Column: The star delivered a breakneck, near-three-hour set on the first night of her tour, writes SFGATE's Paula Mejía.

Beyoncé packed the SoFi Stadium show with an impactful Jimi Hendrix reference, multiple cameos from Blue Ivy, and visual commentary about America Beyoncé performs at night one of her ‘Cowboy Carter’ tour at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on April 28.

In the words of Beyoncé’s colorist, Rita Hazan: “Beyoncé always wanted [her hair] to be lighter,” she tells ESSENCE. But, with the icon kicking off her Cowboy Carter tour this week, she’s found an updated Western compliment to the previous tour look she coined as “Renaissance blonde”. Introducing, the Western wave.