By: Amanda Anderson-Niles
Kanye West may stay in the headlines a lot more than most recording artists, but the rapper and baby daddy to Kim Kardashian’s album sales for “Yeezus” haven’t met his expectations despite all the press he gets on a daily basis. Although the album just went gold, it has a long way to go to nab platinum status, meanwhile Kanye’s BFF Jay Z latest album “Magna Carta Holy Grail” is now officially double platinum.
Kanye has been trying to think of ways to boost his album sales and even an interview on Kris Jenner’s daytime talk show and releasing the photo of his daughter North hasn’t done much to bump up sales. Regardless, it’s been reported for the last few months that Kanye was planning to go on tour shortly after his daughter’s birth and it’s been rumored that Kim Kardashian will join him with baby North.
Kanye took to his Twitter account hours ago to confirm that he is indeed getting ready to go on tour and he also confirmed that Kendrick Lamar will be his featured artist. Kanye tweeted the following photo and simply wrote “TOUR”:
A press release on the tour is also making rounds on the web, and it’s a pretty big deal for Kanye considering it’s his first solo tour in five years. He listed the following show dates and locations on his website as well:
10/19 – Seattle, WA – KeyArena #
10/20 – Vancover, B.C. – Pepsi Live at Robers Arena #
10/22 – San Jose, CA – SAP Center #
10/23 – Oakland, CA – Oracle Arena #
10/25 – Las Vegas, NV – MGM Grand Garden Arena #
10/26 – Los Angeles, CA – Staples Center #
11/01 – Salt Lake City, UT – EnergySolutions Arena #
11/03 – Denver, CO – Pepsi Center #
11/05 – Minneapolis, MN – Target Center #
11/07 – Chicago, IL – United Center #
11/10 – Detroit, MI – Palace of Auburn Hills #
11/12 – Toronto, Ont. – Air Canada Center #
11/14 – Montreal, Que. – Bell Centre #
11/16 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center ^
11/17 – Boston, MA – TD Garden #
11/19 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center #
11/21 – Washington, DC – Verizon Center #
11/23 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden ^
11/29 – Miami, FL – American Airlines Arena #
11/30 – Tampa, FL – Tampa Bay Times Forum ^
12/01 – Atlanta, GA – Philips Arena #
12/06 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center #
12/01 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center #
# with Kendrick Lamar
^ Special Guest TBA
I’m kind of salty Kendrick is partnering up with such a douche bag. But eh, whatever.
Kanye better be careful. His baby mama will probably try to smash Kendrick when he’s not paying attention. She does have a reputation for doing foul sh-t like that while she’s so in love.
Yall are so terrible sometimes. LOL.
I would only go to see Kendrick so this is probably not the tour for me.
Love Kendrick but I don’t think I could stand to hear Kanye scream every track on this last (and terrible) album.
Kendrick cannot save your fleeting career Kanye.
Hmm…I do still love Kanye’s old music and I do need to see Kendrick. I just can’t tolerate the Yeezus trash. IDK…
Interesting. I only want to see Kendrick though.