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Kanye West postpones entire Yeezus Tour due to equipment issues

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There’s been no shortage of bad news coming from Kanye West’s Yeezus Tour these days. The rapper announced this week that the entirety of the tour has been postponed due to a truck accident that damaged key pieces of stage equipment. The same incident caused the Vancouver concert on Oct. 31st to be postponed at the last minute for the second time. It’s now apparent that the damaged video screen and truss will not be replaced in time for the rest of the Yeezus Tour to go as planned.

Make-up dates have not yet been announced.

Kanye West postpones Yeezus Tour concerts – again

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After rescheduling his October 20th date in Vancouver due to “unforeseen circumstances”, Kanye West pulled the plug yet again today on his October 31st (Vancouver), November 3rd (Denver) and November 5th (Minneapolis) concert stops. This time, an equipment truck accident is being blamed for the postponement, with a video truss and 60-foot LED screen used for the concert reportedly being “damaged beyond repair”. New dates for the Yeezus Tour will be announced soon.

Fans for the Vancouver concert – who had already endured one last-minute postponement – were understandably upset by the news. Many took to Twitter and social media to vent their frustrations.

Kanye West announces 23-city North America “The Yeezus Tour”

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Grammy Award-winning hip hop and rap artist Kanye West is going back on tour. “The Yeezus Tour” will visit 23 North American cities this fall in support of Kanye’s latest album, which came out in June 2013. The tour begins October 19th in Seattle, WA and finishes with a December 7th date in Houston, TX. Three Canadian cities – Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal – are included on the tour.

“The Yeezus Tour” marks the first solo tour for the rapper since the “Glow in the Dark” tour in 2008; West also toured in 2011 with Jay-Z in the “Watch the Throne” tour. Kendrick Lamar will open for all but five dates on the “Yeezus Tour”.

Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, September 13th.

The Yeezus Tour dates are as follows (via Pollstar.com):
Oct. 19 – Seattle, Wash., KeyArena At Seattle Center
Oct. 20 – Vancouver, B.C., Rogers Arena
Oct. 22 – San Jose, Calif., SAP Center At San Jose
Oct. 23 – Oakland, Calif., Oracle Arena
Oct. 25 – Las Vegas, Nev., MGM Grand Garden Arena
Oct. 26 – Los Angeles, Calif., Staples Center
Nov. 1 – Salt Lake City, Utah, EnergySolutions Arena
Nov. 3 – Denver, Colo., Pepsi Center
Nov. 5 – Minneapolis, Minn., Target Center
Nov. 7 – Chicago, Ill., United Center
Nov. 10 – Auburn Hills, Mich., The Palace Of Auburn Hills
Nov. 12 – Toronto, Ontario, Air Canada Centre
Nov. 14 – Montreal, Quebec, Bell Centre
Nov. 16 – Philadelphia, Pa., Wells Fargo Center
Nov. 17 – Boston, Mass., TD Garden
Nov. 19 – Brooklyn, N.Y., Barclays Center
Nov. 21 – Washington, D.C., Verizon Center
Nov. 23 – New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden Arena
Nov. 29 – Miami, Fla., AmericanAirlines Arena
Nov. 30 – Tampa, Fla., Tampa Bay Times Forum
Dec. 1 – Atlanta, Ga., Philips Arena
Dec. 6 – Dallas, Texas, American Airlines Center
Dec. 7 – Houston, Texas, Toyota Center

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