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Kanye West @ Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto [May 21]
Kanye West has drafted some of the top names in urban music for his Glow in the Dark tour, which is scheduled to kick off in Seattle on April 16th. The tour, backing Kanye's latest album, Graduation, is scheduled to make a number of Canadian stops, including Montreal [May 20], Toronto [May 21], Saskatoon [May 27], Edmonton [May 29], and Calgary [May 30]. The outing will feature support from Rihanna, Lupe Fiasco and N.E.R.D., according to a post on West's blog.
West told Billboard last summer he was collaborating on the Glow in the Dark tour with Madonna choreographer Jamie King. Contrary to the poor touring track record for major hip-hop stars, West has been a consistent box-office draw: His 2005 tour with Fantasia and Keyshia Cole grossed $8.4 million and drew more than 210,000 people to 46 shows reported to Billboard Boxscore.
"A lot of people want to be too cool onstage," he said when asked why hip-hop tours don't sell tickets. "I do an hour-and-a-half with no hype man, running around onstage. The touring can only get better because the longer a song's out, the more people get into it."
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