The Yeezus Tour

The Yeezus Tour

World tour by Kanye West
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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). 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.

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. 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.

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. 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. These concerts were stated to be A Tribe Called Quest's final performances ever.

Stage and equipment

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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. 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, 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.

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."

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. 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. In February 2014, dates were announced for an Australian leg of the Yeezus Tour, beginning May 2 at Perth Arena in Perth, WA. 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.

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.

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
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	Auburn Hills		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
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