 Although Knowles did not perform the song in any televised appearances , it was a part of her set list on The Beyoncé Experience with Jay @-@ Z in Los Angeles on September 2 , 2007 , and her worldwide I Am ... Tour . When Knowles performed the song in Sunrise , Florida , on June 29 , 2009 , she was wearing a glittering gold leotard . As she sang , animated graphics of turntables , faders , and other nightclub equipment pulsed behind her , her dancers and the musicians . Knowles was accompanied by two drummers , two keyboardists , a percussionist , a horn section , three backup vocalists ( collectively called Suga Mama ) , and guitarist Bibi McGill . " Upgrade U " was included as the fourteenth and twenty @-@ second tracks on her live albums The Beyoncé Experience Live ( 2007 ) and I Am ... World Tour ( 2010 ) , respectively . " Upgrade U " was part of the set list of Beyoncé and Jay @-@ Z 's co @-@ headlining On the Run Tour ( 2014 ) . 
