Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter Tour Setlist Includes Some Country Surprises

This ain’t Texas — it’s the Cowboy Carter Tour. After months of teasing and a delayed announcement, Beyoncé finally kicked off her Cowboy Carter Tour on April 28, playing her first of five shows at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium.

The tour promotes her country-influenced 2024 album Cowboy Carter, for which she finally won the Grammy for Album of the Year after four previous nominations. Needless to say, the show was a long-overdue celebration.

In true Queen Bey fashion, the singer declared on one of her tour T-shirts, “This is not a country show. This is a Beyoncé show.” The Cowboy Carter Tour lives up to that promise while still proving that she’s always been country, incorporating old hits and twangy twists with the genre-blurring highlights of Cowboy Carter.

Despite her warning, the Beyhive showed out for opening night in their Western bests, donning glittering cowboy hats, assless chaps, and “denim on denim on denim on denim,” as Bey sings on her Post Malone collaboration, “LEVII’S JEANS.”

Beyoncé began her Cowboy Carter show with none other than her album opener, “AMERIICAN REQUIEM,” setting up her tour’s mission of claiming space in country music, and kicking off a politically minded act that also paired the U.S. National Anthem with her 2016 track “Freedom.”

While she didn’t play Cowboy Carter in order like she did with Renaissance on her 2023 tour, she managed to incorporate nearly every song on the album, with the finale “AMEN” also closing the show. She also incorporated a huge chunk of Renaissance for fans who missed that show, plus a slew of classic hits, which she added even more of at her second show in Los Angeles.

Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter Tour Setlist

Below, read Beyoncé’s complete Cowboy Carter Tour setlist as of the May 1 show in Los Angeles. It only took one show for Bey to change the setlist from opening night, meaning that she might have even more tricks up her sleeve for future shows. So, even if you want spoilers, be aware that this list is subject to change.

1. “AMERIICAN REQUIEM”
2. “BLACKBIIRD”
3. “The Star-Spangled Banner”
4. “Freedom”
5. “YA YA” (mixed with “Why Don’t You Love Me”)
6. “AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM”
7. “SPAGHETTII” (mixed with “Run the World (Girls)”)
8. “Formation”
9. “MY HOUSE”
10. “Diva”
11. “ALLIIGATOR TEARS”
12. “JUST FOR FUN”
13. “PROTECTOR”
14. “FLAMENCO”
15. “DESERT EAGLE”
16. “RIIVERDANCE”
17. “II HANDS II HEAVEN”
18. “TYRANT” (mixed with “Haunted”)
19. “THIQUE” (mixed with “Bills, Bills, Bills”)
20. “LEVII’S JEANS”
21. “SWEET ★ HONEY ★ BUCKIIN’’” (mixed with “PURE/HONEY” and “SUMMER RENAISSANCE”)
22. “TEXAS HOLD ’EM” (mixed with “Pony Up Remix” and “CHURCH GIRL”)
23. “Crazy In Love”
24. “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
25. “Love On Top”
26. “Irreplaceable”
27. “If I Were A Boy”
28. “JOLENE”
29. “Daddy Lessons”
30. “BODYGUARD”
31. “II MOST WANTED” (snippet)
32. “CUFF IT”
33. “HEATED”
34. “Before I Let Go”
35. “DAUGHTER”
36. “I’M THAT GIRL”
37. “COZY”
38. “ALIEN SUPERSTAR”
39. “16 CARRIAGES”
40. “AMEN”