FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2016, file photo. Kanye West appears at the MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden in New York. At a Sacramento concert Saturday, Nov. 19, West told the audience he heard Beyoncé refused to perform at the MTV Video Music Awards unless she won Video of the Year over him, and also urged Jay Z to call him and not to send killers. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
Republished November 21, 2016 - 10:07 AM
Original Publication Date November 21, 2016 - 8:50 AM
Kanye West has abruptly pulled the plug on his Saint Pablo Tour a few days after making statements onstage about how he "would have voted for Donald Trump" and after a stormy weekend in which he abruptly cancelled a show after four songs.
A representative for the rapper said Monday the remaining 21 dates of West's current tour have been cancelled. No reason was given. Live Nation said tickets will be "fully refunded at point of purchase."
The tour, now in California, was to make stops through Dec. 31 in Dallas, Denver, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Detroit, Boston, New York City and Washington, D.C., among others. It was set to hit Toronto on Dec. 18.
The cancellation comes after a complex weekend for the musician, who ended a concert early in Sacramento, Calif., on Saturday, then cancelled a performance Sunday in the Los Angeles area.
Saturday's truncated show became a hot topic on social platforms as amateur videos circulated of a 10-minute tirade by West about Beyonce, Jay Z, Hillary Clinton, Mark Zuckerberg, the radio and MTV.
Over the weekend, West also flooded his Instagram account with nearly 100 fashion photos, many snaps of photos that were out of focus and poorly cropped.
On Friday, during a concert in San Jose, Calif., West said he didn't vote but would have cast a ballot for Trump, praising the president-elect's "method of communication" as "very futuristic."
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