A U.S. and Canada concert tour by Kanye West and Lady GaGa has been canceled just a few weeks after West was publicly chastised for embarrassing country star Taylor Swift at an MTV Video Music Awards ceremony, according to a Reuters report.
(Read: Fame Kills (Sucks): Kanye West and Lady Gaga = Worst Tour Ever?)
According to the report, concert promoter Live Nation said in a statement on Thursday that the “Fame Kills” tour, that was due to start off in Phoenix, Arizona on November 10 and run through January, had been canceled with refunds available at the point of sale.
There was no reason given for the cancelation of the tour, but many suspect it had to do with the incident at the video awards show in which West grabbed a trophy away from Taylor Swift and told the audience that Beyonce should have won the award instead.
West publicly apologized for his actions and told Jay Leno on his prime time talk show that he needed to take some time off to get his head together. He also said that he had not grieved properly for the loss of his mother, who died in 2007.
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MusicVixen says...
We knew it! This tour was doomed from the start! Now, if we could just find a way to ban Kanye from TV and recording studios...
Beyonce on VMAs: “Kanye was Standing up for Art” | Music Vixen Blog says...
10.7.09 9:32 am
[...] to feel financial repercussions from his exceedingly unappealing behavior as his high profile Fame Kills tour with Lady Gaga was suddenly canceled late last [...]
Kaya Camilla says...
10.20.09 12:32 am
Wanna know why? Isn’t Kanye West such a major stage-stealer, Lady Gaga? For once, we’ve all been taken aback by his scandalous act in the 2009 MTV Music Video Awards, where he literally filched Taylor Swift’s “winning moment”. At least, Lady Gaga is picking up on someone her own size, as famous as she is, in the proper time and place–practically in the common stage that she and Kanye West shared. Unlike Kanye who is totally inappropriate. Gaga is no non-sense. I’ve seen Gaga’s interview with CNN, and it amazed me when she said that she spends every dollar she makes to her performances and she’s hands-on on all these, not just your ordinary pop star who is spoon-fed with just every bit of fame they got to show off. And this is what she answered when interviewer Kristie Lu Stout asked about the scrutiny under the tremendous fame she’s getting: “There’s no downsides…I’ve always been taught that only value the opinions of those you respect, and anyone you don’t respect, pay no mind to their opinion about you or anything else, and that’s how I live my life.” Bravo!
GaGa says...
10.30.09 6:07 am
Kanye is a punk. At least Gaga is still a monster