Kanye West and Lady Gaga tour canceled

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Kanye West told Jay Leno in his mea culpa speech for his VMAs interruption that he needed to “take some time off and just analyze how I’m going to make it through the rest of this life, how I’m going to improve.” Kanye had a big three month tour with Lady Gaga set to kick off in November, and as much as he needed some down time to work on his warped attitude, it didn’t look like he was going to get it.

Then yesterday an announcement was made by tour organizer Live Nation that West’s tour with Gaga was canceled. They didn’t give a reason, and promised that ticketholders would be able to secure refunds. TMZ has the insider news that the tickets just weren’t selling, and that Gaga and West’s staff were fighting constantly. West previously said that Gaga wasn’t opening for him and that it would be shared billing, stating “She’s talented and so incredible that she’s not an opening act. We’re doing it together, with no opening act.”

If Kanye West doesn’t regret hijacking Taylor Swift, he will now — we’re told his concert tour with Lady Gaga was scrapped because ticket sales sucked. And “sucked” happens to be a nicer version of the word we were told.

And not only that — our insiders say another factor in the cancellation was West and Gaga’s people were at each others throats like their last names were Gosselin.

When it came down do it, we’re told Gaga decided she’d be better off playing smaller venues … and far from the headache caused by Kanye’s ever present drama.

[From TMZ]

So were people boycotting Kanye because he made a bigger ass of himself than usual, was he just overexposed, or are ticket sales low because people aren’t shelling out money for concerts lately? Lady Gaga is certainly popular enough to headline her own shows, and you can understand why she would chose to no longer share venues with Kanye. He’ll have that time he needs to work on himself, although I think we’ll be hearing about more “give me my chicken” and paparazzi-bashing incidents instead of getting a break from the guy.

Kanye West is shown on 9/13/09. Credit: Sylvian Gaboury/PRPhotos. Lady Gaga is shown on 9/30/09. Credit: AAR/Fame Pictures

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  1. bros says:

    kanye is in re to the hab.

  2. GatsbyGal says:

    This news may actually have given me belief in god.

  3. Hieronymus Grex says:

    And there was a loud Hosanna !!

  4. stacy says:

    you know your career has plummeted when your name gets thrown into an article w/ the Gosselins. lol!!!

  5. Beth says:

    There’s probably a backlash but they also they have different audiences. I don’t know if Kanye’s fans want to see Gaga and vice-versa. I like them both but some of her performances are so weird that I don’t want to see her in concert.

  6. Just a Poster says:

    LOL Stacy!

  7. omondieu says:

    Two of the biggest egos in the entertainment industry coming together would likely have caused the world to implode. This is probably for the best.

  8. moo says:

    ticket sales sucked, because they both suck. double suck = no sales.

  9. Persistent Cat says:

    I agree with Beth, their audiences aren’t the same. I don’t mind either of them but I wouldn’t pay to see them. I will pay, this month I’m seeing Springsteen in NJ and U2 in LV but I wouldn’t shell out $$$ to see either of them in my own city.

  10. lanette says:

    Pap bashing? they deserve it!