The Saint Pablo Tour was the sixth concert tour by American rapper Kanye West which ran from August 25, 2016 to November 19, 2016 in support of West's seventh solo studio album, The Life of Pablo (2016). The tour was originally planned to run until December 31, 2016, but was canceled prematurely on November 21, 2016 due to West's hospitalization. It was the 18th highest-grossing tour of 2016 in North America. The shows played at The Forum in Inglewood, California were the most lucrative.

History Design

The design of Saint Pablo Tour featured a "first-of-its-kind floating stage" which was composed of a main stage and an auxiliary stage that had an intricate system of pulleys and tracks designed to be connected to the frame of each arena. The floating main stage had lights on the edge as well as on the bottom portion, which would occasionally shine on the audience. The second stage was composed of four rectangular portions which would move and provided ambient light for each song. The stages could then be manipulated to the needs of the tour, incorporating the audience into the experience at each concert as visitors would be able to engage with Kanye West. Each show had three sections separated by two intermissions, with uses of light increasing as the performance progresses. Some of the portions appeared to be influenced by various themes in popular culture, such as the show's intermissions which were similar to Close Encounters of the Third Kind by Steven Spielberg.

Tour West began the Saint Pablo Tour in Indianapolis, Indiana on August 25, 2016, introducing his new stage design to the public, impressing the attending audience. On October 2, 2016, West cut his performance short at Citi Field in New York City following news of his wife Kim Kardashian being robbed at gunpoint in Paris. Two tour dates were also cancelled the following week.

Kanye's returning concert following Kim Kardashian's incident was performed in his hometown of Chicago at the United Center on October 7, 2016, where he arrived on stage an hour and a half past schedule and "made no mention of his wife or the incident, in a show in which he barely spoke to the crowd at all". In San Jose, California during his November 17 performance, West spoke about American politics and stated "If I would have voted, I would have voted for Trump", with some fans booing and throwing items on stage. In Sacramento on November 19, 2016, West performed three songs before he diverted the performance and spoke about Facebook, Jay Z, Hillary Clinton, Beyoncé, and then proceeded to walk off stage, later cancelling further dates of the tour due to stress and exhaustion while ticketholders were given a refund.

Set list This set list is an example of one typically performed from the Boston show onwards. Songs included in the five prior shows' setlists not included further include "FML," "Amazing," "Devil in a New Dress," "30 Hours," "Gold Digger" and "All Falls Down."

''Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1" "Pt. 2" "Famous" "Pop Style" "That Part" "Facts" "Mercy" "Don't Like.1" "All Day" "Black Skinhead" "Niggas in Paris" "Can't Tell Me Nothing" "Power" "Blood on the Leaves" "Freestyle 4" "Jesus Walks" "Flashing Lights" "Highlights" "Feedback" "Wolves" "Heartless" "Runaway" "Only One" "I Love Kanye" "Waves" "All of the Lights" "Good Life" "Stronger" "Touch the Sky" "Fade" "Ultralight Beam"

Tour dates Dates performed DateCityCountryVenueAttendanceBox officeNorth AmericaBox score:August 25, 2016IndianapolisUnited StatesBankers Life Fieldhouse August 27, 2016BuffaloFirst Niagara Center 11,678/ 11,678 $844,143August 30, 2016TorontoCanadaAir Canada Centre 26,716 / 26,716 $2,439,870August 31, 2016September 2, 2016MontrealBell Centre September 3, 2016BostonUnited StatesTD Garden 16,182 / 16,495 $1,512,328September 5, 2016New York CityMadison Square Garden37,005 / 37,005$4,852,888September 6, 2016September 8, 2016Washington, D.C.Verizon Center16,838 / 16,838$1,786,000September 12, 2016AtlantaPhilips Arena16,011 / 16,011$1,358,087September 14, 2016TampaAmalie Arena 14,027 / 14,027 $1,066,669September 16, 2016MiamiAmerican Airlines Arena 37,820 / 37,820 $3,150,183September 17, 2016September 20, 2016HoustonToyota Center14,883 / 14,883$1,389,472September 21, 2016AustinFrank Erwin Center13,247 / 13,247$1,243,591September 22, 2016DallasAmerican Airlines Center 16,999 / 21,192 $1,444,680September 24, 2016NashvilleBridgestone Arena18,211 / 18,211 $1,070,994September 25, 2016ColumbusValue City Arena 14,970 / 18,384 $972,855September 27, 2016Grand RapidsVan Andel Arena rowspan="14" rowspan="14" September 28, 2016DetroitJoe Louis ArenaSeptember 30, 2016University Park, PABryce Jordan CenterOctober 1, 2016ClevelandQuicken Loans ArenaOctober 2, 2016New York CityCiti FieldOctober 7, 2016ChicagoUnited CenterOctober 8, 2016Rosemont, ILAllstate ArenaOctober 10, 2016Saint Paul, MNXcel Energy CenterOctober 12, 2016WinnipegCanadaMTS CentreOctober 15, 2016EdmontonRogers PlaceOctober 17, 2016VancouverRogers ArenaOctober 19, 2016SeattleUnited StatesKeyArenaOctober 22, 2016OaklandOracle ArenaOctober 23, 2016October 25, 2016Inglewood, CAThe Forum 97,360 / 97,360 $8,292,767October 26, 2016October 27, 2016October 29, 2016Las VegasT-Mobile Arena 18,100 / 18,100 $2,107,440November 1, 2016InglewoodThe Forum November 2, 2016November 3, 2016 November 17, 2016San JoseSAP Center rowspan="2" rowspan="2" November 19, 2016SacramentoGolden 1 CenterTOTAL352,769 / 361,129 (97%)$31,745,967

Cancelled dates + List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and reason for cancellation Date City Country Venue ReasonOctober 4, 2016PhiladelphiaUnited StatesWells Fargo CenterRescheduled due to a family emergency; the new dates were later cancelled with remainder of tourOctober 6, 2016Auburn Hills, MIThe Palace of Auburn HillsNovember 20, 2016Inglewood, CAThe ForumStress and exhaustionNovember 22, 2016FresnoSave Mart CenterNovember 23, 2016AnaheimHonda CenterNovember 26, 2016DallasAmerican Airlines CenterNovember 28, 2016DenverPepsi CenterDecember 1, 2016San AntonioAT&T CenterDecember 2, 2016HoustonToyota CenterDecember 4, 2016Sunrise, FLBB&T CenterDecember 6, 2016OrlandoAmway CenterDecember 8, 2016AtlantaPhilips ArenaDecember 9, 2016Columbia, SCColonial Life ArenaDecember 11, 2016AlbanyTimes Union CenterDecember 13, 2016PhiladelphiaWells Fargo CenterDecember 15, 2016December 16, 2016NewarkPrudential CenterDecember 18, 2016TorontoCanadaAir Canada CentreDecember 20, 2016LouisvilleUnited StatesKFC Yum! CenterDecember 22, 2016Auburn Hills, MIThe Palace of Auburn HillsDecember 27, 2016Washington, D.C.Verizon CenterDecember 28, 2016BostonTD GardenDecember 30, 2016BrooklynBarclays CenterDecember 31, 2016

Reception

The architectural website ArchDaily stated:

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