--- title: Michelle Obama and Tina Knowles Were at a Beyonce Concert description: Michelle Obama and Tina Knowles danced together at Beyoncé's Paris stadium tour stop with Jay Z on Sunday. canonical: https://time.com/5339645/michelle-obama-at-beyonce-concert/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-07-16T15:30:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:53:52.382Z og:title: Michelle Obama and Beyoncé's Mom Partied at a Beyoncé Show og:description: The former First Lady and Tina Knowles danced front row at Beyonce's Paris show og:url: https://time.com/5339645/michelle-obama-at-beyonce-concert/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc1deb216d0c0c357/6989356ccf40a893d4c4cbc2/michelle-obama.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Surprise First Lady Michelle Obama greets the students and teachers of Alice Deal Middle School in Tenleytown, with a suprise visit, where she and the students and teachers participated in the "Let's Move! Flash Workout."A pre-choreographed dance routine og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Michelle Obama and Beyoncé's Mom Partied at a Beyoncé Show twitter:description: The former First Lady and Tina Knowles danced front row at Beyonce's Paris show twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc1deb216d0c0c357/6989356ccf40a893d4c4cbc2/michelle-obama.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Michelle Obama and Beyoncé's Mom Were Last Seen Partying Together at a Beyoncé Concert  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 16, 2018 3:30 PM UTC  WASHINGTON, DC -May 03: First Lady Michelle Obama greets the students and teachers of Alice Deal Middle School in Tenleytown, with a suprise visit, where she and the students and teachers participated in the "Let's Move! Flash Workout, " a pre-choreographed dance routine performed to the new Beyoncé song titled "Move Your Body" in Washington, D.C. on May 3, 2011 Photo by Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post via Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC -May 03: First Lady Michelle Obama greets the students and teachers of Alice Deal Middle School in Tenleytown, with a suprise visit, where she and the students and teachers participated in the "Let's Move! Flash Workout, " a pre-choreographed dance routine performed to the new Beyoncé song titled "Move Your Body" in Washington, D.C. on May 3, 2011 Photo by Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post via Getty Images)The Washington Post—The Washington Post/Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 16, 2018 3:30 PM UTC The city of Paris had many reasons to party on Sunday night. For one, the French soccer team won the [2018 World Cup](http://time.com/5339348/france-celebrates-world-cup-2018-victory/). For another, it was [Bastille Day](http://time.com/4837562/bastille-day-peaceful-origins/). And the third? [Beyoncé and Jay Z](http://time.com/5195480/beyonce-jay-z-otr-ii-tour-dates/) put on their _On the Run II_ tour at Paris’s Stade de France — and their front-row fans were none other than former First Lady [Michelle Obama](http://time.com/5320323/michelle-obama-ala-conference/) and Beyoncé’s own mom, [Tina Knowles Lawson](http://time.com/4794050/beyonce-tina-knowles-ready-meet-babies/). Best of all, the two beloved matriarchs were snapped seeming to enjoy each other’s company, hanging out and dancing joyfully together to Beyoncé’s hits during the show. (Obama’s younger daughter Sasha was also [reportedly](https://twitter.com/joimariewrites/status/1018573295019536385?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1018573295019536385&ref%5Furl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecut.com%2F2018%2F07%2Fwatch-michelle-obama-dance-front-row-at-beyoncs-concert.html) in attendance, adding to the fun.) France: truly the happiest place on earth this weekend. Fan photos and videos document that both Obama and Knowles were right up by the stage for the show, rocking out together. This isn’t the first time Michelle Obama has shared her support of Beyoncé, either. Not only did the singer perform for President Barack Obama’s inauguration ball back [in 2009](https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/beyonce-sings-national-anthem-at-president-barack-obamas-inauguration-watch-now-2013211/) with a rendition of Etta James’s “At Last,” and then again in 2013 sang the “The Star-Spangled Banner” at his second term inauguration, but Michelle Obama has also made the time to stop by more than one of her other concerts before now. Plus, Obama is an avowed fan who has previously said she wouldn’t mind [being Beyoncé.](http://time.com/3981163/michelle-obama-beyonce/) If that’s not an option, though, dancing front row for her show with her mom seems like a decent alternative. > [](https://twitter.com/pxyonce/status/1018581088334213121) > [](https://twitter.com/BeyLegion/status/1018614314666807296) > [](https://twitter.com/AnonymousAG/status/1018587733458083840) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5339645/michelle-obama-at-beyonce-concert/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5339645/michelle-obama-at-beyonce-concert/"},"headline":"Michelle Obama and Beyoncé's Mom Were Last Seen Partying Together at a Beyoncé Concert","datePublished":"2018-07-16T15:30:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:53:52.382Z","description":"They're the dynamic BFF duo you didn't know you needed","url":"https://time.com/5339645/michelle-obama-at-beyonce-concert/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Beyonce","Michelle Obama"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc1deb216d0c0c357/6989356ccf40a893d4c4cbc2/michelle-obama.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc1deb216d0c0c357/6989356ccf40a893d4c4cbc2/michelle-obama.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Surprise First Lady Michelle Obama greets the students and teachers of Alice Deal Middle School in Tenleytown, with a suprise visit, where she and the students and teachers participated in the \"Let's Move! 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