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Mathew Knowles Addresses Criticism Over Beyoncé’s Dubai Concert

<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;tina-lawson-and-matthew-knowles-show-love-to-their-baby-beyonce&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Mathew Knowles<&sol;a> is speaking out in defense of his superstar daughter <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;beyonce-dubai-blue-ivy-videos-atlantis-royal&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Beyoncé<&sol;a>&period; Knowles spoke exclusively with <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tmz&period;com&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;24&sol;beyonce-tour-coming-unite-cultures-background-dubai-backlash-mathew-knowles-lgbtq&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">TMZ<&sol;a> and even revealed a possible next step in his daughter&&num;8217&semi;s plans&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1617968019023577094" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Mathew Knowles Said His Daughter&&num;8217&semi;s Concert United People Of Many Cultures<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>It&&num;8217&semi;s safe to say that Knowles is proud of his daughter&&num;8217&semi;s first performance in almost five years&period; However&comma; not everyone was satisfied&period; And many criticized the <em>RENAISSANCE<&sol;em> singer for performing in a country with &&num;8220&semi;anti-same-sex laws&comma;&&num;8221&semi; as reported by <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vibe&period;com&sol;music&sol;music-news&sol;mathew-knowles-defends-beyonce-dubai-concert-united-diverse-crowd-1234729486&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">VIBE<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>One tweet&comma; explaining a fan&&num;8217&semi;s disappointment in the singer&&num;8217&semi;s choice&comma; even went viral&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1617083856603217921" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Despite the backlash&comma; Knowles believes that his daughter &&num;8220&semi;has incredible power to bring people together &&num;8230&semi; from all walks of life&comma;&&num;8221&semi; as reported by <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tmz&period;com&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;24&sol;beyonce-tour-coming-unite-cultures-background-dubai-backlash-mathew-knowles-lgbtq&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">TMZ<&sol;a>&period; In addition&comma; Knowles explained that his daughter was able to unite a &&num;8220&semi;really diverse crowd&&num;8221&semi; with her &&num;8220&semi;incredible performance&period;&&num;8221&semi; And ultimately&comma; brought &&num;8220&semi;people closer&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The 71-year-old music executive added that those who weren&&num;8217&semi;t in attendance at the concert&comma; won&&num;8217&semi;t be able to understand its impact&period; He said his daughter &&num;8220&semi;gave respect&&num;8221&semi; to the country&comma; and received it back as well&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ultimately&comma; Knowles believes his daughter created an &&num;8220&semi;amazing moment&period;&&num;8221&semi; And would never do anything to intentionally hurt a group of people&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Knowles May Have Also Revealed Beyoncé&&num;8217&semi;s Possible Next Step<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>According to the outlet&comma; Knowles also acknowledged fans who were disappointed that they didn&&num;8217&semi;t hear more records from <em>RENAISSANCE<&sol;em>&period; And revealed that Beyoncé is &&num;8220&semi;planning a tour&period;&&num;8221&semi; And the mother of three will &&num;8220&semi;announce it when she&&num;8217&semi;s ready&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CnzGgLHrqh8" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;beyonce-dubai-blue-ivy-videos-atlantis-royal&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">The Shade Room<&sol;a> previously reported&comma; Beyoncé dazzled a crowd with her recent performance at the grand opening of Atlantis The Royal in Dubai&period; The performance was Queen Bey&&num;8217&semi;s first in a few years&period; And she was even joined by her daughter Blue Ivy on stage&period; In addition&comma; the singer was reportedly paid &dollar;24 million for her performance&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Roommates&comma; are you happy that Beyonce&&num;8217&semi;s back&quest; And excited about a full-fledge tour&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"109662" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;mathew-knowles-speaks-out-against-backlash-beyonces-dubai-concert&sol;" data-secure&equals;"b4292fe731"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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