Following the success of the Channel O Music Video Awards and the American Music Awards, pay-TV African music channel Channel O will broadcast a live show by Beyonce at the Roseland Ballroom in New York on 4 December at 6pm. It will be the first time the show is screened in Africa.
Live At Roseland was shot over four nights in front of only 3,500 fans per night – fans who bought their tickets in a record 22 seconds to see this multi-talented artist live.
With an all-female band, Beyonce turned the intimate venue into a space where her colossal musical gifts were on display. Praised as “robust’, “finely-tuned’ and “compelling’ by The New York Times, 4 Intimate Nights With Beyonce at Roseland Ballroom, was a tour de force for the entertainer.
It was the only time Beyonce would perform her new album, 4, almost completely and to a very limited audience. The performances of songs like “Bills, Bills, Bills’, “Say My Name’, “Jumpin’, Jumpin’’, “Independent Women Part 1’, “Bootylicious’, and “Survivor’ were punctuated with spirited stories detailing her journey before the album, 4, including her years before and with Destiny’s Child.
The premiere of Live At Roseland comes a day before the film is released on DVD – and so Channel O viewers will be the first in South Africa and Africa to experience the energy and magic that filled the Ballroom on those nights.
Live At Roseland was directed by Beyonce, Ed Burke and Anthony Green and executive produced by Beyonce for Parkwood Entertainment, in association with Columbia Records.
A repeat of the show will air on Channel O on Friday 16 December at 6pm.
