“WAKE UP MR. WEST!!!!”

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(Image Credit: R. Lynne)

Kanye West hovered his spaceship over Vancouver last night for a couple of hours of long overdue intergalactic bliss. The Saint Pablo Tour has to be experienced to be explained, and even then, what was witnessed was elated confusion at best as the self-proclaimed “Messiah Of The Mic” blessed the thousands in attendance with his serendipitous sermon.


Ripe with grunts, proclamations, and restarts, Mr. West weaved his way through the majority of his latest album The Life Of Pablo, while pontificating from the pulpit between classic cuts off his first five albums. With little to no small talk, eye contact, or encouragement, the show rolled on from song to song with near defending screams from the worshippers below, beside, and around the focal point of the night – the floating stage where Yeezus basically walked over his thousands of disciples as they waved and jumped out of sync. All great leaders at some point start to believe less is more.


It seemed as though the theme of this show was ETA: Enjoy The Art. Kanye West has NEVER shied away from the spotlight, but last night you could barely make out the figure on stage beneath the dimly lit lights that hid his face through the majority of the show save for a 5 second appearance where ‘Ye and his minions saw the light, as a spotlight shone down from the heavens above.

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(Image Credit: R. Lynne)

The otherworldy sounds of earth shattering bass (Donda Surround Sound). The super dusty rustic Mad Max-esque lighting. The ultralight beam he beamed up through as if plucking the keys of a laser piano. His Pablo merch that sold upwards of $100,000 worth in an hour of opening, with fights breaking out over lack of sizes. This wasn’t a concert. This was an Extinction Level Event.

Image Credit: Kanye West
Image Credit: Kanye West
Shoutout to our "Suite Life" ticket upgrade winners Kennedy and Nick who hung with Ara in the KiSS Private Suite!
Shoutout to our “Suite Life” ticket upgrade winners Kennedy and Nick who hung with Ara in the KiSS Private Suite!

If you missed seeing Yeezy live, he had 10 or so previously scheduled shows ready to go and just today, he announced he’s extending The Saint Pablo Tour all the way through the end of the year with two back to back shows in Brooklyn where he will undoubtedly bring out his big brother and mentor Jay Z to close out an eventful (sometime too eventful) roadtrip.

10/19 – Seattle, WA @ KeyArena
10/22 – Oakland, CA @ Oracle Arena
10/23 – Oakland, CA @ Oracle Arena
10/25 – Los Angeles, CA @ Forum
10/26 – Los Angeles, CA @ Forum
10/27 – Los Angeles, CA @ Forum
10/29 – Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena
11/01 – Los Angeles, CA @ Forum
11/17 – San Jose, CA @ SAP Center at San Jose
11/19 – Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center
11/22 – Fresno, CA @ SaveMart Center
11/23 – Anaheim, CA @ Honda Center
11/26 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
11/28 – Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center
12/01 – San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center
12/02 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
12/04 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ BB&T Center
12/06 – Orlando, FL @ Amway Center
12/08 – Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena
12/09 – Columbia, SC @ Colonial Life Arena
12/11 – Albany, NY @ The Times Union Center
12/13 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
12/15 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
12/16 – Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center
12/18 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
12/20 – Louisville, KY @ KFC Yum! Center
12/22 – Detroit, MI @ Palace of Auburn Hills
12/27 – Washington, DC @ Verizon Center
12/28 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
12/30 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
12/31 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center

Yes Mr. West. Hell yes.

– The Ara Show

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