Kanye West Taps Rihanna, Lupe Fiasco, N.E.R.D. For Tour
Posted by Mitch Michaels on 01.31.2008
Kanye getting ready to hit the road...
Kanye West has drafted Rihanna, Lupe Fiasco and N.E.R.D as support for his "Glow in the Dark" tour, dates for which are still coming together.
West has said 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.
"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."
Also of note is that West, Fiasco and N.E.R.D.'s Pharrell Williams comprise the side project Child Rebel Soldie (CRS). The group's lone song, the Thom Yorke-sampling "US Placers," was an online hit last summer.
