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Money and distance are no object when your idol
beckons in 57 concerts across 40 cities in North America and 14
across Europe.
Jimmy Long of San Francisco flew to Stockholm for the May 10
opening show after finding $370 front-section "Club Renaissance"
seats - a bargain compared to similar U.S.-based tickets costing
$1,200 or more.
"I texted my boyfriend, 'Do you wanna go to Sweden? Yes, or no?
We have 9 minutes to decide.'"
England-based Ayo Awokoya was uplifted despite enduring an
arduous Manchester-London train ride that lasted six hours
instead of 4-1/2 hours.
"When I got there it felt like an incredibly great experience,"
she said.
Beyonce awakened some to life's priorities.
"Teachers had such a hard time and I lost people in my family"
in the pandemic, said Janny Nascimento, a primary school teacher
in Rio de Janeiro. "After that I had this will to live, to go
out there and do things I have never done before."
Janny splurged 6,000 reais ($1,199.21) for her first flight, on
top of 5,000 reais for Club Renaissance tickets in Frankfurt,
Germany.
($1 = 5.0033 reais)
(Reporting by Sharon Kimathi; Editing by Richard Chang)
(Photo: Beyonce accepts the award for Best Dance/Electronic
Music Album for "Renaissance" during the 65th Annual Grammy
Awards in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 5, 2023.
REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo)
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