--- title: Kanye West New Album: Rapper Postpones Yeezus Tour description: Fans down under will have to wait until September to see 'Ye canonical: https://time.com/46750/kanye-west-new-album-yeezus-tour/ author: Eric Dodds article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-02T16:11:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T07:05:37.669Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Kanye West New Album: Rapper Postpones Yeezus Tour og:description: Will the "Watch the Throne" sequel be arriving soon? og:url: https://time.com/46750/kanye-west-new-album-yeezus-tour/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7548fdabda654088/69868879e8524b25f2602255/kanye-sxsw-cropped.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Kanye West performs at SXSW. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kanye West New Album: Rapper Postpones Yeezus Tour twitter:description: Will the "Watch the Throne" sequel be arriving soon? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7548fdabda654088/69868879e8524b25f2602255/kanye-sxsw-cropped.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Kanye West Postpones Yeezus Tour to Work on New Album by [Eric Dodds](https://time.com/author/eric-dodds/) ## Eric Dodds Apr 2, 2014 4:11 PM UTC  Kanye West at SXSW on March 12. Kanye West at SXSW on March 12.Rick Kern—Getty Images for Samsung by [Eric Dodds](https://time.com/author/eric-dodds/) ## Eric Dodds Apr 2, 2014 4:11 PM UTC Kanye West abruptly switching up his plans is far from unprecedented, but the reason that the _Yeezus_ rapper [has moved back the dates](http://music-mix.ew.com/2014/04/01/kanye-west-cancel-tour-new-album/) for the Australian leg of his tour _does_ come as a surprise: West is working on a new album, set for release later this year. Here’s what the [official statement on Roc Nation](http://rocnation.com/kanye-west-postpones-australian-tour/) had to say: --- > “” --- Of course, the big news here is that Kanye has an album set to drop before the end of the year, in spite of the fact that _Yeezus_ was released less than 10 months ago. West typically doesn’t take long between albums, but even for a rapper so prolific, it’s a rapid turnaround. The timing has led to speculation that Kanye’s next album will be a sequel to 2011’s _Watch the Throne_ collaboration with Jay-Z; working _against_ that theory is that although the two performed together at SXSW last month, they didn’t play any new material. The more likely scenario is that the new album would be [the 8-song record](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/kanye-west-postpones-australian-tour-to-record-new-album-for-2014-20140401) that West has hinted at since late last year, but no one really knows for sure — and hey, not knowing is half the fun of having Kanye around. \[[_Entertainment Weekly_](http://music-mix.ew.com/2014/04/01/kanye-west-cancel-tour-new-album/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/46750/kanye-west-new-album-yeezus-tour/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/46750/kanye-west-new-album-yeezus-tour/"},"headline":"Kanye West Postpones Yeezus Tour to Work on New Album","datePublished":"2014-04-02T16:11:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:05:37.669Z","description":"Fans down under will have to wait until September to see 'Ye","url":"https://time.com/46750/kanye-west-new-album-yeezus-tour/","keywords":["Music","Jay-z","Kanye West","Hip-Hop","Tour"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7548fdabda654088/69868879e8524b25f2602255/kanye-sxsw-cropped.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eric Dodds","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/eric-dodds/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7548fdabda654088/69868879e8524b25f2602255/kanye-sxsw-cropped.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Kanye West performs at SXSW.","caption":"Kanye West performs at SXSW.","creditText":"Rick Kern—Getty Images for Samsung","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/46750/kanye-west-new-album-yeezus-tour/","name":"Kanye West Postpones Yeezus Tour to Work on New Album"}}]}] ```