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Glow In The Dark Tour
Kanye performing at the United Center in Chicago
Tour by Kanye West
Start date	April 16, 2008 (North America)
End date	December 7, 2008 (Australia)
Legs	5
Shows	34 in North America 16 in Europe 4 in Latin America 3 in Asia 5 in Oceania 61 in Total

The Glow In The Dark Tour is a critically acclaimed world concert tour by Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, Rihanna, N.E.R.D and Nas. It began on April 16, 2008 in Seattle, Washington and travelled to Latin America, Asia, Europe, New Zealand and Australia through to early December. The tour featured some surprise special guest artists, including Girls Aloud, 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 have replaced Lupe Fiasco and N.E.R.D, as N.E.R.D is touring these countries separately. For the Asia leg, Taiwanese American singer Vanness Wu performed as the opening act on the Asian leg of the tour and performed "Good Life" with West during the show.

Legs

North American Leg

Latin American Leg

Date	City	Country	Venue
October 17, 2008	Mexico City	Mexico	Palacio de los Deportes
October 18, 2008	Monterrey	Mexico	Monterrey Arena
October 22, 2008	São Paulo	Brazil	Ibirapuera Arena
October 24, 2008	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Marina da Glória

Asian Leg

Date	City	Country	Venue
October 29, 2008	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore Indoor Stadium
November 1, 2008	Beijing	China	Beijing Wukesong Culture & Sports Center
November 3, 2008	Shanghai	China	Hongkou Stadium

European Leg

Date	City	Country	Venue	Notes
November 8, 2008	Belfast	United Kingdom	Odyssey Arena	First tour date of the European leg
November 9, 2008	Dublin	Ireland	RDS Simmonscourt	Santogold, Mr Hudson & The Library and Consequence supported.
November 11, 2008	London	United Kingdom	O2 arena	Mr Hudson & The Library, Santogold and Syren supported. Estelle performed American Boy with Kanye.
November 12, 2008	London	United Kingdom	O2 arena	Mr Hudson & The Library, Santogold,Kid Cudi, Consequence (rapper) and Syren supported. Estelle performed American Boy with Kanye.
November 13, 2008	Newcastle	United Kingdom	Metro Radio Arena	Mr Hudson & The Library, Melanie Fiona, Kid Cudi, Consequence and Tony Williams Supported.
November 14, 2008	Sheffield	United Kingdom	Sheffield Arena	Mr Hudson & The Library, Melanie Fiona, Kid Cudi, Consequence and Tony Williams Supported.
November 15, 2008	Birmingham	United Kingdom	LG Arena	Mr Hudson & The Library, Kid Cudi, Consequence, Melanie Fiona, Santogold supported.
November 16, 2008	Glasgow	United Kingdom	SECC	Mr Hudson & The Library, Kid Cudi, Consequence, Melanie Fiona, Santogold supported.
November 17, 2008	Manchester	United Kingdom	MEN Arena	Kid Cudi, Consequence with Tony Williams, Melanie Fiona, Mr Hudson & The Library, Santogold
November 19, 2008	Oberhausen	Germany	Arena Oberhausen	Das Labor, Consequence with Tony Williams, Melanie Fiona, Mr Hudson & The Library
November 20, 2008	Paris	France	Bercy	The Roots as Opening Act, Consequence with Tony Williams, Melanie Fiona, Mr Hudson & The Library
November 21, 2008	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National	Consequence with Tony Williams, Mr Hudson & The Library, Santogold supported
November 24, 2008	Prague	Czech Republic	O2 arena	Cancelled
November 26, 2008	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Ahoy	Mr Hudson,Santogold supported
November 28, 2008	Hamburg	Germany	Color Line Arena
November 29, 2008	Vienna	Austria	Prater Dome	Private Concert

Australia/New Zealand Leg

Support acts for this leg were Nas, Scribe, Kid Cudi and Consequence.

Date	City	Country	Venue
December 1, 2008	Auckland	New Zealand	Vector Arena
December 2, 2008	Wellington	New Zealand	TSB Arena
December 5, 2008	Melbourne	Australia	Rod Laver Arena
December 6, 2008	Sydney	Australia	Acer Arena
December 7, 2008	Brisbane	Australia	Brisbane Entertainment Centre

Tour Controversy

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.^[3]

Rihanna leaves the tour

Rumors speculated that Rihanna may not be performing at the final 3 shows of the tour.

These rumors were validated when Ticketmaster.com listed only N.E.R.D and Lupe Fiasco as guests for the 8/5 show at Madison Square Garden; Interestingly they listed Lupe as the only guest for the 8/6 show.

Also, on Ticketmaster there is a note on the 8/1 show in Ohio. The note reads "This event has been rescheduled from 6/13/08. Due to the date change, Rihanna will no longer be performing at the show. Tickets for the original performance will be honored."

Bonnaroo controversy

Kanye'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.^[4] Pearl Jam ended up playing 50 mins over their allotted time, leaving less time for the setup of Kanye 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 Kanye came out on stage at 4:25 am most people quieted down. The delay was reportedly due to complications in the set up of Kanye's elaborate glow in the dark concept concert after the Pearl Jam set. Graffiti was found throughout the festival ranging from "Kanye Sucks" to "Jay-Z Would Have Been On Time". Kanye later wrote an outraged post on his blog, expressing his anger at the crowd's response and at Superfly's mismanagement.^{[5 ]}

CRS (Child Rebel Soldier) announcement

On August 1, 2008 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Lupe Fiasco finished his set and returned to the stage to cut off the DJ mixing songs. He began hyping the crowd for the following performances of N.E.R.D. and Kanye West; however, he continued afterward with a subtle drop of "and CRS". The announcement seemed quite feasible for a performance as Rihanna has left the last three tour dates. The arena gave large props for the first two artists; yet, CRS received only minor cheering. After all three performances of the night, many expected the CRS (a trio made up of Pharrell Williams, Kanye West, and Lupe Fiasco) to perform at least one song together, but it did not occur.

References

External links

• LA Times review
• Entertainment Weekly review
• New York Times review
• Perez Hilton review
• The Observer review