Solange has been performing songs from A Seat at the Table for months now, at festivals and intimate museum venues. But her performance Thursday night at New York City’s Guggenheim Museum was more like a church service, according to reports.
The singer teased rehearsals for the show earlier in the week, which involved over two dozen Black women doing choreography to a brass band in the background.
A part of the Red Bull Music Academy’s NYC series, tickets for this performance sold out quickly but were invite-only for certain guests. No phones were allowed into the performance space and guests were asked to wear white.
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As reported by The Daily Beast, Solange’s fans got a treat. She was mere feet away from them and often ventured out into the crowd to sing right into the eyes of a fan.
I wanted to lay at solange's black girl alter tonight
— Darian Symoné Harvin (@dariansymone) May 18, 2017
They note that after the show, Solange told the audience, “I’m so glad to see your faces today—these are the faces I wrote the record for.”
On Twitter, the response after the show was of awe and jubilation from the moving performance.
👽: take us to your leader me: **points to Solange Knowles** @ Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum https://t.co/WtB9WrLRkd
Needles to say, we can’t wait to see her at the Essence Festival 2017 in July.
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