as the 3rd-highest-grossing tour of the year, selling over 2,177,049 tickets and grossing over $253 million.

Critical response

The tour received positive reviews from critics, who praised the spectacle of the show and the plot of the story of the artists' love story in every aspects throughout the performance.

The opening show in Cardiff received positive reviews. Mark Sutherland from Rolling Stone gave the opening show in Cardiff a positive review. He called it a sort of reaffirmation of dominance for the pair as they deliver a "a hits-packed, visually stunning show". Writing for The Guardian, Rachel Aroesti awarded the concert four out of five stars and noted that the concept of the show revolved around the singers showing the "deathless nature of their love rather than its perfection". Beyoncé was critiqued after some of her "biggest hits" were left out of the set list on the opening night, including "Halo" and "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)". However, with over 60 songs rehearsed for the tour, the set list was believed to change between shows. Bonginkosi Tshabalala of No Name publications added that the show at Houston proved that "no matter what happens LOVE wins".

Hilary Hughes of Billboard considered the tour a "sum of exceptional parts" of "the mammoth visuals" of Jay-Z 's 4:44 Tour and the "technical and musical prowess" of Beyoncé's Beychella and The Formation World Tour, praising the capacity of the artists "to understand how deeply earned and hard won this catharsis was — and how superhuman they were to channel this anguish into such profound work".

Tom Rasmussen of The Independent defined the show as a "an ode to the love" with "with clever use of imagery and song, in a way which showed us why we need to love each other, and what has happened when we don’t", using their own life. Rasmussen also found in the show a social and political aspiration, writing that "in this, the age of political and social disunity, the power of these icons squared is one which transported a whole crowd to another place, another temporality: one filled with power, and joy, and love, and brilliant black talent".

Michael Rietmulder of The Seattle Times described the stage as a "packed an understated punch" while the film "carried the reconciliatory vibes between movements, interwoven with subtexts of racial inequality and female empowerment."

Set list

Europe

This set list is representative of the June 6 show in Cardiff, Wales.

North America

This set list is representative of the October 4 show in Seattle, Washington.

Notes

During the shows in Cardiff and Glasgow, "Top Off" and "No Church in the Wild" were both performed for the first time.
Starting with the show in Manchester, "Top Off" and "No Church in the Wild" were removed from the setlist. Additionally, "Mi Gente (Remix)" and "Mine" were added to the setlist.
Starting with the show in Copenhagen, "Me, Myself and I" was removed from the setlist.
Starting with the show in Stockholm, "You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)" was removed from the setlist.
During the second show in Paris, The Carters performed "Apeshit", which was later added to the setlist starting from the Cleveland show.
Starting with the show in Philadelphia, "Bam" and "Hold Up" were removed from the setlist and replaced with "Black Effect".
Starting with the second show in East Rutherford, "Nice" was added to the setlist.
During the second show in Chicago and the show in Detroit, The Carters performed "Summer".
During the Johannesburg show, the setlist was widely shortened due to it being a part of the Global Citizen Festival. Most of the setlist were the same as the tour, but with a few exceptions. “Nice” was after “Apeshit” and featured Pharrell Williams. Ed Sheeran was brought out to perform the duet of “Perfect”, “Ni**as in Paris” was after “No Church In The Wild”. In addition to those songs, "La-La-La (Excuse Me Miss Again)", "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)" (also performed with Pharrell), "Empire State of Mind", "XO", "Ave Maria", "Halo" (with a African choir), and "713" were added to the setlist.