Glow in the Dark Tour
Tour by Kanye West
Associated albumsGraduation
Start dateApril 16, 2008 (North America)
End dateDecember 7, 2008 (Australia)
Legs5
No. of shows61
Box office$30.8 million
Kanye West concert chronology

The Glow in the Dark Tour was the third concert tour by Kanye West featuring Rihanna, Lupe Fiasco, N.E.R.D, Santigold and Nas. It began on April 16, 2008 in Seattle, Washington and traveled to Latin America, Asia, 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 replaced Lupe Fiasco and N.E.R.D, as N.E.R.D toured these countries separately. Vanness Wu performed as the opening act on the Asian leg of the tour and performed "Good Life" with West during the show. A book named after the tour, authored by Kanye West with photography by Nabil Elderkin, was published by Rizzoli USA in October 2009.

The tour grossed $30.8 million from 49 shows and was by the end of 2008 the second-highest-grossing rap tour that Billboard had ever tracked after the Heart of the City Tour.[1] Direction, production, and lighting design were handled by; Es Devlin, Kanye West, Martin Phillips, John McGuire, and Simon Henwood.[2]

Set list

This set list is representative of the show on April 16, 2008, at KeyArena in Seattle, Washington. It is not representative of all concerts for the duration of the tour [3]

  1. "Good Morning"
  2. "I Wonder"
  3. "Heard 'Em Say"
  4. "Through the Wire"
  5. "Champion"
  6. "Get Em High"
  7. "Diamonds from Sierra Leone"
  8. "Can't Tell Me Nothing"
  9. "Flashing Lights"
  10. "Spaceship"
  11. "All Falls Down"
  12. "Gold Digger"
  13. "Good Life"
  14. "Jesus Walks"
  15. "Hey Mama"
  16. "Don't Stop Believin'"
  17. "Stronger"
  18. "Homecoming"
  19. "Touch the Sky"

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue Notes
North America
April 16, 2008 Seattle United States KeyArena
April 18, 2008 Sacramento ARCO Arena
April 19, 2008 San Jose HP Pavilion at San Jose
April 20, 2008 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena
April 21, 2008 Los Angeles Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
April 22, 2008
April 24, 2008 Tucson McKale Center Lupe Fiasco dressed as Darth Vader onstage during the N.E.R.D set.
April 25, 2008 Las Vegas Red Rock Casino
April 26, 2008 Albuquerque ABQ Journal Pavilion
April 27, 2008 Denver Pepsi Center
April 29, 2008 Oklahoma City Ford Center Lupe Fiasco did not perform due to illness.
April 30, 2008 Austin Frank Erwin Center
May 1, 2008 Dallas SuperPages.com Center
May 2, 2008 The Woodlands Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
May 4, 2008 Duluth The Arena Gwinnett Center Chris Brown & rapper Bow Wow appeared as dancers for N.E.R.D's "Spaz."
May 5, 2008 Tampa Ford Amphitheatre
May 6, 2008 Miami American Airlines Arena
May 8, 2008 Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Chris Brown and rapper Lupe Fiasco appeared as dancers for N.E.R.D's "Spaz."
May 9, 2008 Raleigh Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
May 10, 2008 Bristow Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge Chris Brown appeared as a dancer for N.E.R.D's "Spaz."
May 11, 2008 Virginia Beach Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Virginia Beach
May 13, 2008 New York City Madison Square Garden Chris Brown appeared on stage to sing a duet remix of "Umbrella" with Rihanna.
May 15, 2008 Mansfield Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts Chris Brown appeared as a dancer for N.E.R.D's "Spaz."
May 16, 2008 Hartford New England Dodge Music Center
May 17, 2008 Camden Susquehanna Bank Center Chris Brown appeared as a dancer for N.E.R.D's "Spaz."
May 18, 2008 Scranton Toyota Pavilion Chris Brown appeared as a dancer for N.E.R.D's "Spaz."
May 20, 2008 Montreal Canada Bell Centre Chris Brown appeared as a dancer for N.E.R.D's "Spaz."
May 21, 2008 Toronto Molson Amphitheatre
May 22, 2008 Auburn Hills United States The Palace of Auburn Hills
May 23, 2008 Chicago United Center
May 24, 2008 Chris Brown and rapper Common appeared as dancers for N.E.R.D's "Spaz."
May 25, 2008 Fargo Fargodome
May 26, 2008 Winnipeg Canada MTS Centre Chris Brown appeared as a dancer for N.E.R.D's "Spaz."
May 27, 2008 Saskatoon Credit Union Centre
May 29, 2008 Edmonton Rexall Place
May 30, 2008 Calgary Pengrowth Saddledome Chris Brown appeared on stage to sing a duet remix of "Umbrella" with Rihanna and as a dancer for N.E.R.D's "Spaz."
June 1, 2008 East Rutherford United States Giants Stadium Only Kanye West appeared alone singing seven songs on a modified Glow in the Dark Tour set.
June 2, 2008 Vancouver Canada General Motors Place
June 3, 2008 Portland United States Rose Garden
June 5, 2008 Reno Reno Events Center
June 6, 2008 San Jose HP Pavilion at San Jose
June 7, 2008 Los Angeles Staples Center
June 8, 2008 Glendale Jobing.com Arena
June 9, 2008 West Valley City E Center
June 11, 2008 Minneapolis Target Center
June 12, 2008 Moline iWireless Center
June 14, 2008 Manchester Bonnaroo Music Festival Kanye West appeared alone, and took the stage two hours after the posted time, using a modified Glow in the Dark Tour set.
July 25, 2008 Stratford-upon-Avon United Kingdom Global Gathering Festival
August 1, 2008 Cincinnati United States U.S. Bank Arena
August 2, 2008 Chicago Grant Park Lupe Fiasco appeared only, performing a one-hour set before Rage Against the Machine.
August 3, 2008 Kanye West and Nine Inch Nails headlined the final night of Lollapalooza.
August 5, 2008 New York City Madison Square Garden Only N.E.R.D and Lupe Fiasco appeared for this show.
August 6, 2008 Lupe Fiasco was the only guest scheduled for this show, however N.E.R.D performed anyway. Also Jay-Z made a special on-stage appearance singing "Jockin' Jay-Z (Dopeboy Fresh)."[4]
August 7, 2008 Ledyard MGM Grand Theatre Gnarls Barkley performed as a special guest opener at this show.[5]
October 17, 2008 Mexico City Mexico Palacio de los Deportes
October 18, 2008 Monterrey Arena Monterrey
South America
October 22, 2008 São Paulo Brazil Ginásio do Ibirapuera
October 24, 2008 Rio de Janeiro Marina da Glória
Asia
October 29, 2008 Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium Performed live recording of ‘Pinocchio Story’ that appeared on 808s & Heartbreak
November 1, 2008[6] Beijing China Workers Indoor Arena
November 3, 2008 Shanghai Shanghai Indoor Stadium
Europe
November 8, 2008 Belfast United Kingdom Odyssey Centre Mr Hudson & The Library supported.
November 9, 2008 Dublin Ireland RDS Simmonscourt Santogold, Mr Hudson & The Library and Consequence supported.
November 11, 2008 London United Kingdom The O2 Arena Mr Hudson & The Library, Santogold and Syren supported. Estelle performed "American Boy" with Kanye West.
November 12, 2008 Mr Hudson & The Library, Santogold, Kid Cudi, Consequence and Syren supported. Estelle performed "American Boy" with Kanye West.
November 13, 2008 Newcastle Metro Radio Arena Mr Hudson & The Library, Melanie Fiona, Kid Cudi, Consequence and Tony Williams Supported.
November 14, 2008 Sheffield Sheffield Arena
November 15, 2008 Birmingham LG Arena Mr Hudson & The Library, Kid Cudi, Consequence, Melanie Fiona and Santogold supported.
November 16, 2008 Glasgow SECC
November 17, 2008 Manchester Manchester Evening News Arena Kid Cudi, Consequence with Tony Williams, Melanie Fiona, Mr Hudson & The Library and Santogold supported.
November 19, 2008 Oberhausen Germany König-Pilsener-Arena Das Labor, Consequence with Tony Williams, Melanie Fiona and Mr Hudson & The Library supported.
November 20, 2008 Paris France Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy The Roots opened, Consequence with Tony Williams, Melanie Fiona and Mr Hudson & The Library supported.
November 21, 2008 Brussels Belgium Forest National Consequence with Tony Williams, Mr Hudson & The Library and Santogold supported.
November 24, 2008 Prague Czech Republic O2 Arena Cancelled
November 26, 2008 Rotterdam Netherlands Rotterdam Ahoy Sportpaleis Mr Hudson & The Library and Santogold supported.
November 28, 2008 Hamburg Germany Color Line Arena
Australia/New Zealand Leg
Support acts for this leg were Nas, Scribe, Kid Cudi and Consequence.
December 1, 2008 Auckland New Zealand Vector Arena
December 2, 2008 Wellington TSB Bank Arena
December 5, 2008 Melbourne Australia Rod Laver Arena
December 6, 2008 Sydney Acer Arena
December 7, 2008 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre

Tour controversies

Sacramento/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.[7]

Bonnaroo controversy

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.[8] Pearl Jam ended up playing 50 mins over their allotted time, leaving less time for the setup of 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 West came out on stage at 4:25 am most people quieted down. The delay was reportedly due to complications in the set up of West's elaborate glow in the dark concept concert after the Pearl Jam set. Graffiti was found throughout the festival ranging from "Fuck Kanye"[9] to "Jay-Z Would Have Been on Time". West later wrote an outraged post on his blog, expressing his anger at the crowd's response and at Superfly's mismanagement.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ Peters, Mitchell. "Lil Wayne 2008–2009 Tours Gross $42 Million". Billboard. Retrieved September 8, 2009.
  2. ^ "Kanye West - Glow in the Dark Tour Arena 2008". Es Devlin. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Kanye West Setlist at KeyArena, Seattle". setlist.fm. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
  4. ^ Hot right now. "Jay-Z Slams Noel Gallagher In New Album Track With Kanye West". Gigwise. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
  5. ^ "Glow Base".
  6. ^ "Kanye West hit Beijing". China Daily. Retrieved 2017-05-21.
  7. ^ "Kanye West". Kanyeuniversecity.com. Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
  8. ^ "Kanye West Late Night Set!". Bonnaroo. Archived from the original on 2008-06-23. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
  9. ^ "Inside a Kanye West Tour: "Glow in the Dark" Photos, Backstage Tales". RollingStone.com. 2009-10-21. Retrieved 2015-09-18.
  10. ^ "Delayed Kanye West gig angers Bonnaroo crowd". Associated Press. Archived from the original on June 19, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-18.

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