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After a night off The Mrs Carter Show returned to the O2 for the fourth installment of the six night residency in exhilarating fashion.
Although the set didn't alter from the three previous performances the capacity crowd were kept on the toes thanks to Beyonce's energetic performance. It was two hours of non stop entertainment with complex and precise dance routines, powerful vocals, soulful ballads, some of the best pop songs ever written and flying across the arena making the £70 ticket seem not so ludicrously priced after all .
The singer arrived on-stage to deafening screams from those lucky enough to get hold of tickets. Backed by an all female band and dancers (later joined by twin boys who messed about on-stage in a rhythmic manner) she kicked off with 'Run The World' which was made into a spectacle thanks to the impressive backdrop and lights, using shadows with the routines to create added dimensions.
Whilst performing it was high-impact show(wo)manship but there was lulls in the set during costume changes that seemed to take place far too regularly and for quite some time. Back on-stage Beyonce treated her adoring fans with a fair chunk from her last release, 4, just one from the Destiny's Child days but there were classics thrown in which have become modern day pop standards, creating a new blueprint for what has come since and they didn't disappoint.
The former Destiny's Child certainly knows how to work a crowd and not just with her incredible voice, when she's performing you can't look away, her perfect figure moves slickly in skimpy outfits coming across classy rather than trashy, the dancing is mesmerising and she zip wires into the centre of the arena as casual as you like before getting up close and person with her Beyhive.
It might seem pretty obvious to say that 'Single Ladies' and 'Crazy In Love' were the highlights but how can anybody top tunes that are so insanely perfect?
