Beyoncé: Manchester Arena
Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 4 November 2003
SOME WHILE after Beyoncé is due on stage, a voice announces that the support act won't be appearing and that Beyoncé will be with us "in a moment". Like everything else — hits, boots, hair and sponsorship deals — moments are very big in Beyoncé world. An age later, cheers erupt for the raising of a curtain which revealed, er, a roadie fiddling with a drum kit. An hour later, the piped music is getting gradually louder to drown boos and the cries of small children whose parents are moaning it's getting past their bedtime.
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