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Kanye West Kicks Off New Tour At KeyArena

The superstar rapper starts his first solo tour in five years with a Seattle show.

Kanye on high.

Kanye West keeps busy. The past few years he’s been Watch(ing) the Throne with Jay-Z, avoiding the tabloids (with limited success) with Kim Kardashian, siring a daughter (the actually named North West), and releasing a new album, Yeezus, earlier in 2013. But there’s one thing that he hasn’t been doing – touring. That’s about to change. West starts his Yeezus Tour–his first solo tour in five years–at KeyArena on Oct 19. In addition to ubiquitous hits like “Gold Digger” and “Jesus Walks,” expect plenty of material from the ferocious horror punk-toned Yeezus. Oakland rapper Kendrick Lamar, who played to a packed KeyArena crowd as an afternoon headliner at Bumbershoot 2013, joins West as the opening act.

Tickets for Kanye West at KeyArena go on sale this Friday, September 13 at 10am at ticketmaster.com or by phone at 800-745-3000. Tickets start at $36.

Kanye West
Oct 19 at 7:30, KeyArena, $36–$121

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Seth Sommerfeld
Seth Sommerfeld
Assistant Editor (Arts) Seth Sommerfeld runs the arts department at Seattle Met, crafting the magazine's On the Town section, editing the Culture Fiend blog, and contributing to reader service features such as “The Ultimate Seahawks Guide” and the front-of-the-book department, Mudroom. Seth has written about music and culture for Rolling Stone, Spin, Pacific Northwest Inlander, Charleston Post and Courier, Syracuse Post-Standard, and Billings Gazette. He also extensively covered the NBA Draft for years for Fox Sports and NBADraft.net, and was published as part of Myth, Media, and Culture in Star Wars: An Anthology. Originally from Billings, Montana, Seth first lived in Washington while earning an undergraduate degree in journalism and broadcasting at Gonzaga University. He followed up those studies at Syracuse University, where he earned a master’s degree in arts journalism.