The two artists will head out on a huge world stadium tour later this year
Beyoncé and Jay-Z‘s announcement video for their upcoming ‘On The Run II’ tour was inspired by a Senegalese movie from the 1970s, it has emerged.
The husband-and-wife duo announced the huge joint tour yesterday (March 12), three years on from the first time they co-headlined a tour.
The announcement of the ‘On The Run II’ tour was accompanied by a video which showed clips of Beyoncé and Jay Z on the road together, as well as new shots of the couple sitting on a motorbike
Fans of the two artists have now established that the tour video appears to have been influenced by the 1973 Senegalese film Touki Bouki, which was directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty.
Touki Bouki – which roughly translates to “a hyena on a journey” – follows a couple who embark on a road trip from the Senegalese capital, Dakar. The couple, Mory and Anta, harbour dreams of making it to Paris, and thus attempt to make money in order to fly to France.
Beyoncé and Jay Z will bring the ‘On The Run II’ tour to the UK for a select number of dates in June – see those below:
June 9 Glasgow, UK Hampden Park
June 13 Manchester, UK Etihad Stadium
June 15 London, UK London Stadium
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