Bonnaroo: The Sun Exposes Kanye's Glow In The Dark Show
A month ago the NYTimes's Jon Pareles reviewed Kanye's Glow In The Dark tour stop at MSG saying "There is a new yardstick for the size of the universe. It is approximately equal to the size of Kanye West's ego." Yeah Kanye's ego's big -- making thousands of kids wait two hours later than an already incredibly scheduled 2:45AM start time is simply the latest lesson in Umm Duh -- but no Jon Pareles, it is not the size of the universe. It isn't even the size of the sun. You know what's the size of the sun, guys? The fucking sun. The sun is bigger than even your ego could dream to be, Kanye, and the sun won't wait to rise so you can make sure the section of the stage where you do your sneaker-slide move is properly waxed. And when the sun rises, stuff no longer glows. And also it is no longer dark. Your show doesn't make sense in those conditions. So Glow In The Dark should probably be performed in the dark. I think I just successfully interviewed to be your new tour manager. You need one. Hire me.
OK, I feel better now. Thing is, I respect Kanye for trying to do something different with this tour. I get that he's a perfectionist, and was probably making sure the stage was perfectly constructed or something (that's the benefit of the doubt I gave him while I watched people collapse in drug seizures trying to stay up -- seriously). Maybe the mainstage was backed up 'cause Pearl Jam went a little late, they tend to do that. And all the cool visuals on the background screens, the inventive stage shape and use, the up-spits of flame, the song rearrangements, etc. all probably transform, and kill in, an enclosed space. Instead the only thing that died was the concept, and in broad daylight (although "Good Morning" had a cool if unintended effect as the set opener at 4:40). A straight set of jams would have gone down a whole lot better (ala Lolla).
That's not to say Ye didn't try -- he was totally invested in each dance move, every lyric, and all the sorta cringy interactions with Jane The Spaceship. Just like seeing a band pour their heart out in the rain well past bedtime, of course I had a touch of that special recognition and who-gives-a-fuck-this-is-will-never-happen-again vibe that comes along with the memory in the making. That's why I just wish he could have deviated from the script, even for like 20 seconds, just at the end, to acknowledge the moment: "Thanks for staying up with me and watching the sunrise" would have been nice. We didn't even get a proper wave goodbye. I mean come on Kanye, I know not every word you speak up there is necessarily scripted.
Anyway Ye has a strict no photo policy, so I definitely did not take this with my iPhone at 5:25AM:
And all that said -- greeting the sunrise with "Good Life"? At least we got a few minutes of awesome.
Posted at 2:51 PM by amrit in Concert
Tags: Bonnaroo | Kanye West
I particularly enjoyed the "Fuck Kanye" chants that would randomly break out...
Score = 8
yeah i was waiting up at the front from 12:45- 1:00 ish AM cause I looked at this as the main event (minus metallicas bad ass performance friday). I stayed there til 5 something in the morning for kanye and the only thing that really went bad is that the sun came up. If they had started on time I bet it would have been 3 times better.
Score = 2
quit bitchen' not every thing i life goes as planed artist are human to your just a whineing ill' bitch get a tissue
Score = -35
everyone has a right to their opinion you ass. I have seen him 3 times this year and every time he has been a stuck up arrogant dick. Come on, his glow in the dark tour is a joke!!!!!! one guy on stage the entire time. He's not that great. Not even good. If anyone out there is curious to see his show DON'T. It' SUCKS. Kanye is soooo self absorbed he probable doesn't even know what city while touring. He clearly doesn't give a shit about his fans. I am surely not one and more. He is HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Score = 10
Yeah a friend convinced me to stay - now I know why i thought kanye-no-talent-east -west-north-south is a jerk and a fool. He will spend all his money on his ego and be out on a corner in few years with a sign sayin "BIG STAR WILL SIGN ANYTHING FOR CHUMP CHANGE" No one remembers him now. Michael Jackson will do better.
Score = 12
Too funny, hes one reason I never even considered this years festival, so glad i didnt support a fee that puts benjis' in his pocket when the fans deserve a break, "Yo Kanye you outta pay people to go to your shows from now on maybe you will attend on time or wait maybe youll keep some fans dick face"...quit making music or so glad hip hop it sucks anyway most dont like the guy they go for the show and wow sounds like he really made a show for the fans, thats what the festival is about WEAK ass..
Score = -2
Where the fuck were Daft Punk? I waited the whole time...I really thought they were coming..
Score = -1
and who's fault is it that druggy losers are passing out waiting for the show. fuck all you haters. the guy's a showman. he doesn't abuse his kids or relapse every week like the other fucking pop stars out there, so cut the dude some slack. it's not hipster to be a prick anymore.
Score = -44
Hell yeah, right there with you! The kids shouldn't have eaten their candy so soon! "It ain't like he never told us".
Score = -24
Fuck Kanye...Bonnaroo sold out, and they proved it with Mettalica and Kanye Sucks West
Score = 1
no. you suck. your just a hater. cry babies like you make me sick get some bussines 'bout yourself. looser!
Score = -24
fuck you andrew and jack de young listen to your sigur ros bullshit and think your so great and conscious of the world ..faggot!
Score = -74
Sweet comment, bro. Bad grammar, poor spelling, no punctuation and a little slice of homophobia to cap it off. Mama didn't raise no fool.
Score = 3
"...so cut the dude some slack. "
I think the poor guy would get more breaks if he weren't such a pompous ass who perpetually put his feet in his mouth.
Score = 36
Whats a negro trying to do at a festival, be a raver? waste of time, waste of stage, waste of room.
Score = -71
FUCK YOU!!! let him do what the fuck he wanna do and let him do it werever the fuck he wanna..he's getting way more money then yo dumb ass and he probably don't even need dat little ass festival to get what he want.Im always a Kanye Fan 2 the fullest.. if you dont like him then yo ass shouldn't even stayed 2 watch him. saying is he trying 2 be a raver, WHAT DA FUCK WAS DAT SHIT, Hell naw he not trying to be a raver. yo ass so lame, i know yo bitch ass a square. u don't even need 2 even comment.
Score = -26
My oh my, how eloquent. I'm guessing you and Mr. West share more than `an affinity for mediocre beats and sub-par stage performances. Scurry back to "da hood" and let those who were witness to Kanye's collossal failure cast much deserved judgment.
And for Chrissake, quit skipping school to smoke crack and learn some damn grammar.
It's hard to take an idiot seriously.
Score = 5
My oh my... you need to take a few zolofts and simmer down. Re-read your post, you sound so ignorant. Untie your lips and speak correct English.
Score = 11
lol
shut up, toby. go pick my cotton
Score = -6
the show was not only two hours late but was an utter disappointment. all the prerecorded b.s. with his "computer" and the terrible line reading by Kanye exposed him for a arrogant, out-of-touch artiste. Kanye, you owe the tired, disappointed audience an explanation.
Score = 25
he was two hours late, cut his show short, didn't once acknowlegde the crowd that waited two hours on an already late show, not even a wave goodbye.... i'm no longer a kanye fan, huge disappointment
Score = 25
shockadow,
don't you think maybe being a pompous ass is his act? look at how many dipshit white kids are arguing about him on a hipster blog. fact of the matter is, everyone has a bad day (or night). i've seen a thousand hipster bands sound like shit and put on horrible shows - it's part of the live music experience. have you been to any other hip hop shows? they usually sound like utter shit! hip hop in this sense is meant to be showmanship, but at least kanye... ah, forget it. long live vampire weekend. or whatever.
Score = -7
I attended Bonnaroo and had an excellent time. I do understand that some acts take a while to set up but not 2 hours. That is a little extreme since Kanye West requested a latter time so he could have his so called light show. He did pitch a fit about it to the Bonnaroo staff so he could get his way. He got his way and he seriously pissed off his very small group of fans there to see him. Every single act that I saw before and after the Kanye show said something about his EGO. Even Chirs Rock said nobody ever in the entire world has an ego as big as Kanye West. So it is not just the pissed off hippies say Kanye West is a Egotistical perfomer but the blacks as well.
Score = 5
"the blacks"? Are you fucking kidding?
Score = 14
Hey Julie, you know Chris Rock is a comedian right? Like, it's his job to sound off on popular ideas in a funny way. "Kanye = big ego" is not exactly a ground-breaking idea just now reaching "the blacks".
Score = 11
druggy losers? haha ok man. first of all, it doesnt even sound like you attened this festival. so you have no right to even be commenting.
with this being said, you did pay the 3oo dollars that we did to see these shows. kanye fucked up my schedule. i could have stayed the entire time for sigur ros. or maybe saw ghostland observatory. but no, i stood in a huge field covered in mud for an hour waiting for kanye. then he came out over 2 hours later and didnt even explain himsel. that is rude whether you experiment with drugs or not.
i liked kanye a lot and still like his music. but no one has the right to do that to fans. so yes i agree. fuck you kanye.
Score = 27
y'all should be honored by his lateness
Score = 15
If his performance had been worth a shit, I might'ev. His arrogance and blantant prima donna bigotry was not a surprise, but it was a disappointment, Thank God for reliable, talented, kick ass white people like Eddie Veder and Jack Johnson (and SO many more) who made Bonnaroo the best music festival I've ever attended. The others rocked so hard that I am easily able to pretend the whole Kanye thing was a bad hallucinogenic-induced dream.
His "star power" can't fizzle fast enough for me...but we can always hope his tour bus careens off a craggy cliff. ASAP.
*crossing her fingers*
Score = -1
that he would even show up to that fake shit.
thank you for making my day sifn. thank you.
Score = 2
is "druggy losers" offensive to the people who stereogum writer clearly stated he watched people "collapse in drug seizures trying to stay up -- seriously". i don't need to attend some lame outdoor festival to know that drugs are bad. m'kay?
Score = -5
...and meanwhile, in The Other Tent, a REAL artist named Talib Kweli was performing a killer set whose stage setup took approximately 10 minutes. My friend and I had agreed that since Talib was a much more valid and exciting show that we'd stay for all of that, then go watch the ass-end of Kanye's spectacle after it was done. The sad part is that probably half of the people there for Talib's show left for Kanye's; when we walked by the main stage, they were nowhere even close to being done.
Way to rob people of a half-hour of REAL hip-hop, guy. I laughed my ass off at every "FUCK KANYE" t-shirt or tag I saw today because he really, really deserves it.
Also, I didn't do any drugs or even drink enough to get a buzz. Some of us actually went to enjoy some good music.
Score = 23
first off, tip of the hat for recognizing talib, who is all of the talent (and more) of kanye without the bullshit, just raw talent.
second off, the award for first person to fulfill the condescending sober person at music fest role, well done. hate to break it to you, but you can "enjoy good music" while having some drinks and "taking drugs." if you're not into it, all the better, but mr. mackey's lectures are best left in front of 4th graders.
Score = 11
Hmmm, I fine all this somewhat interesting. I've heard almost nothing but universal praise for Kanye's Glow In The Dark set, ( I imagine this one was similiar). But when people have waited longer than they want to see it, it becomes 'disappointing' or 'cheesy' or not 'real hip hop'.
I guess it's always how your shaded going into something.
However, wearing a 'fuck whoever' t-shirt iis an amateur act of defiance (but you think you're such a rebel, right?). All I have to say is, we're yoiu forced to stay there and wait for Kanye? Because when I get tired of waiting for someone to perform, I just fucking leave the place. But I don't know, I'm just not that innovative when it comes to reacting to things like that ( I hear that's what alot of people do too).
If you stayed there and waited for him despite all yo'reoutrage, I'm sorry but that says more than a silly 'fuck you' chant or t-shirt. Seriously.
Score = -12
Irene, I was way up in the front for Kanye and I would have gladly left sooner if there weren't 50,000 to wade through behind me. We left Sigur Ros, who was killing it, to go see Kanye. What bugs me about him is that he pretends to be so "real." In other words, he wants his fans to think of him as an everyday person. So I'll treat him just like an everyday person and say that it's really fucking rude to leave people who paid good money to see you have to wait two additional hours to see your set. And like many people have said, he didn't address the issue for shit. He pulled a dick move and didn't even apologize. I know lots of people raise Kanye up on a platform because he's so "great," but let me tell you this: I saw so many better bands who just got on stage, played their music and got the job done. That is admirable behvaior. Kanye's was simply not.
Score = 18
We (unfortunately) ducked out of Ghostland Observatory to wander over and see what Kanye was bringing... well, after 45 minutes, nothing. So we went back to The Other Tent for Chali 2na from J5, whose "special guest" was Galactic. Man put on a hell of a show and gave mad love for Bonnaroo and the fans.
Score = 6
LMAO to whoever called this guy a "showman." This guy only cares about one person. Himself. He deserves all the "Fuck Kanye" chants and shirts that went around over the weekend.
Score = 18
that's funny, jami. do you know the guy? spent enough time with him on a personal level to know how self-conceited he is? why is he NOT a showman? he entertains us with his arrogance on stage (at awards shows, "bush hates black people"), sold a shit load of albums, so people must like his music... his set may have been 2 hours late (possibly someone else's fault other than his?), but i bet it was crowded as shit. you're probably one of those people who watches SAW IV and then complains about violence in the media. Think of Kanye like your TV and change the damn channel if you don't like it.
This post paid for by the ACLU.
Score = -19
Yeah Kanye's show was crowded. At 2:30 when he was supposed to go on. Hell, it was crowded at 3 when we wandered over after being awed by the majestic beauty of Sigur Ros. We were ready to dance, ready to party, ready to have a great fucking time. But no, at 4:29 when he finally came on, the crowd had thinned considerably and did not even begin to stretch to the back of the field. Halfway, tops.
And nobody here is ripping Kanye for his music. It was good sure. But he didn't play his whole set. He didn't acknowledge the crowd in any way for taking 2 hours of their precious time, which could have been used either for watching other music or sleeping (which is pretty much impossible after 9 am because of the heat). And he finished his "Glow in the Dark Show" after sunrise. So what exactly are you defending here?
The musicians who play Bonnaroo know that it is special place. They pour their hearts out for these fans. Ask Jim James, Eddie Vedder, Robert Plant, the list goes on and on. A true showman respects their fans and then delivers the goods. Don't tell me Kanye hit on either of these Sunday morning.
Score = 18
It sounds like everyone who was actually at the show is disappointed and angry and not ready to defend Kanye and his ego. It is something you would not be able to understand unless you actually waited it out. I'm at work right now about to pass out at my desk because I am still trying to catch up on the sleep I lost because of that asshole. Of course you aren't going to just walk away from something after you have been sitting there waiting for two hours. We had no way at all of knowing what time he was going to come on. We kept getting mixed delays from the screens on the side of the stage...first it was delayed until 3:15, then 3:30, which I would have just been fine with. I started getting pissed when the screen switched to "Kanye West Up Next" because they knew his bullshit was going to take another hour and a half and did not inform us because Kanye has a big ego and they didn't want people to walk away before his show started.
The festival organizers and Kanye's tour managers are all to blame in this situation. Clearly there was a hugely inadequate amount of communication in this situation that ruined the $250 festival for thousands and thousands of people. Like Robert Randolph did, I say Fuck Kanye. I also say fuck the clowns that are in charge of A/C Entertainment and Superfly Productions. You will not be getting any more of my money.
Score = 14
You really would have to be there to understand how terrible it was. I love Kanye and I love Bonnaroo. And I love late night sets. And I even loved the opening of the show. This was ridiculous though. Everyone at Bonnaroo loves late night sets and everyone is in a good mood and will be understanding when shit happens. This was just wrong on a whole other level though. This will go down as the biggest disaster in Bonnaroo history
Score = 9
I understandably would be pissed as well for paying lots of money (gas money) to see someone show up 2 hours late after throwing a hissy fit for wanting a different start time. Just out of curiousity isn't it still dark at 9:45? I think so. Sounds like he has Mariah Carey syndrome....'let me show up when I feel like and not give a F---to the people who made me rich in the first place'. I personally have never been a fan of his, when he was a part of a festival 3 years ago I opted not to see him after he was past his 1 1/2 start time. So I've been anti-Kanye ever since. Maybe one day he'll learn he isn't Michael Jackson or Elvis or whoever. As just as fast as you rose to the top you can fall and hit the bottom even quicker.
Score = 7
After seeing Kanye at Street Scene in San Diego...there is no way in hell I would have even wanted to see his show...I was all about Kanye but, he makes an ass out of himself everywhere he goes. I am sorry for all of you that went through that... I got to see Snoop at the Street Scene as well...GREAT SHOW...so if at Rothbury check it out
Score = 5
This is a comment to every one that booed Kanye and are saying that he sucks. You are a buch of faggot-ass pussies that do not understand shit about hip-hop. How dare you say that Kanye was terrible and booed him and saying that he sucks. So what if his performance was delayed. Big deal, stop your bitching. You better respect Kanye for all the hard work he has put into his music. He's one of the best right now in hip-hop. Whoever still says that Kanye sucks is a faggot-ass pussy who doesn't know shit and is an ignorant fucker. What do you have to say about that, you haters?
Score = -34
Real tough on the internet aren't you hard-ass? If you said any of that homo-phobic shit anywhere around me I would END YOU. And yes, Kanye west is a bad rapper and shittier person.
Score = 7
personally i think your boy kanye is gay which is great but i wish he would just come out of the closet , he just needed more time to get dolled up and apply the makeup.
by the way i'm a lesbian with amazing gaydor!!!!
Score = 0
Kanye West hates people!!!!
What a cocky, self centered, self imposed piece of crap he is! Truly shows the real idiot he is!!!!
Score = 1
FUCK YOU, FUCK BONNAROO (WHEREVER THAT PIECE OF SHIT IS) AND FUCK ALL YOU HATERS... HES TRYING TO GIVE ALL YOU FUCKING LITTLE SHITS A GOOD SHOW AND BLOW YOUR MINDS... BUT YOU ALL EXPECT IT TO BE ON TIME AND HAVE HIM RUSH JUST SO YOU CAN SEE IT IN TIME... FUCK BONNAROO AND EVERYONE THAT LIVES THERE... FUCK YOU, FUCK YOUR MOTHERS, FUCK YOUR FATHERS, FUCK YOUR GRANDPARENTS... U FUCKING PUNK ROCK AND ROLL LITTLE PIECES OF SHIT... YOU DONT KNOW REAL HIP HOP IM SURE U BONNAROO FAGGOTS LISTEN AND SUCK SOULJA BOYS DICK... WHO CARES FOR THE FUCKING WAIT ITS WORTH THE GODDAMN TIME... JUST GO TO GLOW IN THE DARK AND SEE FOR YOURSELVES YOU FUCKING CUNTS
Score = -32
WOW!!! SUCK KANYE'S DICK LATELY ???
Score = 1
Truthly you need to leave Kanye the hell alone. Did he not just lose his mother? What is wrong with you people? Can't anyone have a bad time and not get lenched for it? Yeah cause we know that all of you haters are sooooooooo perfect right, never done anything wrong in your life time! You never fucked up right? Please! There are NO perfect people out in the world. Do you think everything you want, is going to be giving to you on a plater? Reailty check!
Score = -16
"lenched"? learn how to spell. Your shitty education is making your shitty point that much shittier.
Score = 10
You can't outright blame Kanye West for the delays....these shows are difficult enough to juggle around acts and timing can be bad at times.
However my one question is this: What in hell is a hip hop "artist" doing at a concert like this? That's like having Tiny Tim warm up for Queensryche.
Score = -2
Bonnaroo sold out years ago in my mind. That is why I stopped going after 2003. Kayne has no business at Bonnaroo and same with metallica. I'll stick to the smaller festivals that are still under the radar. And yes, Fuck Kayne!
Score = 1
WTF!! I saw the concert in LA and it was fabulous!!! Kanye Haters!!!!!!! If you dont like him why waste ur time making bad comments about him. Everybody has bad times and obviously him comin on stage late wasnt his fault. Be happy you got a show and shut the hell up. Dumbass lowlife people. He still makin Millions even if yall dont like him. And u fuckin racists ass people need to grow the hell up and just admit u wish u was black. Cant nobody do it better lets be real.
Score = -13
You are a no talent jerk who just wants to say you were at a show in LA. Who cares. Go home. Go stand around the Staples center and cry for Kobe. You probably try to make every scene. You're so vain, you probably think this mail is about you.
Score = 5
LMAO!! I am at home dumbass!! Dont hate you wish you lived in LA!!!! And I fuckin hate that Lakers every person thats from LA is not a laker fan shit face! LORENZO WISHES HE WAS FROM LA!!!!!!! You probably wouldnt last a week in LA. No other states besides Georgia and Florida are on California level. No style! no looks! no good performances!!!!!!!! HA!
Score = -3
THE KANYE SHOW WAS MY FAVORITE SHOW OF THE WEEKEND,!!!! despite the fact the he had to cut it short. No one has ever played a late night show on that main stage, and no one at Bonnaroo has ever played that late. You should think of it as a treat for those lucky few that actually stayed. The lights and the performance had me stunned. If you were bored there was plenty of music going on else where. It was a little bad that they had Phil and Friends wrap up early. Despite what you fuckers say, KANYE"S SHOW WAS THE BEST FUCKING SHOW OF THE WEEKEND!!!!
Score = -11
I agree! Amazing, the whole weekend!
Score = -5
"No one at Bonnaroo has ever played a show that late"?
Um, Disco Biscuits rocked the crowd well into the morning Saturday...
Score = 0
uh. are you kidding me? the best show that weekend? awesome light show? you obviously were not there, seriously delusional or on drugs. the show was absolutely a let-down and horrible. the 'light show' became non-existent as the sun rose after 2 songs and daylight broke out. kanye just looked like a total fool on stage as he danced by himself on a terrible looking platform with a broken screen in the background.
Score = 0
I am trying hard to feel sorry for anyone that would stay up that late to listen to Kayne West but I just can't do it. He did give you two hours to take the hint. Kayne should change his tour name to "Light can't escape me" because he sucks harder than a black hole.
Score = 5
Talk about dick-sucking... check out ARJAYY.
Apart from his beats Kanye sucks - just another money grubbing music whore... Fashion... Lights... I do my dance for the white people... REAL hip-hop - HA!
Score = 3
If you are going to do a show at a certain time , you should be on time . A little late may be ok, but two hours, come on! that's ridiculous. I'm a big hip hop fan and have seen some of his show's . I was not impressed at all . He really sucks . I didn't go to Bonnaroo ,but I can see where fan's are coming from about his performance and his arrogance. He's really not that talented , he just thinks he is and has convinced so many people that he is talented. I'm not into phony hip-hop . Apparently you don't know hip-hop very well if you think Kanye West is real hip-hop. Take a good long listen to his so called real hip-hop. He really sucks Bad! What an IDIOT, he has my vote for IDIOT OF THE YEAR.
Score = 7
Come on now...Kanye should know there is no negro american awake at 5am to watch another black man bounce around stage with some glowing rods. In fact, while all the people that did wait around, I saw 5 crack heads raiding the empty tents.
Score = -3
Actually my tent did in fact get raided while it was going on. Mine and my girlfriends shit got stolen. All they got was a bunch of fucking dirty clothes and heartburn medicine. My fourth year in a row and thats the first time i've even heard of that happening
Score = 0
I personally waited for his show, while in the pit mind you. I've been involved in theater productions and i don't pass blame on to Mr West for the delay. Clearly you could see his stage and the TV screen took much time to fix/ assemble. What was most insulting was the absence of an apology or an acknowledgment from Kayne to the crowd that stayed and waited on his ass. instead he hid in the script of his show. If he had come out and said "hey bonnaroo, sorry for the wait, but lets party through sunrise," the crowds/fan would have been much more forgiving.
Score = 8
Kanye equals the new Axl Rose!?!?!? Refusing to do shows on time is the first step to Axl Rose syndrome. LOL The next step is he will leave rans high and drive and say fuck the show and not do it at all with a last second change. Most people remember what Axl did and how it killed Guns N Roses is Kanye next???
Score = 5
Is he next?
Kanye West is already dead to me, my friend.
And I know that I am not alone.
And that makes me smile smugly.
Score = 0
I personally waited for his show, while in the pit mind you. I've been involved in theater productions and i don't pass blame on to Mr West for the delay. Clearly you could see his stage and the TV screen took much time to fix/ assemble. What was most insulting was the absence of an apology or an acknowledgment from Kayne to the crowd that stayed and waited on his ass. instead he hid in the script of his show. If he had come out and said "hey bonnaroo, sorry for the wait, but lets party through sunrise," the crowds/fan would have been much more forgiving.
Score = 4
I'm sorry , I love Kanye and his music but there is no excuse for being THAT late. I wasnt there but if I had of been I'd be PISSED right now. And for those of you trying to bring black vs. white, hip hop vs. rock into ..STOP. I'm black but that was wrong. He could have a least apologized. And for those of you who say "they could have just left" ..that's easy for you to say.. IF I had paid $300.00 of my hard earned money with gas prices as high as they are to be put on hold for 3 hrs and then on top of that the show was cut short, I doubt I would have left as a Kanye fan.
All that being said .. do keep in mind the man's mom just died. He's probably not at his best right now.. cut him a little slack.
Score = 0
It definitely seems to me that most people making remarks about "haters" weren't even there. It was completely ridiculous. I thought Kanye would start at 2:45 as planned, but was really intent on watching Ghostland Observatory who were scheduled to start at the same time. They gave the best performance and light show, HANDS DOWN, of the entire festival. Their set ended a little after 4...and what do we all hear after exiting the tent? Dead silence. I finally make it to the front of the Kanye crowd and people are tripping balls and/or drunk and really fucking angry. And what does he finally give us when he magically appears onstage after 4:30 in the fucking morning? A lame ass video screen, a cheap looking platform, a tired ass monologue with an annoying robot, and a single shot of pyro during a song that I can't even remember. And him. His tiny ass all alone on that GIGANTIC stage, with no room to breathe save for the ego he brought that managed to suck all the positive late night energy out of the air. I only waited for 30 minutes, but I can't imagine having the energy to stand in a crowd of smelly abandon for 2 whole hours. People are rightfully angry. Don't judge unless you were there.
Score = 10
Kanye has always been on my "people I will punch in the face if I ever meet them in real life" list. Give me a break. In 5 years, no one will even know who the hell Kanye West is.
Score = 5
Kanye HATES hippie people!!
Kanye HATES hippie people!!
Kanye HATES hippie people!!
Kanye HATES hippie people!!
Kanye HATES hippie people!!
Score = 1
I'll tell all you guys why Kanye showed up late. He was in ATLANTA for the Hip-Hop version of Bonaroo, BIRTHDAY BASH 13, the biggest hip hop show in the country. OF COURSE it made more sense for him to be there and perfom than Bonaroo, sorry. HE BLEW THE ROOF OFF PHILLIPS ARENA, sorry you Bonaroo goers got an ENCORE PERFORMANCE! peace.
Score = -6
ok seriously ,if you weren't there...standing on your feet for 4 hours straight in a crowd so packed you couldn't even move..anticipating an amazing show...and all you got was a cocky unapologetic son of a bitch giving a half hearted performance , and only performing HALF of a set..(this was supposed to be a 2 hour set )...you cant talk shit. this asshole didn't even apologize,greet ,or say goodbye to the audience..and im almost positive he was lip syncing some songs..i was a pretty big kanye fan before this and i was really excited to see him live because i heard he was supposed to be amazing..but instead of seeing kanye on the stage ..all i saw was his giant ego. i have no respect for the guy..in fact im completely disgusted by his behavior ..there isnt a single person that was in that audience that will ever think of him and his music the same way.. why should we respect him when he has absolutely no respect for his fans . the one and only disappointment of bonnaroo..every other artist was amazing...better live than on their record and so friendly and appreciative to be there.kanye's no artist..just a walking ego.
Score = 9