Beyonce closes first day of Made in America, Jay-Z’s Philly fest

     (Photo courtesy of AjonBrodie.com)

    (Photo courtesy of AjonBrodie.com)

    Beyonce closed the first day of her husband Jay-Z’s second annual music festival with a 90-minute set that featured hits like “Single Ladies” and “Crazy In Love.”

    Beyonce was the headline performer Saturday at the “Budweiser Made In America” festival in Philadelphia at the Benjamin Franklin Parkway that included 50,000 fans.

     

     

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    She was excited and energetic as she as sang and danced to songs that satisfied the crowd. She closed with the pop ballad “Halo.”

    Deadmau5, Phoenix, Imagine Dragons, 2 Chainz, Emeli Sande, HAIM and others performed Saturday. Nine Inch Nails, Calvin Harris, Queens of the Stone Age, Kendrick Lamar, Miguel and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis will perform Sunday.

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