Michelle Obama jetted in to Atlantic City last night to join 5,500 fans at a Beyonce concert.
The
first lady was with daughters Sasha and Malia - but without her husband
- at Revel Resorts, where Beyonce performed two dozen songs Saturday
night.
The
First Lady has made no secret of her admiration for the superstar -
recently naming Beyonce as the person she would most like to be if she
could be anyone else.
Governor Chris Christie was among the sell-out crowd packed into Revel's Ovation Hall.
Mrs
Obama and the girls appeared excited throughout the concert, cheering
Beyonce on. The daughters even sang along to the old school-sounding
jam Love On Top.
The first lady got a roaring cheer that matched Beyonce's as she made her way to her seat in a shiny green dress.
Some fans took photos while others screamed her name. One yelled, 'This is history!'
Mrs Obama is due back in Washington on Monday for Memorial Day events before she heads to New York to continue promoting her new book about the White House Kitchen Garden.
Still got it: Beyonce performs for a sold out audience at the Revel
Ovation Hall in Atlantic City on Friday night. It was her first show
since having daughter Blue Ivy in January
In an interview promoting her book
American Grown, Mrs Obama told People magazine: 'I'd be Beyonce. I'd be
some great singer... It looks like musicians just have the most fun.’
Beyonce’s
three-night stint of concerts are the main attraction at the opening of
the $2.4 billion mega resort in Atlantic City. The tickets for the shows over Memorial Day weekend sold out within one minute.
The
First Lady will have brought the tickets herself although the bill for
jetting to the concert could well be picked up by taxpayers.
Mrs Obama is unlikely to be disappointed by her idol who won rave reviews for her first performance last night.
USA
Today's Elysa Gardner wrote: 'Backed by an all-female band and a
tireless posse of dancers and backup vocalists, Beyonce reasserted her
unique pop persona; she was at once angel and seductress, cool diva and
woman of the people.
The gig was the first time Beyonce had performed since giving birth to her daughter, Blue, in January.
Speaking
to the 5,500 fans at the Ovation Hall in the Revel, the 30-year-old
said: 'I gotta say, it feels so good to be back home on stage.'
And
the singer flaunted her post-pregnancy curves in custom-made costumes
designed by Ralph & Russo, who used 500,000 Swarovski Elements
crystals to create the show-stopping look.
In an open letter Beyonce praised the First Lady as the 'ultimate example of a truly strong African-American woman.'
The pop-star posted the handwritten missive on her website last month where
she wrote that she was 'proud to have my daughter grow up in a world
where she has people like you to look up to.'
Beyonce and her husband, rapper Jay-Z, have been prominent supporters of the Obamas since his 2008 presidential campaign.
Beyonce performed at Barack Obama's inaugural ball in 2009, where she sang the Etta James song At Last.
In 2010 the former Destiny’s Child singer took to the stage at the White House State dinner where the Obama’s hosted Mexican president Felipe Calderon.
More recently the singer has designed a T-shirt for the Runway To Win initiative, which is raising funds for the Obama re-election campaign, and last year she joined the First Lady in a Let's Move flash workout event.
Beyonce and her husband, rapper Jay-Z, have been prominent supporters of the Obamas since his 2008 presidential campaign.
Beyonce performed at Barack Obama's inaugural ball in 2009, where she sang the Etta James song At Last.
In 2010 the former Destiny’s Child singer took to the stage at the White House State dinner where the Obama’s hosted Mexican president Felipe Calderon.
More recently the singer has designed a T-shirt for the Runway To Win initiative, which is raising funds for the Obama re-election campaign, and last year she joined the First Lady in a Let's Move flash workout event.