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For the first time since 2016 

Beyoncé Announces Renaissance World Tour

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Beginning on May 10 in Stockholm 

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and continuing in Europe through June before coming to North America 

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Tour will run for at least 40 dates 

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largely in stadiums, according to dates posted to Beyoncé’s website. 

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The tour includes one night at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey 

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(July 29) and one at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif. (Sept. 2) amid  stops in Chicago, Philadelphia, Toronto, Atlanta, Phoenix and Miami. 

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The tour, produced by Beyoncé’s Parkwood Entertainment and promoted by Live Nation 

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Beyoncé’s shows will be the singer’s first live events 

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available to the public since the On the Run II tour with her husband, Jay-Z 

In North America, fans are being asked to register for Ticketmaster's 

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Verified Fan process - which the company says will filter out touts - before ticket pre-sales open on Monday. 

Beyoncé performed her first headlining concert in four years , but did not play any of her new material. She was reportedly paid $24m (£19.4m) for the one-off show. 

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Last week at the opening of a luxury hotel in Dubai

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included first-class plane tickets, a three-night hotel stay, two  concert tickets and a guided backstage tour from Beyoncé's mother. 

$20,000 (£16,200) 

Images shared from the auction suggested the "unique" prize, valued at 

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