Moving, powerful, very enjoyable: cowboy Beyoncé storms into town

It clearly hasn't escaped Beyoncé's notice that the meteorological omens auger ill for the first UK show of her Cowboy Carter tour.

- Alexis Petridis

It clearly hasn't escaped Beyoncé's notice that the meteorological omens auger ill for the first UK show of her Cowboy Carter tour. The weathermen are predicting a thunderstorm, the Tottenham Hotspur ground is noticeably lacking a roof, and she's no sooner arrived onstage than she's suggesting that the prospect of rain "ain't gonna stop the party".

The thunderstorm never comes, but a cynic might suggest the glowering skies, and a sudden downpour - through which the singer will be required to fly on a giant neon-lit horseshoe - act as a kind of metaphor for the fortunes of the Cowboy Carter tour.

It's thus far attracted the usual laudatory reviews - such is the blanket critical acclaim for everything Beyoncé does, you rather get the feeling that were she spotted using a public convenience, there would be a spate of articles claiming she'd singlehandedly redefined going to the lavatory - but it has also been attended by reports suggesting all is not well.