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Destiny’s Child reunion a reality at Beyoncé’s final “Cowboy Carter” show

Beyoncé's final "Cowboy Carter" stop included a surprise reunion of the girl group

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performs onstage during the 2018 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Field on April 21, 2018 in Indio, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)
performs onstage during the 2018 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Field on April 21, 2018 in Indio, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)

Beyoncé has been touring for what feels like the entirety of the 2020s, and she’s still finding ways to surprise fans.

At her final stop on her tour for “Cowboy Carter,” the pop star brought out her longtime bandmates Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams to perform a medley of Destiny’s Child’s biggest hits. The trio performed the 2001 track “Bootylicious” and the 2005 smash “Lose My Breath” to the cheers of Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium. Rowland and Williams joined Beyoncé on some solo material as well, lending a hand for a performance of “Renaissance” cut “Energy.”

The surprise reunion is the first time the girl group has shared a stage since 2018. Beyoncé marked the moment with a post to Instagram, which showed Bey beaming with her fellow hitmakers.

 

Perhaps miffed that LaToya Luckett and LaTavia Roberson are never invited to these get-togethers, the president leveled a shot at Beyoncé around the same time that she was wrapping up her stadium tour. Donald Trump called for the pop star to be prosecuted, alongside former Vice President Kamala Harris and mogul Oprah Winfrey, for allegedly taking undisclosed payments to endorse the Democratic presidential candidate in 2024.

“I’m looking at the large amount of money owed by the Democrats, after the Presidential Election, and the fact that they admit to paying, probably illegally, Eleven Million Dollars to singer Beyoncé for an ENDORSEMENT (she never sang, not one note, and left the stage to a booing and angry audience!),” he wrote. “These ridiculous fees were incorrectly stated in the books and records.”

By Alex Galbraith

Alex Galbraith is Salon's nights and weekends editor, and author of our free daily newsletter, Crash Course. He is based in New Orleans.


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