Lady GaGa & Kanye Tour Cancelled!

Kanye West and Lady Gaga

It appears the ramifications of Kanye West’s actions a few weeks back at the MTV VMA’s spelled the end of his much anticipated co-headlining tour with Lady GaGa, before it even began. It has been confirmed tonight, by the tour’s promoters Live Nation, that the shows have been completely cancelled:

NEW YORK — Kanye West and Lady Gaga’s highly anticipated tour is over before it even began.

Just days after announcing dates for an ambitious joint show that was to kick off next month, the tour was canceled.
Live Nation announced the news in a brief statement Thursday that did not offer any explanation. Refunds are available for those who brought tickets for the tour. It was to kick off Nov. 10 in Phoenix and was scheduled to run through at least January.

The name of the tour was to be “Fame Kills” — a sentiment West may have been feeling in recent weeks. The Grammy-winning rapper has endured a firestorm of negative publicity since he hijacked the award-winning moment of country-pop sweetheart Taylor Swift at last month’s MTV Video Music Awards.

Swift had made history as the first country act to win at the VMAs, and was giving her acceptance speech after nabbing a trophy for best female video. West — who has a long history of awards-show meltdowns — grabbed the microphone and declared that Beyonce’s “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” was one of the “best videos of all time.”

A crushed Swift did not finish her speech then but did later when Beyonce brought her back on stage after winning video of the year.

Publicists for both West and Lady Gaga did not immediately return requests for comment. A representative for Live Nation said there was no further information. {Source}

Though no official word has been given as to the cancellation, one would be foolish not to factor in the negative press Kanye has been receiving as of late. Whether this impacted ticket sales, sponsor participation or what, is anyone’s guess. However, the suddenness of the tour’s cancellation and the implication that it won’t be resurrected, clearly highlights that something was very wrong behind the scenes. A shame, really, as both Kanye and GaGa are two of the most original acts out at the moment, with the tour – even on paper – looking like a winner.

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