GiphyBut, you probably dont expect to see an on-stage proposal - until it happens. A surprised and overwhelmed Ashley obviously accepted the proposal. When you go to a Beyoncé concert, you expect to see a lot of spectacular things.Like this. "She's my queen, so I feel like it's only right to come out here in my hometown," says John before going down on one knee. Seconds later, on walks John Silver and Beyonce promptly hands him the mic. While singing Single Ladies at her Formation World Tour concert in St Louis on September 10, Queen Bey halted her performance so her backup dancer John Silver could pop the question to her dance captain Ashley Everett.Ī clip from the concert, that's now gone viral with over three million views on YouTube, shows Queen Bey momentarily pause her Single Ladies routine so she could bring somebody on stage. A clip from the concert is viral with over three million views on YouTubeīeyonce sang "if you like it then you should have put a ring on it" and boy, did she just help one of her dancers do exactly that.Dancer John Silver popped the question to dance captain Ashley Everett.The proposal happened at Beyonce's Formation World Tour in St Louis.But I wouldn't take it back for the world. "She's just a huge inspiration in my life and so many others, obviously. "I was a girl when this started," Everett shares. WATCH: Beyonce Starts Bleeding After Earring Rips During Tidal Concert, Continues to Perform Like a QueenĮverett was just 17 years old when she was first scouted by Beyonce's team, opting out of continuing her Juilliard education to tour with the megastar. "Then, of course, the creative went through the roof and then they finally got back to Bey and she was like, 'Hell yeah, let's do it.'" "I talked to the choreographers and I said, 'Yo, we have to do it during 'Single Ladies,'" Silver says. Louis is Silver's hometown, and of course, Everett starred alongside Beyonce in the "Single Ladies" video.
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The proposal was a full circle moment for the two - St. They finally called me maybe two or three weeks before and were like, 'We have some room for you, so if you want to do this, let's do it.' And I'm like, 'Absolutely let's do it.'"
" actually so busy because they had so much stuff going on. She’s my queen, so I feel like it’s only right to come out here in my hometown, Silver said to the audience. "It's funny because I actually had the ring three months before the whole process took place," Silver recalls. Naturally, the proposal took place during a performance of Single Ladies. WATCH: Beyonce Helps Surprise Ashley With Epic On-Stage Proposal What's more, the epic moment that sent the Beyhive into a frenzy but actually took months to pull off. "I was just trying not to embarrass myself in front of all those people in the live audience and then everyone with their phones and cameras." Beyoncé Arranges On-Stage Marriage Proposal for Dance Captain During Single Ladies: Watch Choreographer and tour creative director John Silver proposed to dance captain Ashley Everett By Noah Yoo. "It was incredible and the most amazing moment of my life," Everett tells ET during a joint interview with Silver. Louis, Missouri, last month, so that Everett's boyfriend, dancer John Silver, could put a ring on it in front of the packed crowd. The 27-year-old dancer and actress (and Beyonce's longtime squad member) got the surprise of a lifetime when Bey paused a performance of "Single Ladies" during a Formation World Tour stop in St. Such is the life of Bey's dance captain Ashley Everett. It's not everyday you get proposed to on-stage with Beyonce. Midway through performing 'Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)' - the absolute, indisputably perfect song to match this moment - Beyoncé halts the song to bring out choreographer and the Formation.