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Beyonce is performing in the UK tonight as her Cowboy Carter tour heads to London for six performances in the capital.
Fans of the global superstar began queuing outside the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium at 4am on Wednesday.
The 62,000 capacity venue will host all the singer's shows on the British leg of her tour before she moves to Paris and then returns to the US.
She last performed in the UK in 2023 on the Renaissance World Tour, which saw her play five dates at the same stadium.
Live updates below
Here is Beyonce's set list from her previous performance in Rutherford, New Jersey, on May 29:
ACT I
Ameriican Requiem
Blackbiird
The Star Spangled Banner
Freedom
Ya Ya / Why Don’t You Love Me
ACT II
America Has A Problem
Spaghettii (includes Run the World (Girls), My Power and Flawless)
Formation
My House (includes elements of Bow Down)
Diva
ACT III
Alliigator Tears
Just for Fun
Protector (includes elements of Dangerously in Love)
Flamenco
ACT IV
Desert Eagle
Riiverdance
II Hands II Heaven
Tyrant (includes elements of Haunted)
Thique (includes elements of Bills Bills Bills and Say My Name)
Levii’s Jeans
Sweet Honey Buckiin’ / Pure/Honey / Summer Renaissance
ACT V
Texas Hold ‘Em (includes elements of Texas Hold ‘Em (Pony Up Remix), Church Girl)
Crazy In Love
Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) (includes elements of Get Me Bodied)
Love on Top (includes elements of Freakum Dress)
Irreplaceable
If I Were a Boy
Jolene
Daddy Lessons
Bodyguard
II Most Wanted (includes elements of Blow)
Cuff It (includes elements of Cuff It (Wetter Remix), Smoke Hour II and Dance for You)
Heated
Before I Let Go
ACT VI
Daughter
I’m That Girl (includes elements of Apeshit)
Cozy
Alien Superstar
ENCORE
Amen
Three key questions as Beyoncé performs first UK show in two years
For those planning to enjoy a real-life hoedown in North London later or at some point this month, here's some key information you need to know:
What time will we see Beyoncé on stage?
Doors to the Tottenham Hotspur stadium open at 5pm and Beyoncé is expected to make her entrance on stage at around 7:30pm. But ever the performer, spectators maybe shouldn't expect a prompt arrival...as the singer has turned up at previous Cowboy Carter shows at 8:15pm.
What's the setlist?
Fans can expect a near three-hour setlist featuring more than 40 songs in total. Records will be mostly from her Cowboy Carter album but also feature tracks from Renaissance plus popular favourites, like ‘Diva’ and ‘Crazy in Love’.
Who is supporting?
So far, Beyoncé has not had a support act and there's nothing to suggest that will change tonight at the start of her UK shows. Some have speculated Sir Paul McCartney could join the star on stage for her rendition of the Beatles song ‘Blackbird’ after the Beatle praised her cover version last year.
Beyoncé heads to UK after winning elusive Grammy
Beyonce receives album of the yea at the 67th Grammy awards
Beyoncé may well feel a spring in her step as she takes to the stage in London tonight after Cowboy Carter won a Grammy for album of the year at the fifth time of asking.
At the 67th Grammy Awards in February, the 43-year-old extended her lead as the decorated artist in the event’s history with 35 awards after collecting the best country album Grammy as well as the country duo/group performance award for her song featuring Miley Cyrus, titled II Most Wanted.
She previously failed to secure the best album prize with 2008’s I Am … Sasha Fierce, 2013’s Beyonce, 2016’s Lemonade and 2022’s Renaissance.
Her success in the album category came after her husband Jay-Z used a speech at last year's ceremony to condemn the Recording Academy for failing to give her the award
Read more here
Watch: How Beyoncé revived classic look on Cowboy Carter tour
Do ticket sales show Beyoncé is losing her pulling power?
Ticket sales for Beyoncé’s latest Cowboy Carter shows may reflect less interest in her country-tinged material compared to her dance-friendly records.
The megastar also may be struggling to get fans who saw her on her whirlwind Renaissance tour to come back just two years later, this time at even higher prices.
Over the past few months Beyoncé appears to have drastically slashed prices at some of her shows in order to get fans to buy the unsold tickets. Some who saw her in Los Angeles were able to nab tickets as cheap as $35 before Ticketmaster's fees.
In addition it has been a difficult time for Beyonce and her husband Jay-Z in the last year.
The rapper, real name Shawn Carter, was falsely accused of raping a 13-year-old girl at a 2000 MTV Video Music Awards party alongside Sean 'Diddy' Combs in a lawsuit that was filed in December last year.
The unnamed accuser then voluntarily dismissed the case and Carter, 55, has now sued his accuser's attorney Tony Buzbee, who filed the allegations.
Carter no longer faces legal action.
Beyoncé struggling to sell hundreds of tickets ahead of her first show
Hundreds of seats remained up for grabs (blue areas have free seats in them)
Beyoncé is struggling to sell hundreds of tickets ahead of her first UK Cowboy Carter in London tonight.
This morning there were still 539 free seats left at show at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium which holds around 62,000 people for concerts.
Currently the cheapest seats available for tonight are £71 for obstructed view seats while the most expensive are £278 for seated in better areas.
It comes in sharp contrast to ticket sales for her Renaissance world tour in 2023 where UK shows sold out within minutes of being released. Her UK stint comes after ticket sales for the US part of her tour were also sluggish.
Read the full story by our showbiz reporter Amelia Wynne here
Bring your brolly... but only if it's a small one
Fans attending tonight's show are allowed to bring umbrellas inside the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium...but only if it's no bigger than a metre in length.
Umbrellas greater than a metre are among a list of banned items stated by the football club on its website.
Heavy rain is forecast throughout the afternoon and evening in the capital.
The dates Beyoncé is performing in London
Tonight marks the first UK show for Beyonce's new tour following her for her eighth studio album Cowboy Carter.
All performances will take place at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the venue she last graced when performing in Britain in 2023 on her then Renaissance World Tour.
Here are the dates she will be performing in London:
Thursday, June 5
Saturday, June 7
Tuesday, June 10
Thursday, June 12
Saturday, June 14
Monday, June 16
From there, Beyonce heads to Paris for three nights at the Stade De France, before returning to the US to conclude the tour.
More fans go Crazy in Love for Queen Bey's UK return
The third person in line at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is Gabriele Macca, from Bergamo, Italy.
He is in a different section to Liam and Alex and is officially first in his separate queue.
The 25-year-old said:
I’ve been a fan since I was little. My sisters introduced me to Destiny’s Child when I was younger, and at 5, I was singing and dancing to Beyoncé.
I just remember thinking, ‘I want to be her someday’. Well, I’m not her, but I’m here - I’m her fan. I’ve loved following her evolution.
Meet the Beyonce superfans first in line for tonight's show
Here are the Beyoncé superfans who are first in line for her run of London concerts - a German duo who showed up a day-and-a-half early.
Liam Ghassemi, 21, and Alex Schroer, 24, arrived at 4am on Wednesday (June 4), even though doors don’t open until 5pm the following day - 37 hours later.
The fans, who have travelled more than 550 miles from Germany, said the wait is worth it to get front row in the standing section.
Liam said:
I just think no one puts on a show like Beyoncé. I’ve been to lots of her tours and her performances are always different. Her production and visuals are insane. No one else compares.
Meanwhile, when asked why he is such a Beyoncé fan, Alex simply said:
She’s the queen. She’s Queen Bey.
Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter tour heads to stormy London
Hello and welcome to MailOnline's live coverage as Beyoncé kicks off the European leg of her Cowboy Carter tour in London tonight.
The global superstar is performing six shows at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium before she moves to Paris and returns to the US.
Fans of Queen Bey will brave heavy thunderstorms in the capital to catch her first performance in Britain for more than two years with some queuing outside the venue at 4am on Wednesday.
Stick with us as we bring you live updates throughout the afternoon and evening plus fan reaction and the most eye-catching pictures and videos.