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Beyonce drops another surprise album
WASHINGTON, April 17, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Beyonce, the queen of surprise and
so much else, has again dropped a record with no warning: a live album to go
with an upcoming Netflix documentary on her performance at Coachella last
year.
The album entitled “Homecoming,” just like the film, was released in the
early hours of Wednesday across all major streaming platforms, including
Apple Music, Spotify and Google Play.
It breaks that more than two-hour performance — she actually took to the
stage twice last year at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival — into
40 tracks.
Beyonce was the first black woman to headline the festival.
Her set paid tribute to the musical heritage of historically black
American colleges and she was backed up by dozens of dancers and a marching
band.
Beyonce first dropped an album without warning in 2013: the record
“Beyonce” suddenly appeared in the iTunes music store with no advance notice.
And she has repeated the tactic since then with albums like “Lemonade”
and “Everything is Love.”
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