Beyonce fans are once again at loggerheads over speculation she might retire after her Cowboy Carter tour.
The 43-year-old singer is in the last few weeks of her current tour, which began on April 28, 2025, in Inglewood, California, and is scheduled to conclude on July 26, 2025, in Paradise, Nevada.
The Cowboy Carter Tour, officially titled Cowboy Carter and the Rodeo Chitlin’ Circuit Tour, is Beyoncé’s ongoing concert tour in support of her album Cowboy Carter.
There have long been questions over Beyoncé’s future following this collection of shows, but the rumor mill has ramped up in recent weeks with loyal fans divided over her game plan.
Voicing their concerns on social media, one panicked: ‘I really think Beyoncé is about to retire.’
Another said: ‘I think Beyoncé wants to retire soon… just a hunch.’
‘I am so scared that Beyonce is about to retire and that’s why she’s doing back to back tours. Like I gotta see her live!’ a third added.
Others, however, have shunned the rumors and have pointed to her previous comments about her passion for making music.
Beyoncé fans are growing concerned that she might retire after her Cowboy Carter tour
The 43-year-old singer is in the last few weeks of her current tour, which began on April 28
They have also highlighted that her album trilogy – which started her 2022 album Renaissance before the release of her 2024 album Cowboy Carter – is not yet complete.
‘Beyoncé is in her prime and people thinking she’s about to retire is insane,’ said one.
Another agreed, adding: ‘Exactly. I don’t think she’ll ever retire. I think she’ll pop out less and less. Do shorter tours but Beyoncé is forever. Music is her heart. She’s gonna continue to evolve with it & do whatever she wants because… she can.’
On Reddit, many have quashed Beyoncé retirement rumors too.
‘I’ve been part of the Beyhive for 22 years now, and never really understood why people always think she’ll retire near the end of an album rollout, even when she told us (multiple times) that making music is her passion and she’ll always be creating art,’ another posted.
Responding, one added: ‘Honestly, ‘the obsession’ with Beyoncé retiring almost always stems from a place of not wanting her to but rather being nervous about the prospect because she’s 1) achieved so much, and 2) thinks she would want to end as a legend and not a washed up has-been.
‘I don’t think it necessarily has any merit, but I think it’s very different from people telling her to hang it up as people have been saying about Mariah due to recent extremely lackluster performances and material. In general, that is, there are always haters.’
Last September, Beyoncé stressed how much love she has for singing, hinting that she will never stop.
Voicing their speculation on social media, one panicked: ‘I really think Beyoncé is about to retire’
Last September, Beyoncé stressed how much love she has for singing, hinting that she will never stop
‘Singing is not work for me,’ she told GQ. ‘I sing for me. I love music and I love to sing. It’s a passion that runs deep.
‘There’s magic in the way it feels on my throat, a resonance that vibrates through me.
‘When I am at my lowest, when I’ve been sad or in a heavy fog, sick or anxious with sleepless nights, I sing. And, often, I sing alone.’
But the speculation comes after her tour was plagued with a string of incidents from poor ticket sales, on-stage tech malfunctions to choreography issues.
Beyoncé recently concluded her epic six-night concern run in London and her shows in Paris.
She closed out the European leg of her Cowboy Carter tour and brought out her husband to perform their hit single Crazy in Love in the French capital as the couple took the stage together for the first time in seven years.
Her concert in France was a family affair as she was also joined by their daughter Blue Ivy on stage and had her mom Tina Knowles supporting them.
After performing in cities around Europe, Beyonce performed in her hometown of Houston, Texas and experienced a horrifying moment when she suffered a stage mishap with a mid-air prop.
At one point during her show on June 29, the red convertible she rides high above the crowd during her performance of 16 Carriages tilted dangerously, threatening to throw the Cowboy Carter artist off the car and into the audience.
Still, Beyoncé returned to the main stage and finished the performance like the consummate professional she is.
After the show, Beyoncé’s team released a statement addressing the incident.
‘Tonight in Houston, at NRG Stadium, a technical mishap caused the flying car, a prop Beyoncé uses to circle the stadium, and see her fans up close, to tilt.
‘She was quickly lowered and no one was injured. The show continued without incident,’ Parkwood Entertainment said.
