Ye and Ty Dolla $ign Scrap ‘Vultures’ Listening Parties

Ye – previously generally known as Kanye West – and Ty Dolla $ign have nixed Vultures listening events that have been slated to be staged in a number of U.S. arenas later this month, Billboard can verify.

The listening events have been dubbed “Vultures 1 & 2 Listening Expertise,” however notably, the Vultures 2 album, which was initially introduced for launch on March 8, about one month after the discharge of Vultures 1, nonetheless hasn’t materialized.

There’s nonetheless no phrase or signal of Vultures 2, and, now, these listening events have gone quiet. A spokesperson for Ye tells Billboard these playbacks will now not go forward, however is assured new substitute dates can be introduced shortly. No clarification has been given for the change of plan.

On the time of writing, Kanye and Ty are nonetheless holding a listening celebration on the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt on April 21, with tickets on sale right here. 

The listening classes have been quietly introduced, and largely ignored by the mainstream media.

Proof of these exhibits can noticed, nonetheless, at Ticketmaster which hosts a web page for the Washington D.C. “expertise,” with a damaged hyperlink. 

An announcement from Amelie Area in Tampa, FL reads, “We remorse to report that as a result of time constraints for Ye and Ty Dolla $ign to curate manufacturing and meet logistic necessities, the upcoming dates for the VULTURES 1&2 listening expertise will should be revisited at a later date.” Amelie Area was scheduled to host the playback on April 14.

Selection’s Chris Willman was first to report the canceled U.S. playbacks, which have been additionally penciled-in for venues in Fort Lauderdale, FL; Pittsburgh, PA; Nashville, TN; and Charlotte, NC.

The delayed Vultures 1 challenge loved a quick begin across the globe when it lastly dropped, together with a back-to-back stint at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in February, for Ye’s eighth consecutive No. 1 album relationship all the best way again to 2005’s Late Registration.

That two-week stint on the summit for Vultures 1 marked the primary time West held the highest spot for greater than per week since 2011’s collaborative album with Jay-Z, Watch The Throne. The newest LP additionally topped Australia’s ARIA Albums Chart and opened at No. 2 on the Official U.Ok. Albums Chart.

A handful of listening events constructed the thrill for Vultures 1, and the hip-hop pair would seem on stage at Rolling Loud California on March 14, for a efficiency that divided audiences as both a spectacle of high-art or next-level trolling.