Back in June there were rumors that tickets sales for the On the Run Tour had dramatically dipped in the wake of the Solange Knowles/Jay Z Met Gala elevator throw down [click here if you missed that].
Now that the North American leg of the On the Run tour has successfully come to close, insiders claim Jay Z and Beyonce faked their rumored marriage problems to boost ticket sales…
From The Sun
...according to a US publicist who knows Jay Z, the couple are still very much together and are laughing all the way to the bank.
He believes the rift was a massive publicity stunt to boost initially dodgy ticket sales before the first date in June.
Jonathan Hay told The Sun on Sunday: “If you look at the timing of these stories I don’t think this is a coincidence.
“They are driving interest for the tour.
“Ticket sales started off slow and I am sure they were notified they weren’t through the roof as they expected.
“So then we had the elevator fight and since then the tour has been written about every single night and ticket sales have increased.”
Jonathan, who knows Jay Z from working with his protegee Rihanna early in her career, continued: “I believe they are using this for publicity.
“We are just talking about Jay Z and Beyonce the characters — not Shawn Carter and Beyonce Knowles the parents.
“Once the tour is over they will put a stop to these stories and show everything is fine at home.”
