On Sunday, Beyonce won three big Grammy awards — Album of the Year, Country album of the year, and country duo performance (with Miley Cyrus).
But the album, “Cowboy Carter,” was snubbed by all the country music awards last year including the Country Music Awards.
Now the newly minted Grammy winner has announced a tour, with 22 shows involved in 7 cities. Guess which city Beyonce will not be playing in?
Nashville, of course.
Beyonce’s cities are New York, Los Angeles, Houston, Atlanta, Washington DC, Las Vegas, and Chicago. These are called “sit downs,” requiring fans to come see her, not the other way around. Don’t worry, they will.
Also omitted from the list: Miami, San Francisco, Detroit. But Nashville stands out like a sore thumb because it’s the seat of all country music. Native Tennessean Dolly Parton is even featured on “Cowboy Carter,” but that wasn’t enough for Beyonce to go there.
Her last appearance in Nashville was July 2023 for the Renaissance tour. But that was before she wanted some respect from the country music crowd.
So much for that! Nashville could have gotten a big economic boost from a couple of Beyonce shows. Oh well.
Meanwhile, though Beyonce’s wins are impressive and overdue, “Cowboy Carter” is not getting a big sales bounce from the Grammys. Hitsdailydouble.com (newly redesigned– beautiful!) is predicting just 20,000 in sales this week. Right now, “Cowboy Carter” is floating around number 40 on iTunes. The singles, especially “Texas Hold ‘Em,” aren’t doing booming business either.
