BB: Bey is the Greatest Performer of the past 25 years
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The closing show of Beyonce's 49-date, six-month long Formation tour at New Jersey's Metlife Stadium on Friday night (Oct. 7) was "something special," as the Queen herself told the crowd.
She was right: Not because there was any drastic overhaul of the show -- which, of course, is nothing less than the greatest all-around musical performer of the past quarter-century continuously challenging herself with Olympic feats of talent, skill, creative direction and endurance.
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But the most fascinating aspect of nearly everything Beyonce has done over the past few years has been the way this artist -- who ranks among James Brown, Mick Jagger, Michael Jackson, Prince and very few others in the way she is not just the world-beating performer at the center of the show, but also the person in complete control of every last detail of it -- challenges herself, less to show off than to prove that it can be done.
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Singing half a song while hanging upside-down? Check! Soaring through the very difficult closing choruses of "Love on Top" -- which climb to a higher key each time they're repeated -- completely by herself in front of more than 80,000 people? Nailed it! Singing entire verses while performing a booty-shake that would have most human voices wobbling like a cartoon character on a bumpy ride? Done! Dancing and singing the closing numbers in three inches of water while getting completely drenched? Got this! On virtually every level, it was probably the most ambitious musical concert tour ever staged.
