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Beyoncé Switches Up Choreography in Light of Recent Gun Violence

The attentive Beyhive noticed a difference in Beyoncé’s choreography on her Formation World Tour, Amsterdam, Netherlands performance.
Beyoncé Switches Up Choreography in Light of Recent Gun Violence
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By Toni Akindele · Updated October 27, 2020

The attentive Beyhive noticed a difference in Beyoncé’s choreography on her Formation World Tour, Amsterdam, Netherlands performance.

Where Queen Bey normally shoots an air gun intro-ing her song “Diva” with “this is a stick-up,” she and her dancers replaced the gesture with hands in the air.

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#Beyonce changed the part in her choreography where she shoots the gun & replaced it with #HandsUpDontShoot pic.twitter.com/49an2dvmby

— TheShadeRoom (@TheShadeRoom) July 17, 2016

Beyoncé has not only been vocal about gun control, appearing in PSAs, but also recently, wrote an open letter about the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. “We are sick and tired of the killings of young men and women in our communities,” the songstress posted. “It is up to us to take a stand and demand that they ‘stop killing us.’”

Seems like Queen Bey is taking the message with her on tour in the reflection of her work.

 

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