Beyoncé to appear with Kamala Harris in Houston on Friday

Two sources told Reuters that superstar singer Beyoncé will appear with Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Kamala Harris at a rally in Houston on Friday.

Harris is appearing in Texas, a Republican stronghold, to support Democratic Senate candidate Colin Allred, who trails Republican Ted Cruz in the polls, and talk about abortion rights.

Beyoncé, who is from Houston, is expected to perform, one source said, and will come with her mother Tina Knowles.

Harris has adopted Beyoncé's "Freedom" as her campaign rally song and took the stage at Chicago's National Convention in August to the tune.

Beyoncé has reportedly permitted Harris to use the song. She has previously backed Democrats, including President Joe Biden in the last election.

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is joined by artist Beyonce at a campaign concert in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. November 4, 2016. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo

The venue for the rally has not been disclosed.

Texas implemented a first-of-its-kind law in September 2021 that banned abortion after six weeks and allowed anyone to sue abortion patients and those who assisted them.

The U.S. Supreme Court, with a conservative majority formed by Trump's judicial appointments, allowed the law to stand and then gutted federal abortion rights by overturning Roe v. Wade in June 2022.

(Reporting by Nandita Bose and Gabriella Borter in Washington and Ismail Shakil in Ottawa; editing by Rami Ayyub, Heather Timmons, Lisa Shumaker and Rod Nickel)