adminBeyonce and Jay Z will launch their joint On The Run later this month but family drama may be the reason behind reportedly weak ticket sales.
The married hip-hop superstars will start their first co-headlining tour together on June 25 in Miami, Florida.The couple’s personal life got some negative exposure in May when Beyonce’s sister Solange was caught on video attacking Jay Z in an elevator after a Met Gala afterparty.
The family drama combined with a lack of airplay may be contributing to lackluster sales, according to a report on Tuesday by RadarOnline.com.
A review of Ticketmaster found tens of thousands of tickets remained available for the tour launch in Miami as well as for concerts in Atlanta on July 15 and on July 12 in New Jersey.
‘‘Beyonce’s album had a big first month with Drunk In Love, but the last several singles have tanked on the charts,’’ an insider told RadarOnline.
‘‘If you’re launching a stadium tour, you have to have airplay, and she’s had no hits lately on the radio,’’ the source added.
Beyonce, 32, and Jay-Z, 44, have sold out a number of venues across the country and three additional shows were added in the US along with two in Paris due to popular demand.
The tour was the first to be part of a collaboration between Facebook and concert broker Live Nation that allows fans to buy tickets directly from Ticketmaster through the artists’ Facebook pages.
Billboard earlier reported that the On The Run tour was ‘‘already one of the summer concert season’s hottest engagements’’ and noted that multiple venues had sold-out in minutes.
It was reported earlier this week that Beyonce and friend Gwyneth Paltrow, 41, were embarking on a four-day retreat together to help the Single Ladies singer unwind before the grueling tour.
Beyonce and Jay-Z have been married since 2008 and have a two-year-old daughter Blue Ivy together. – Daily Mail.
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