The biggest surprise of the fourth and final night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention may have been that it came and went without a big surprise performance. Amid a swirl of speculation and high expectations, prompted by TMZ’s reporting earlier Thursday that pop star Beyoncé would turn up, the DNC concluded with Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris’ speech followed by a balloon-drop in the Chicago convention center, without any unscheduled surprise musical performance. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Rumors had swirled for days that Beyoncé or Taylor Swift might grace the DNC stage.