Dems Had Their Hopes Up for Beyoncé but Went Wild for Harris Instead
CHICAGO — To the immeasurable disappointment of thousands of people inside Chicago’s United Center Stadium—and hundreds of thousands more breathlessly watching from afar—Beyoncé did not appear onstage on the final night of the Democratic National Convention.
The will-she-won’t-she-appear question had hung in the air all day, with excitement growing to a fever pitch as both tabloids like TMZ and Beltway news outlets like The Hill confirmed that she would be performing ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris’ acceptance speech.
But all that came crashing down around 9 p.m. Chicago time, as The Hollywood Reporter put out a story contradicting those earlier reports in no uncertain terms.