Tina Knowles is going on a book tour. The fashion designer, and mother of Solange Knowles and Beyoncé, is promoting her forthcoming memoir, Matriarch, on a nine-city tour, called “Matriarch: An Evening with Tina Knowles, Family, and Friends,” which includes Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles.
Most of Knowles’ stops will be in the United States, though Toronto and London are also on the list. Former First Lady Michelle Obama will be in conversation during part of the tour. Other icons are expected to make appearances as well.
“I’m so excited to take Matriarch on the road and extend the conversation beyond the pages,” Tina Knowles said in a statement regarding her forthcoming tour. “Storytelling has always been a part of who I am — something I learned from my mother — and now, at 71, I finally understand who I truly am,” she added.
“This journey has been about strength, motherhood, family pride, and identity; I hope these conversations help others embrace their own stories and celebrate the power of knowing what we deserve.”
Matriarch takes readers on a journey from Tina Knowles’ childhood through her adult life where she has been a hairstylist as well as fashion designer and philanthropist. Knowles does not shy away from her status as the mother of two influential recording artists. She instead embraces her role and looks to build a legacy of wisdom from which others may glean.
Knowles delved into her protective mentality during a recent interview with Glamour. “Very early on [in Beyoncé and Solange’s careers], I started doing the girls’ hair to earn my keep, so that I could travel with them because I wanted to protect them—not because I wanted to go and be on planes every day, because there was nothing glamorous about it, but it was to protect my kids,” she shared.
“The industry can chew you up and spit you out,” Knowles continued. “And I was determined that there were not going to be certain elements around them and that they weren’t going to get eaten up by that. It just became my mission.”
Matriarch releases on April 22, 2025. Tina Knowles’ book tour begins on April 30, 2025, at The Theater at MGM National Harbor in Washington, D.C. The tour ends on June 4, 2025, at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in London. “Matriarch: An Evening with Tina Knowles, Family, and Friends” comes to The Wiltern in Los Angeles on May 2, 2025.
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