Its hard to believe that at the tender age of 32, Beyoncé Giselle Knowles is embarking on her third decade in the music industry. Having been part of one of the most successful girl bands in history, Destiny’s Child, since the age of 9, who went on to sell more than 50 million records across the globe, she has broken free since the early noughties to become one of the most popular and successful female performers of her generation.

Having announced her pregnancy during the release of her last album 4, this tour was announced with much anticipation; its been almost five years since her 108 date I…AM World Tour broke records and mesmerised adoring crowds around the World. With the anticipation though, comes pressure; how on Earth was she going to top the concert that went to on to be the biggest selling music DVD of all time? 

Kickstarting her year with an awesome return to showbiz by performing at the Superbowl Halftime Show in March, she was sure to guarantee fans that, despite no new material being released ahead of the tour, she wouldn’t disappoint. Almost every single song in her back catalogue was re-worked by her all female live band, bringing fresh new feels to the likes of anthems such as Halo, Single Ladies and Crazy in Love. Despite the abundance of costume changes, Bey did not seem to stop for the entire two hour set, cracking her way through the majority of her hit singles, and the unperformed tracks from her last studio album Four. Every track was performed with the singer’s usual aplomb, with her trademark weave flipping, and intense (and incredible) choreography delivered to the ecstatic crowd. The intensity of her delivery shows fans just how dedicated she is to her role as entertainer; even many fellow popstars would be in awe at her ability to crack out a flawless vocal performance while perfectly executing a choreographed dance routine from some of the World’s best dancers.

Managing to make zip-lining across the almost 20,000 strong crowd look like she’s going for a walk with her poodle in the park, the R&B star brought the house down with a stunning performance of her single Love on Top, reworking her famous 2010 VMA performance in a purple, sparkly Lycra Jumpsuit: not something many women would think twice of trying to pull off. But execute the look she did, and immersing herself in the crowd for photos and exchanges of towels etc shows just how much her aptly named “Bey-hive” mean to her, even being reduced to tears while singing a song dedicated to the fans who love her, Flaws And All. 

Fans still have the excitement of new material which she touched upon by closing the show with new single Grown Woman, the track featured on her $100 million dollar endorsed Pepsi commercial.Her fifth studio album looks set to be the most anticipated LP of the year, and with the rest of her tour to complete and a few festival appearances booked in as well, 2013 looks set to be the year of ‘Queen’ Bey.

Follow my thread for all things Brits as the excitement unfolds at the o2 Arena, London:

1943: and we’ve arrived! Stage looks incredible!

1958: the atmosphere is electric!!

2000: SHOWTIME! With Muse.
Its all flames and cellos!

2002: eek, a lil eerie!

2006: the man, the host, JAMES CORDEN!

2009: british album nominee #1 (and favourites) Mumford and sons

2013: First award of the night goes to Emile Sande, what an incredible year shes had!!! #BestBritishFemale

2015: first commercial break, everyones off to the loo already!

2019: robbie is back to his best!! ‘Candy’ is growing on me…

2024: british group time! 1D everyone?

2026: no! Bad luck boys! Well deserved Mumford & Sons!

2028: and Radio 1 listeners support Ben Howard for Briish Breakthrough!! A personal favourite, looking forward to his set later.

2031; Dave Grohl LEGEND!

2031: Plan B is definitely the dark horse of the british album category

2033: SECONDS. AWAY. FROM JT!

2036: JT’s set looks amaze!!! This is gonna be my highlight of the night!

2041: couldnt be happier JT is back!! the crowd is going wild for the trousersnake!!

2044: British Album #3 Paloma Faith is just fabulous, and probably just happy to be nominated!

Really deserves that nomination ‘Fall to Grace’ is a beautiful album.

2046: massive night for Ben Howard! Best British Male for you! Not shocked at all, Every Kingdom was one of my favourite British albums last year.

2049: Tom Odell what a promising act!

2058: So happy for Lana del rey! Amazing year for her! You beat RirI AND taylor, take a bow!

2100: One Direction. Covering blondie. Jesus is weeping. Mr Styles looks awful tired..

2103: it is for charity i suppose…I kinda still liked it, i mean, who isn’t a directioner??

2104: Our Version of Events. biggest album of 2012. Surely shes the favourite for it?

2105: British Live Act is such a tough category…

2107: Another award to add to Coldplay’s plethora throughout the years. British music legends. (Minus chris martin)

2109: Adele wins Best Single with skyfall! As voted for by the British Public (we love you Adele, clearly) Will she complete the set with an oscar? Probably #girlisunstoppable

2117: Commitment-phobe taylor swift ironically in a wedding theme set…

2120: eek, that was rather uncomfortable Taylor, you havent won me over..

2123: DAVE GROHL AGAIN!

2125: well done Black Keys, International Group! El Camino was one of the albums of 2011/12!!

2125: James Corden has been phenomenal tonight, best he’s done yet!

2130: Ben Howard, great night for him. Chilled down performance of the night, doesnt make it any less spectacular. #thosevocals

2134: Alt-J the final album nominees. They won the mercury prize for an awesome wave…

2136: their name does sound like a shortcut on ya PC though

2139: YES FRANK OCEAN! Best International Male, and my favourite male vocal artist at the minute.Take that chris brown (who wasnt even nominated) He has my favourite album of last year, so happy he got this award

2141: Cue the tears for war child. Great cause. 800,000 children save in 20 years, and music being an integral part of that #musiccanchangelives

2146: the two biggest acts of the night are ready, and the big one left to announce: BRITISH ALBUM

2149: Mumford brought the house down! It’s all about the Folk inspired tonight; these guys and Ben Howard #trend

2156: YES she’s done it! Our Version of Events rightly so gets the Best Album accolade. Capped off a remarkable year for the scottish songstress: Biggest selling album of 2012, Performing in front of billions at the Olympics, phenomenal rise to success!

2158; Global success accolade to the Directioners: Number 1 in 63 countries as we speak (wow), and 9.5 million albums Worldwide. IN A YEAR. Take a bow boys!

2203: Grimmy/Corden might just be my favourite moment of the night. After Justin Timberlake of course. And Sharon talking about Harry Styles’ willy. But still a good moment!

2206: And Woman of the Night Emile plays us out with a Clown/Next To Me mash up.

Amazing night. im coming back every year!!