Kanye West announces Yeezus tour with Kendrick Lamar

Kanye West is set to embark on his first full solo tour in nigh on five years, announcing Kendrick Lamar as the support act.

The rapper has not played live much around the initial release of Yeezus, instead only playing a handful of one-off shows prior and a controversial gig in Kazakhstan recently. He also decided against hitting the road to promote previous effort My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

But now things seem to have changed, despite the birth of his first child, with West breaking the news of the North American stint (running from October to December) earlier today via Twitter, posting:

TOUR pic.twitter.com/KRKLbkY9B8

— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) September 6, 2013

Dates for this upcoming live stretch are as below:

October
19 – Seattle, WA @ Key Arena#
20 – Vancouver, BC @ Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena #
22 – San Jose, CA @ SAP Center #
23 – Oakland, CA @ Oracle Arena #
25 – Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand Garden Arena ^
26 – Los Angeles, CA @ Staples Center #

November
1 – Salt Lake City, UT @ EnergySolutions Arena #
3 – Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center #
5 – Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center #
7 – Chicago, IL @ United Center #
10 – Detroit, MI @ The Palace of Auburn Hills #
12 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre #
14 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre #
16 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center ^
17 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden #
19 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center ^
21 – Washington, DC @ Verizon Center #
23 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden ^
29 – Miami, FL @ American Airlines Arena #
30 – Tampa, FL @ Tampa Bay Times Forum ^

December
1 – Atlnata, GA @ Philips Arena #
6 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center #
7 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center #

# = w/ Kendrick Lamar
^ = w/ Special guest to be announced

Tickets go on sale next Friday (13 September). Check the full poster below: