Carter lit up the nation's capital this Fourth of July with her first "Cowboy Carter" concert in the Washington, D.C.-area. The Grammy-winning singer kicked off her July Fourth show at Northwest Stadium in Landover,

In a stadium of strangers dressed in fabulous fringe, denim, boots, cowboy hats and other adornments in keeping with the immaculate Cowboy Carter aesthetic, I rediscovered something that I had long misplaced: Ebullient joy.

Beyoncé is set to electrify the Washington, D.C. region this Independence Day, bringing her blockbuster Cowboy Carter Tour to Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland, for two highly anticipated shows on July 4 and July 7,