--- description: The Saint Pablo tour kicks off August 25 in Indianapolis and will hit Minneapolis, New York, Tampa, Los Angeles, Seattle Dallas and more. title: Kanye West Announces Saint Pablo Tour image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt98caabcb28eabac2/698897babc6cfc77733dd647/kanye-west-tour.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Kanye West Announces Saint Pablo Tour by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 14, 2016 2:19 PM CUT  Kanye West (L) and Big Sean (R) perform at the 2016 Hot 97 Summer Jam at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on June 5, 2016. Kanye West (L) and Big Sean (R) perform at the 2016 Hot 97 Summer Jam at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on June 5, 2016.Dave Kotinsky—Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 14, 2016 2:19 PM CUT Kanye West once [said](http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/blogs/suzannah-ramsdale/545140/the-best-kanye-west-quotes.html "undefined") that the greatest pain in his life is that he will never be able to see himself perform live. To make sure that no one else suffers the same fate, West is hitting the road and may be coming to your town. The rapper, artist, provocateur and [Oxford University lecturer](http://time.com/4142065/kanye-west-oxford-guild-society-speech/?iid=sr-link4 "undefined") just announced a 40-city tour in support of his album [_The Life of Pablo_](http://time.com/4218490/kanye-west-album-livestream/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined"). The Saint Pablo tour kicks off August 25 in Indianapolis and will hit Minneapolis, New York, Tampa, Los Angeles, Seattle Dallas and more. See all the dates [here](http://read.tidal.com/article/kanye-wests-saint-pablo-tour-presale "undefined"). Tickets go on sale to the general public on Saturday, June 18, [here](http://www.livenation.com/ "undefined"), but TIDAL members will have access to a [special pre-sale](http://read.tidal.com/article/kanye-wests-saint-pablo-tour-presale "undefined"). West’s _Yeezus_ tour sold out quickly and even his secret New York City show was a mob scene. [West](http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1922188%5F1922187%5F1923064,00.html?iid=sr-link9 "undefined") has twice been featured as one of TIME’s 100 [100 Most Influential People](http://time.com/3822841/kanye-west-2015-time-100/?iid=sr-link3 "undefined"). In 2015, Elon Musk wrote about the boundary breaker: “The dude doesn’t believe in false modesty, and he shouldn’t.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4368041/kanye-west-saint-pablo-tour/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4368041/kanye-west-saint-pablo-tour/"},"headline":"Kanye West Announces Saint Pablo Tour","datePublished":"2016-06-14T14:19:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T09:47:09.367Z","description":"The 40 city tour kicks off in August","url":"https://time.com/4368041/kanye-west-saint-pablo-tour/","keywords":["Music","Kanye West"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt98caabcb28eabac2/698897babc6cfc77733dd647/kanye-west-tour.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt98caabcb28eabac2/698897babc6cfc77733dd647/kanye-west-tour.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2016 Hot 97 Summer Jam","caption":"Kanye West (L) and Big Sean (R) perform at the 2016 Hot 97 Summer Jam at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on June 5, 2016.","creditText":"Dave Kotinsky—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4368041/kanye-west-saint-pablo-tour/","name":"Kanye West Announces Saint Pablo Tour"}}]}] ```