Overview

• During her Cowboy Carter Tour opener on June 29 in Houston, a cable-suspended car tilted mid-air as Beyoncé performed “16 Carriages.”
• Beyoncé called “Stop” and paused her set while stagehands lowered the prop and escorted her safely back to the stage.
• Parkwood Entertainment posted on Instagram that the technical glitch was contained immediately and nobody was hurt.
• Engineers are investigating the cause of the dangerous tilt to prevent similar malfunctions in upcoming shows.
• The episode underscores the risks and complexities of ambitious aerial staging in large-scale live performances.