Glow in the Dark Tour

Infobox concert tour
concert_tour_name = Glow In the Dark Tour


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artist = Kanye West
number_of_legs = 4
albums = Graduation
start_date = April 16, 2008 (North America)
end_date = December 7, 2008 (Australia)
number_of_shows = 34 in North America
15 in Europe
2 in Mexico
2 in Brazil
2 in New Zealand
3 in Australia

The Glow In The Dark Tour is a critically acclaimed world concert tour by Kanye West, which featured various high profile support acts including Lupe Fiasco, Rihanna, N.E.R.D and Nas. It began on April 16, 2008 in Seattle, Washington and will travel to Latin America, Europe, New Zealand and Australia through to early December.The tour featured some surprise special guest artists, including Gnarls Barkley and Jay-Z. Chris Brown also appeared at some shows to perform his remix of "Umbrella" with Rihanna, and as a dancer for N.E.R.D. For the New Zealand and Australian leg of the tour special guests Nas and New Zealand rapper Scribe have replaced Lupe Fiasco and N.E.R.D.

etlist

Lupe Fiasco

#The Coolest
#Hip Hop Saved My Life
#Little Weapon
#Kick, Push
#I Gotcha
#Go Go Gadget Flow
#Paris, Tokyo
#Streets on Fire
#Superstar
#Daydreamin'

N.E.R.D

#Anti Matter
#Brain
#Rock Star
#Spaz
#Lapdance
#Everyone Nose
#Drum Off
#Kill Joy
#She Wants to Move -->
#Seven Nation Army (The White Stripes Cover) --> Everybody Nose (Reprise)

Rihanna

#Pon de Replay
#Push Up on Me
#Don't Stop the Music
#Hate That I Love You
#Break It Off
#SOS
#We Ride
#"Cover:" - Who Am I (Beenie Man), Doo Wop (That Thing) (Lauryn Hill), Paper Planes (M.I.A)
#Unfaithful
#Shut Up and Drive
#Breakin' Dishes
#Rehab
#Take a Bow
#Umbrella

Kanye West

#"Good Morning"
#"I Wonder"
#"Heard 'Em Say"
#"Through the Wire"
#"Champion"
#"Get 'Em High"
#"Diamonds from Sierra Leone"
#"Can't Tell Me Nothing"
#"Flashing Lights"
#"Spaceship"
#"Tiny Dancer"
#"Gold Digger"
#"Good Life"
#"Jesus Walks"
#"Hey Mama"
#"Don't Stop Believing" (Journey Cover) [Encore]
#"Stronger"
#"Homecoming"
#"Touch the Sky"
#"Jockin' Jay-Z", with Jay-Z 8/6 show only

acramento/Seattle Mix-up

A brief controversy emerged when during his performance in Sacramento, West accidentally referred to the city as Seattle, the latter of which he performed in only two days prior. West quickly admitted his mistake and made an apology to fans on his official blog. [http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com/blog/index.php?em3106=193412_-1__0_~0_-1_4_2008_0_0&em3161=&em3281=]

Rihanna Leaves The Tour

Rumors speculated that Rihanna may not be performing at the final 3 shows of the tour.

These rumors were validified when Ticketmaster.com listed only N.E.R.D and Lupe Fiasco as guests for the 8/5 show at Madison Square Garden; Interestingly they list Lupe as the only guest for the 8/6 show.

Also, on Ticketmaster there is a note on the 8/1 show in Ohio. The note reads "This event has been rescheduled from 6/13/08. Due to the date change, Rihanna will no longer be performing at the show. Tickets for the original performance will be honored."

Bonnaroo Controversy

Kanye West's scheduled time at the Bonnaroo Music Festival was changed from 8:00 pm to 2:45 am to accommodate the light show for the Glow in the Dark Tour. This marked the first ever late night show on the big "What Stage" in Bonnaroo's 7-year history.cite web|accessdate=2008-06-18|url=http://bonnaroo.com/news/2008/06/09/kanye-west-late-night-set.aspx|title=Kanye West Late Night Set!|publisher=Bonnaroo] Pearl Jam ended up playing 50 mins over their alloted time, leaving less time for the setup of Kanye West's stage props for the Glow in the Dark Tour. A message on the monitors stated that the show would start at 3:30. When that didn't happen, the crowd grew restless and started chanting "Kanye Sucks". Once Kanye came out on stage at 4:25 am most people quieted down. The delay was reportedly due to complications in the set up of Kanye's elaborate "glow in the dark" concept concert after the Pearl Jam set. Grafitti was found throughout the festival ranging from "Kanye Sucks" to "Jay-Z Would Have Been On Time". Kanye explained on his blog why his set was late and was not his fault but instead a mixture of the organisers not realising a glow in the dark performance required darkness and also how they failed to properly set up the large screen.cite web|accessdate=2008-06-18|url=http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h3y4eDhzqIU49QpZGtV6hSWD05ygD91APRU03|title=Delayed Kanye West gig angers Bonnaroo crowd|publisher=Associated Press]

CRS (Child Rebel Soldier) Announcement

On August 1, 2008 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Lupe Fiasco finished his set and returned to the stage to cut off the DJ mixing songs. He began hyping the crowd for the following performances of N.E.R.D. and Kanye West; however, he continued afterward with a subtle drop of "and CRS". The announcement seemed quite feasible for a performance as Rihanna has left the last three tour dates. The arena gave large pops for the first two artists; yet, CRS received only minor cheering. After all three performances of the night, many expected the CRS (a trio made up of Pharrell Williams, Kanye West, and Lupe Fiasco) to perform at least one song together, but it did not occur.

North American Leg

Australia/New Zealand Leg

Support acts for this leg will be Nas and Scribe.

References

External links

* [http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-et-kanye18apr18,0,1954955.story "LA Times" review]
* [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20197288,00.html "Entertainment Weekly" review]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL0I7zkcODk Sean Combs review]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/15/arts/music/15kanye.html?_r=1&em&ex=1210996800&en=6cf4832deafaf706&ei=5087%0A&oref=slogin New York Times review]
* [http://perezhilton.com/tv/?videoid=b44448dd70a00 Perez Hilton review]
* [http://concreteloop.com/2008/05/exclusive-backstage-w-kanye-west Concreteloop review]