Beyonce announces huge Cowboy Carter tour ahead of Taylor Swift Grammys battle

Beyonce has announced her hotly-anticipated Cowboy Carter circuit aft weeks of delay, conscionable arsenic she prepares to spell caput to caput with Taylor Swift astatine the Grammy Awards

Beyonce has thrilled fans successful the aboriginal hours of Sunday greeting by announcing her Cowboy Carter tour.

The singer's Instagram dropped 2 posts - 1 of a flashing Cowboy Carter neon motion and a 2nd close-up changeable of the singer's face. The homepage of her website was updated with the aforesaid display. However, fans hoping for much details volition beryllium disappointed arsenic nary further circuit dates person yet been shared.

It comes hours earlier Beyonce volition spell head-to-head with Taylor Swift for the medium of the twelvemonth grant astatine the 67th Grammy Awards connected Sunday.

The ceremonial successful Los Angeles volition spot performances from Brat prima Charli XCX, Sabrina Carpenter, Billie Eilish and Chappell Roan, with Beyonce being the astir recognised creator with 11 nominations.

Beyonce's Cowboy Carter medium could go the awards’ astir decorated LP, a rubric presently held by Santana’s Supernatural, which received 9 awards successful 2000, and 1 of the record’s singles, Texas Hold ‘Em, is up for the grounds of the year, opus of the twelvemonth and state opus of the year. Should it triumph the apical award, the LP would beryllium Beyonce’s archetypal grounds to triumph champion album, having antecedently failed with 2008’s I Am… Sasha Fierce, 2013’s Beyonce, 2016’s Lemonade and 2022’s Renaissance.

But the erstwhile Destiny’s Child subordinate volition look inactive contention from Swift, 35, whose The Tortured Poets Department has been nominated. Taylor herself has besides received 5 different nominations.

It's not antithetic for musicians to usage the ceremonial to marque immense vocation announcements. After picking up the Best Pop Vocal Album for medium Midnights astatine past year's ceremony, Taylor utilized her acceptance code to uncover merchandise of her 13th medium The Tortured Poet's Department.

Beyonce had been owed to denote her latest circuit successful January but postponed due to the fact that of the “devastation” of the California wildfires that has seen thousands of homes destroyed and communities ravaged.

The 43-year-old superstar, whose BeyGood instauration donated 2.5 cardinal US dollars (£2.05 million) to Los Angeles alleviation efforts, had antecedently said she would uncover thing – which fans person speculated is simply a circuit oregon album.

It came arsenic officials warned that winds scattering ash could endanger the advancement made truthful acold connected the infernos that person sent thousands of radical frantically fleeing their properties.

On Instagram, Beyonce wrote: “The January 14th announcement volition beryllium postponed to a aboriginal day owed to the devastation caused by the ongoing wildfires astir areas of Los Angeles. I proceed to commune for healing and rebuilding for the families suffering from trauma and loss. We are truthful blessed to person brave archetypal responders who proceed to enactment tirelessly to support the Los Angeles community.”

Rock set Nine Inch Nails were astir to marque a circuit announcement, and besides said this would beryllium deferred.

On Instagram, they wrote: “Since immoderate dates and accusation astir our world circuit person leaked we are confirming that yes we volition beryllium touring and volition supply much details soon. We are each watching the devastation that is unfolding successful California and person paused our announcement portion radical effort to woody with each that is happening.”

On Sunday, the BeyGood instauration Instagram relationship said it has launched the LA Fire Relief Fund, which “is earmarked to assistance families successful the Altadena/Pasadena country who mislaid their homes, and to churches and assemblage centres to code the contiguous needs of those affected by the wildfires”.

Founded successful 2013, the foundation concentrates connected economical equity, by “supporting marginalised and under-resourced programmes”, according to its ngo statement.

Other celebrities who person donated funds see Desperate Housewives prima Eva Longoria and her foundation, the Screen Actors Guild, the Recording Academy and MusiCares, and Oscar-winning histrion Jamie Lee Curtis and her household – who person each pledged 1 cardinal dollars (£819,000) each to those affected by the wildfires.

US world prima Paris Hilton launched an exigency money to enactment families who person been displaced, kickstarting it with a idiosyncratic donation of 100,000 dollars (£82,000) aft she watched her Malibu location “burn to the crushed connected unrecorded TV”.

Beyonce’s mother, Tina Knowles, revealed that her Malibu bungalow was 1 of the properties destroyed. She wrote: “It was my favourite place, my sanctuary, my ineffable blessed place. Now it is gone. God bless each the brave men and women successful our occurrence section who risked their lives successful unsafe conditions.”

Actors Mel Gibson, Miles Teller, Jeff Bridges, Billy Crystal, Jamie Chung and Bryan Greenberg are besides among the Hollywood stars who person mislaid their homes.