Beyonce – Performing at the Pepsi Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show

Beyonce issued a strong political statement with her halftime show at Super Bowl 50 tonight with backing dancers dressed as members of armed rights group the Black Panthers

. The superstar brought the dancers on for her new single Formation which is being widely touted as a rallying cry for the Black Lives Matter movement.

 At one point during the song, the supporting performers formed an 'X' on the field - thought to reference black rights campaigner Malcolm X