The Yeezus Tour

The Yeezus Tour
World tour by Kanye West
Associated album Yeezus
Start date October 19, 2013 (2013-10-19)
End date September 15, 2014 (2014-09-15)
Legs 3
Number of shows 53
Kanye West concert chronology

The Yeezus Tour was a concert tour by American rapper Kanye West in support of West's sixth solo studio album, Yeezus (2013).[1] The venture served as West's first solo concert tour in five years. Kendrick Lamar, A Tribe Called Quest, Travi$ Scott, and Pusha T served as opening acts on select dates. It had the second highest grossing leg of a tour during 2013, behind Paul McCartney's Out There! Tour.[2]

Background

After the release of "Yeezus" on June 18, 2013, rumors begun circulating that West would embark on a solo tour. Co-producer of the album Mike Dean reported that there would be a tour for the album and that he would be a backing producer for the show.[3] On September 6, 2013, West tweeted the word "TOUR" along with the promotional picture of the tour. All of the opening tour dates (of which all are in North America) became available via his official website.[4]

Kendrick Lamar served as a supporting act on the majority of the tour, with "special guests" replacing him on the dates he missed. At the October 25, 2013 show, GOOD Music signee Pusha T served as the opening act.[5] On October 15, 2013, it was revealed that two of the four New York shows will feature A Tribe Called Quest as supporting acts instead of Lamar.[6] These concerts were stated to be A Tribe Called Quest's final performances ever.[7]

Stage and equipment

West performing as part of the tour, with LED screen and mountain visible in background.

West said that the initial idea of The Yeezus Tour came from him thinking about the end of the world, with explosions, fire, mountains, masked beings, creatures and Jesus all making appearances during the show. Vanessa Beecroft , Es Devlin and John McGuire created the scenography with both Maison Martin Margiela and West working together to create fashion pieces and outfits for The Yeezus Tour. The stage used by West also resembled a fashion catwalk.[8] Another influence for the stage setup, according to West, came from the 1973 film The Holy Mountain, a "biblical redemption story". This can be seen with one of the stages main features; a 50-foot high mountain, called Mount Yeezus by some,[8][9][10] that could change its appearance into a volcano. The foot of the mountain then lead to a secondary stage that elevated up to the main stage that was shaped like a triangle and could rise. As part of the redemption theme, the performance is separated into five parts, Fighting, Rising, Falling, Searching and Finding, that feature 12 female dancers that some called "disciples". Above Mount Yeezus, a 60-foot wide circular LED screen was placed along with a custom sound system by DONDA.[8]

On October 30, 2013 while on the road to Vancouver, a truck carrying custom-made video screens and equipment for the show was involved in a car crash, the crash damaged the equipment beyond repair. Def Jam issued a statement on the issue saying,

"This gear is central to the staging of The Yeezus Tour, and central to the creative vision put forth by Kanye West and his design team at DONDA. As a result of this event, it is impossible to put on the show and The Yeezus Tour will be postponed until these essential pieces can be reengineered and refabricated. Kanye West will not compromise on bringing the show, as it was originally envisioned and designed, to his fans. The Vancouver, Denver and Minneapolis dates have been postponed."[11]
West laying on the triangular main stage accompanied by dancers; all shown on a circular LED screen above Mount Yeezus.

The tour picked back up on November 16, 2013, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. The missed Chicago and Detroit shows were rescheduled however, the rest of the missed dates were cancelled, Def Jam cites routing logistics as the reason.[12] On January 7, 2014 Kanye West added 9 new dates to the tour, starting on February 13 in University Park, PA and concluding on February 23 at Uniondale, NY.[13] In February 2014, dates were announced for an Australian leg of the Yeezus Tour, beginning May 2 at Perth Arena in Perth, WA.[14] However, in early April West postponed his Australian leg until September, using the months in-between to finish his then upcoming seventh studio album, The Life of Pablo.[15]

Set list

This set list is representative of the first performance in New York City. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.[16]

  1. "On Sight"
  2. "New Slaves"
  3. "Send It Up"
  4. "Mercy"
  5. "Power"
  6. "Cold"
  7. "I Don't Like"
  8. "Clique"
  9. "Black Skinhead"
  10. "I Am a God"
  11. "Can't Tell Me Nothing"
  12. "Coldest Winter"
  13. "Hold My Liquor"
  14. "I'm in It"
  15. "Guilt Trip"
  16. "Heartless"
  17. "Blood on the Leaves"
  18. "Lost in the World"
  19. "Runaway"
  20. "Street Lights"
  21. "Stronger"
  22. "Through the Wire"
  23. "Jesus Walks"
  24. "Diamonds From Sierra Leone"
  25. "Flashing Lights"
  26. "All of the Lights"
  27. "Good Life"
  28. "Bound 2"

Shows

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, amount of available tickets and gross revenue
Date City Country Venue Opening act Attendance Revenue
North America[17][18][19]
October 19, 2013 Seattle United States Key Arena Kendrick Lamar 10,759 / 10,759 $832,947
October 22, 2013 San Jose SAP Center at San Jose Kendrick Lamar
E-40		 10,557 / 10,557 $670,603
October 23, 2013 Oakland Oracle Arena Kendrick Lamar 11,779 / 11,779 $820,540
October 25, 2013 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena Pusha T
Travis Scott		 10,183 / 10,183 $748,055
October 26, 2013 Los Angeles Staples Center Kendrick Lamar 28,332 / 28,332 $2,875,505
October 28, 2013
November 16, 2013 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center N/A N/A
November 17, 2013 Boston TD Garden 12,889 / 12,889 $1,099,938
November 19, 2013 Brooklyn Barclays Center 25,062 / 25,062 $2,349,202
November 20, 2013 A Tribe Called Quest
Busta Rhymes
November 21, 2013 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center Kendrick Lamar 11,184 / 11,184 $977,137
November 23, 2013 New York City Madison Square Garden 28,919 / 28,919 $3,090,091
November 24, 2013 A Tribe Called Quest
November 27, 2013 Nashville Bridgestone Arena Kendrick Lamar N/A N/A
November 29, 2013 Miami American Airlines Arena 13,153 / 13,153 $1,164,782
November 30, 2013 Tampa Tampa Bay Times Forum N/A N/A
December 1, 2013 Atlanta Philips Arena 9,620 / 9,620 $820,931
December 3, 2013 Kansas City Sprint Center N/A N/A
December 5, 2013 New Orleans New Orleans Arena
December 6, 2013 Dallas American Airlines Center 9,539 / 9,539 $870,531
December 7, 2013 Houston Toyota Center 9,742 / 9,742 $884,134
December 8, 2013 San Antonio AT&T Center 6,396 / 9,429 $500,280
December 10, 2013 Phoenix US Airways Center N/A N/A
December 13, 2013 Anaheim Honda Center 12,503 / 12,503 $940,846
December 17, 2013 Chicago United Center 30,010 / 30,010 $2,687,476
December 18, 2013
December 19, 2013 Detroit The Palace of Auburn Hills 11,228 / 11,228 $832,947
December 22, 2013 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre 31,386 / 31,386 $2,951,864
December 23, 2013 Kendrick Lamar
Drake
February 13, 2014 University Park United States Bryce Jordan Center N/A N/A N/A
February 14, 2014 Baltimore Baltimore Arena
February 15, 2014 Newark Prudential Center 9,342 / 9,342 $537,668
February 17, 2014 Montreal Canada Bell Centre 6,173 / 7,437 $504,130
February 18, 2014 Hamilton Copps Coliseum N/A N/A
February 19, 2014 Albany United States Times Union Center 5,450 / 13,377 $404,697
February 21, 2014 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena 5,467 / 6,826 $536,703
February 22, 2014 Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall 7,789 / 10,018 $507,157
February 23, 2014 Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum N/A N/A
Australia[15][20][21]
September 5, 2014 Perth Australia Perth Arena Pusha T 12,902 / 12,902 $1,421,860
September 7, 2014 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre N/A N/A
September 9, 2014 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena 22,635 / 22,635 $2,557,370
September 10, 2014
September 12, 2014 Sydney Qantas Credit Union Arena 22,159 / 22,159 $2,426,320
September 13, 2014
September 15, 2014 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre 10,256 / 10,256 $1,119,370
Total 377,625 / 391,208 $34,721,993

References

  1. ↑ Amaya, David (September 6, 2013). "Kanye West announces the "Yeezus" Tour and dates". Def Jam Recordings. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
  2. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/5855032/mccartney-tops-hot-tours-with-40m-gross-from-japan-shows-kanye-lands-in
  3. ↑ Michaels, Sean (June 19, 2013). "Kanye West will go on tour, says Yeezus co-producer". The Guardian. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Yeezus". Kanye West. September 6, 2013. Archived from the original on September 6, 2013. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Q-Tip Hints A Tribe Called Quest Will Play Their Last Shows On Kanye Tour - XXL". Xxlmag.com. 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2013-11-07.
  6. ↑ "A Tribe Called Quest Is Set To Reunite For Kanye West's Tour - XXL". Xxlmag.com. 2013-10-15. Retrieved 2013-11-07.
  7. ↑ "A Tribe Called Quest Last Show NYC Yeezus". Complex. Retrieved 2013-11-07.
  8. 1 2 3 "INTERIORS: The Yeezus Tour". Arch Daily. Arch Daily. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  9. ↑ Kamer, Foster. "Live Review: Kanye West as Yeezus Christ Superstar in Brooklyn". Complex. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  10. ↑ "A Night on Mount Yeezus: The Kanye West Experience". Dead Curious. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  11. ↑ "Kanye West Cancels Tour Dates Because Of Truck Crash - XXL". Xxlmag.com. 2013-10-31. Retrieved 2013-11-07.
  12. ↑ "Kanye West Announces Revised Tour Schedule - XXL". Xxlmag.com. Retrieved 2013-11-07.
  13. ↑ http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/kanye-wests-yeezus-tour-rises-again-20140107
  14. ↑ http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/kanye-west-brings-yeezus-tour-to-australia-20140217-32ulg.html
  15. 1 2 http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/kanye-west-postpones-australian-concerts-on-yeezus-tour-20140401-35v91.html
  16. ↑ Jim Farber (November 20, 2013). "Concert review: Kanye West startles, appalls during 'Yeezus' show at Barclays". New York Daily News. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
  17. ↑ North American box score:
  18. ↑ Young, Alex (September 23, 2013). "Kanye West adds even more dates to 2013 Yeezus tour". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
  19. ↑ Special guests:
  20. ↑ Vincent, Peter (February 17, 2014). "Kanye West brings Yeezus tour to Australia". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
  21. ↑ Box score:
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