Beyoncé brought superstardom to Wales when she took to the stage in Cardiff on Thursday evening for the first date on her Renaissance world tour.

The hitmaker, 41, ensured she kicked off her UK dates with an almighty bang as she stormed the city’s Principality Stadium with a slew of megahits and a host of incredible ensembles for the heaving audience of 74,000 fans.

Her full setlist boasted a host of her smash hits, including Formation, Run The World (Girls) and Love on Top, with the show opening with an atmosphere shattering mash-up of Dangerously In Love, Flaws And All and 1+1.

Her looks comprised a host of incredible numbers, including glittering catsuits and epic metallic corsets and barely-there mini dresses by a slew of designers including Alexander McQueen, Loewe and David Koma.

Proving a stage spectacular takes hard work, it has been reported that Beyonce travels with a body double who steps in during rehearsals to show the star what her dances look like from an audience perspective.

Following her opening medley, the superstar slipped into a version of Mary J Blige’s hit I Care/I’m Goin’ Down, before going on to perform I’m That Girl, Cozy and a medley of Alien Superstar/Sweet Dreams.

Amid her epic 36-song setlist, Beyonce also performed the likes of Haunted, Diva, Crazy In Love, Drunk In Love, Black Parade and Partition. She closed the jam-packed show with her popular tracks Blow and Summer Renaissance.

After fans voicing fury over her failure to release videos to accompany her Renaissance album – which was released 10 months ago – she used the opportunities to reference the lack of videos.

Beyoncé stunned in nine incredible outfits, including a glitzy black and silver jumpsuit as she wowed the crowds in the sensational ensemble.

For one look, she slipped into a sparkling jumpsuit with hands across it with red nails to match her own gloves, giving the illusion her jumpsuit was completely sheer.

She wore her honey tresses in loose waves over her shoulders and opted for a typically glowing makeup look.

She then changed into a very different outfit as Beyonce was seen wearing a sexy bumble bee costume with a matching helmet with huge antennae.

She sported a pair of heeled over the knee boots as she put on a very eye-catching display while standing in front of a desk alongside her dancers.

As well as her outfits, the show was not short of props – including a vast disco ball, a pole for dancing and a bizarre buggy.

Insiders told The Sun that the star employs a body double to show her what the concert looks like from an audience perspective in auditions.