Beyoncé makes human LGBT Pride flag with backing dancers
Beyonce and her backing dancers wore the colours of the Pride flag at Global Citizen Festival in Johannesburg on Sunday December 1. (_Chanteh/Twitter)
Beyoncé made a human LGBT+ Pride flag with her backing dancers at her headline show at Global Citizen Festival in South Africa on Sunday night (December 2).
Beyoncé closed the festival, which campaigns to end extreme poverty, in Johannesburg with a blistering performance, featuring the singer in a yellow costume alongside her dancers dressed in the other colours of the rainbow Pride flag.
The singer assembled the woman-made Pride flag during her song “Formation.”
Beyoncé and her dances don Pride colours for “Formation”
She also performed alongside her husband, Jay-Z.
Beyoncé performing “Formation” in her Pride-Inspired outfit. pic.twitter.com/LCwacOl4u6
— BEYONCÉ HUB (@theyoncehub) December 2, 2018
Twitter users posted videos of Beyoncé’s Pride-themed performance.
“Did y’all notice that Beyoncé and her dancers were wearing #pride colors for their Formation performance last night?”
—Twitter user
“Beyoncé performing “Formation” in her Pride-Inspired outfit. ,” one wrote.
Another said: “Did y’all notice that Beyoncé and her dancers were wearing #pride colors for their Formation performance last night? #GlobalCitizen ❤️ #GlobalCitizenFestivalSA.”
Beyoncé shows off her rap talent
And a third user wrote: “Beyoncé out here looking like pride ️ .”
Elsewhere in her set, Beyoncé wore an outfit referencing the 54 countries of Africa and showed off her rap skills.
Beyoncé made history when she became the first black woman to headline the 2018 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Field on April 14, 2018 in Indio, California. (Kevin Winter/Getty)
Other musicians to perform at the event included Ed Sheeran, Usher, Chris Martin, Pharrell Williams, Tiwa Savage, and Cassper Nyovest.
Beyoncé recently cut ties with Topshop owner Philip Green, after he was accused of sexual harassment and bullying.
Her company Parkwood bought the Topshop tycoon’s 50 percent share in Ivy Park, a clothing line she set up with Green’s Arcadia Group in 2016.
In a statement, Ivy Park said: “After discussions of almost a year, Parkwood has acquired 100% of the Ivy Park brand. Topshop/Arcadia will fulfil the existing orders.”
The singer has been the face of Ivy Park, which first went on sale in Topshop, for the past two years.
She has modelled the clothing line’s leggings, tops and sports bras for the campaign.
In April, Beyoncé made history when she became the first black woman to headline Coachella.
