North American tour by Kanye West | |
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Associated album | The Life of Pablo |
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Start date | August 25, 2016 |
End date | November 19, 2016 |
Legs | 1 |
No. of shows | 41 |
Box office | $52.8 million [1] |
Kanye West concert chronology |
The Saint Pablo Tour was the sixth concert tour by American rapper Kanye West which ran from August 25, 2016 to November 19, 2016 in support of West's seventh solo studio album, The Life of Pablo (2016). The tour was originally planned to run until December 31, 2016, [2] but was canceled prematurely on November 21, 2016 due to West's hospitalization. [3] It was the 18th highest-grossing tour of 2016 in North America. [4] The shows played at The Forum in Inglewood, California were the most lucrative. [5]
The design of Saint Pablo Tour featured a "first-of-its-kind floating stage" which was composed of a main stage and an auxiliary stage that had an intricate system of pulleys and tracks designed to be connected to the frame of each arena. The floating main stage had lights on the edge as well as on the bottom portion, which would occasionally shine on the audience. The second stage was composed of four rectangular portions which would move and provided ambient light for each song. The stages could then be manipulated to the needs of the tour, incorporating the audience into the experience at each concert as visitors would be able to engage with Kanye West. Each show had three sections separated by two intermissions, with uses of light increasing as the performance progresses. Some of the portions appeared to be influenced by various themes in popular culture, such as the show's intermissions which were similar to Close Encounters of the Third Kind by Steven Spielberg. [6]
West began the Saint Pablo Tour in Indianapolis, Indiana on August 25, 2016, introducing his new stage design to the public, impressing the attending audience. [7] On October 2, 2016, West cut his performance short at Citi Field in New York City following news of his wife Kim Kardashian being robbed at gunpoint in Paris. [8] Two tour dates were also cancelled the following week. [8]
Kanye's returning concert following Kim Kardashian's incident was performed in his hometown of Chicago at the United Center on October 7, 2016, where he arrived on stage an hour and a half past schedule and "made no mention of his wife or the incident, in a show in which he barely spoke to the crowd at all". [8] In San Jose, California during his November 17 performance, West spoke about American politics and stated "If I would have voted, I would have voted for Trump", with some fans booing and throwing items on stage. [9] In Sacramento on November 19, 2016, West performed three songs before he diverted the performance and spoke about Facebook, Jay Z, Hillary Clinton, Beyoncé, and then proceeded to walk off stage, later cancelling further dates of the tour due to stress and exhaustion while ticketholders were given a refund. [9]
This set list is an example of one typically performed from the Boston show onwards. Songs included in the five prior shows' setlists not included further include "FML," "Amazing," "Devil in a New Dress [a] ," "30 Hours," „Gold Digger“ and "All Falls Down."
Date | City | Country | Venue | Attendance | Box office |
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North America [10] | |||||
August 25, 2016 | Indianapolis | United States | Bankers Life Fieldhouse | — | — |
August 27, 2016 | Buffalo | First Niagara Center | 11,678/ 11,678 | $844,143 | |
August 30, 2016 | Toronto | Canada | Air Canada Centre | 26,716 / 26,716 | $2,439,870 |
August 31, 2016 | |||||
September 2, 2016 | Montreal | Bell Centre | — | — | |
September 3, 2016 | Boston | United States | TD Garden | 16,182 / 16,495 | $1,512,328 |
September 5, 2016 | New York City | Madison Square Garden | 37,005 / 37,005 | $4,852,888 | |
September 6, 2016 | |||||
September 8, 2016 | Washington, D.C. | Verizon Center | 16,838 / 16,838 | $1,786,000 | |
September 12, 2016 | Atlanta | Philips Arena | 16,011 / 16,011 | $1,358,087 | |
September 14, 2016 | Tampa | Amalie Arena | 14,027 / 14,027 | $1,066,669 | |
September 16, 2016 | Miami | American Airlines Arena | 37,820 / 37,820 | $3,150,183 | |
September 17, 2016 | |||||
September 20, 2016 | Houston | Toyota Center | 14,883 / 14,883 | $1,389,472 | |
September 21, 2016 | Austin | Frank Erwin Center | 13,247 / 13,247 | $1,243,591 | |
September 22, 2016 | Dallas | American Airlines Center | 16,999 / 21,192 | $1,444,680 | |
September 24, 2016 | Nashville | Bridgestone Arena | 18,211 / 18,211 | $1,070,994 | |
September 25, 2016 | Columbus | Value City Arena | 14,970 / 18,384 | $972,855 | |
September 27, 2016 | Grand Rapids | Van Andel Arena | — | — | |
September 28, 2016 | Detroit | Joe Louis Arena | |||
September 30, 2016 | University Park | Bryce Jordan Center | |||
October 1, 2016 | Cleveland | Quicken Loans Arena | |||
October 2, 2016 [b] | New York City | Citi Field | |||
October 7, 2016 | Chicago | United Center | |||
October 8, 2016 | Rosemont | Allstate Arena | |||
October 10, 2016 | Saint Paul | Xcel Energy Center | |||
October 12, 2016 | Winnipeg | Canada | MTS Centre | ||
October 15, 2016 | Edmonton | Rogers Place | |||
October 17, 2016 | Vancouver | Rogers Arena | |||
October 19, 2016 | Seattle | United States | KeyArena | ||
October 22, 2016 | Oakland | Oracle Arena | |||
October 23, 2016 | |||||
October 25, 2016 | Inglewood | The Forum | 97,360 / 97,360 | $8,292,767 [c] | |
October 26, 2016 | |||||
October 27, 2016 | |||||
October 29, 2016 | Las Vegas | T-Mobile Arena | 18,100 / 18,100 | $2,107,440 | |
November 1, 2016 | Inglewood | The Forum | [c] | [c] | |
November 2, 2016 | |||||
November 3, 2016 [d] | |||||
November 17, 2016 | San Jose | SAP Center | — | — | |
November 19, 2016 [e] | Sacramento | Golden 1 Center | |||
TOTAL | 352,769 / 361,129 (97%) | $31,745,967 |
Date | City | Country | Venue | Reason |
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November 20, 2016 | Inglewood | United States | The Forum | Stress and exhaustion [9] |
November 22, 2016 | Fresno | Save Mart Center | ||
November 23, 2016 | Anaheim | Honda Center | ||
November 26, 2016 | Dallas | American Airlines Center | ||
November 28, 2016 | Denver | Pepsi Center | ||
December 1, 2016 | San Antonio | AT&T Center | ||
December 2, 2016 | Houston | Toyota Center | ||
December 4, 2016 | Sunrise | BB&T Center | ||
December 6, 2016 | Orlando | Amway Center | ||
December 8, 2016 | Atlanta | Philips Arena | ||
December 9, 2016 | Columbia | Colonial Life Arena | ||
December 11, 2016 | Albany | Times Union Center | ||
December 13, 2016 [f] | Philadelphia | Wells Fargo Center | ||
December 15, 2016 | ||||
December 16, 2016 | Newark | Prudential Center | ||
December 18, 2016 | Toronto | Canada | Air Canada Centre | |
December 20, 2016 | Louisville | United States | KFC Yum! Center | |
December 22, 2016 [g] | Auburn Hills | The Palace of Auburn Hills | ||
December 27, 2016 | Washington, D.C. | Verizon Center | ||
December 28, 2016 | Boston | TD Garden | ||
December 30, 2016 | Brooklyn | Barclays Center | ||
December 31, 2016 | ||||
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The architectural website ArchDaily stated: [6]
There are few artists, if any, who do as much for the sake of art as Kanye West. ... Kanye West has transformed Stage Design and Performance Architecture, with each live performance now redefining the way we envision and experience the medium, much in the same way his idols, Steve Jobs and Walt Disney, transformed their respective fields. The Yeezus Tour was a feat in terms of design and production, but the Saint Pablo Tour is a feat in terms of engineering—and few artists can say they’ve created a transcendent experience that goes beyond what is expected of a “concert.”
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