Kanye West stormed off the stage Nov. 30 during a show at the Tampa Bay Times Forum because he was upset over some technical aspects of the show, according to the Tampa Tribune.
He must be fun to work for.
The paper said West was upset over a number of things. He thought the lasers shooting out of the fake mountains "sucked;" an LED screen showed his face in color instead of in black and white; his mic didn't give him a "deep voice" and the lighting was wrong.
How could lasers shooting out of a mountain ever be anything but awesome?
In this Sept. 7, 2012, file photo, Kanye West attend at the Alexander Wang collection during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York. (Dario Cantatore/Invision/AP, File)
Just a few seconds into his third song, West reportedly stopped the music and left the stage because he wanted the lights turned off, the Tampa Tribune reported. He returned a minute later to perform "Send It Up," but not before offering some "harsher language for his technical crew that can't be repeated here," writer Christopher Spata noted.
"He screamed at his tech crew; he barked at the audience," the Tampa Bay Times' music critic Sean Daly reported. "But just try looking away: The local crowd would sing along one minute, collectively hold its breath the next, worried the star would storm off (or perilously writhe off) the stage for good."
That's why some of us show up for family Thanksgiving dinner every year.
Despite the theatrics, Daly apparently still liked the show. He described it as "confounding," "rewarding" and "unpredictable."
West's Yeezus tour, which kicked off in October, has been marred by cancellations because of damaged equipment. He skipped shows in Vancouver, Denver, Minneapolis and Chicago. The tour concludes in Toronto on Dec. 23.
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