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In July 2014, it was announced that HBO would exclusively air the On the Run Tour in full at some point in September, following the upcoming filming of the concerts in Paris, France at the scheduled September 12 shows in the city. Rapper Nicki Minaj appeared during both of the concerts, joining Beyoncé on stage. The dates were the exclusive, only European shows of the On the Run Tour. Three more dates were later added in that continent and on June 13, 2014, two dates of the tour in Paris, France were announced, set to be performed at the Stade de France on September 12 and 13, 2014. The venture was announced in late April 2014 following several weeks of speculations initially 16 concerts were announced in North America through June, July and August. The On the Run Tour was a co-headlining stadium concert tour by American recording artist Beyoncé and her husband, rapper Jay-Z. The special was nominated in the category for Best Music Film at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards held in 2015. On the day of its airing, On the Run Tour: Beyoncé and Jay Z was watched by 888,000 viewers. The aforementioned medley was released online on September 21, 2014. Nicki Minaj made an appearance for the performance of the remix version of " Flawless", while " Young Forever" and " Halo" were the closing number. Several music critics highlighted the duo's collaborative performances and their onstage intimacy and interactions. A video trilogy was filmed by photographer Dikayl Rimmasch and was scheduled to be released prior to the special's premiere however, only its first part was posted online and removed from the Internet afterwards. Prior to its airing, various trailers and short clips consisting of footage from the special were shared online. It was broadcast on the channel on September 20, a week after the tour had finished. Filmed at Stade de France in Paris, France, the special was directed by Swedish music video director Jonas Åkerlund and produced by HBO. Maybe a few extra videos, from the initial tour trailer? I just feel like we were short-changed with this HBO Special, that wasn't that special at all.On the Run Tour: Beyoncé and Jay Z is a 2014 concert special which documents the September 12 and 13, 2014, shows of American singers' Beyoncé and Jay-Z joint co-headlining venture On the Run Tour.
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I would also add that it would have been nice to have some behind the scenes footage, or extra "goodies" so to speak with this, instead of just the concert footage. It really doesn't do justice to the whole event. It is so disappointing as I was looking forward to reliving the magic of the concert through this "documentary" (it's just a video of the concert, really), but it just doesn't flow well, and it's incredibly annoying and painful to watch. I can't believe this actually turned out to be the final version such a poor effort considering they had the best in the business at their disposal.
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Even when the camera is on the short films, instead of just letting us watch them (by putting them directly into the documentary perhaps), it keeps panning back towards the audience and then forward to the screen, back, then forward again. Exhausting to watch, and you end up missing half of the dancing and the short films because the camera cannot stay on one subject for more than one second. There's so much cutting, every frame is something different! The film would cut to the crowd then to Beyoncé, then to a screen, then to the dancers, all in half a second. The editing was unbelievably awful, I expected so much more. Overall loved the tour! This review is about the HBO Special documentary of the tour. The short films created especially for the tour were a really nice touch, and were beautifully filmed and worked well with the On The Run theme. It was gritty, sexy, interesting, and kept you rapture for the whole two hours.
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The costumes were beautiful, the song list was great and it was overall extremely entertaining and fun. The concert itself was a spectacle, as always with Beyoncé, this time in tandem with Jay-Z.