Kanye West broke his own record on Saturday when his show at AT&T Stadium in Dallas became the most-attended hip-hop concert in U.S. (United States) history. The show was also the fifth-highest-grossing concert in U.S. history, according to his representative.
Dallas Attendance and Gross Revenue#
- 83,132 fans attended the Dallas show
- More than $18 million in reported gross revenue in a single night
- Ranked fifth among the highest-grossing concerts in U.S. history
West, who has legally changed his name to Ye, has broken his own record three times this year.
Earlier Record-Setting Shows This Year#
- Reliant Stadium in Houston drew around 80,210 fans on Halloween night
- Two April shows at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles each sold more than 74,000 tickets
Staging and Setlist#
The concerts feature hits from West’s earlier work and several guest performers. West performs atop a half-orb illuminated to look like the Earth, while earlier sets used a fake mountain or a moving stage suspended from arena ceilings.
Return to the U.S. Stage and Apology#
The SoFi concerts were West’s first shows in the U.S. since 2021. His antisemitic comments and posts over the last few years alienated many fans and, in particular, business partners.
In January, West apologized for those comments in a full-page newspaper advertisement asking for forgiveness. He attributed his behavior, which included declaring “I am a Nazi” and releasing the single “Heil Hitler,” to his bipolar type-1 diagnosis, which he said prompted a “four-month-long manic episode of psychotic, paranoid and impulsive behavior that destroyed my life.”
Many people have not accepted or believed his apologies, while many thousands of fans have attended the concerts. For comparison, the most-attended of Jay-Z’s three July concerts at Yankee Stadium in New York drew just under 46,000 people.
The concerts are independently promoted, without a major promoter such as Live Nation or AEG Presents.
