Ye packed 83,132 people into AT&T Stadium on Saturday night, and by Sunday morning the building was calling it the most attended rap show in U.S. history. It is the third time he has broken that record this year.
The numbers landed Sunday. Promoter IKON Presents reported 83,132 tickets sold for the Arlington show, and updated figures shared by the stadium put the gross above $18 million for the night. The last record lasted exactly one week, the one Ye set in Houston on Halloween.
The show ran 42 songs deep, and the guests were family. Kid Cudi came out and ran “Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1” and “Ghost Town” with Ye, and André Troutman, a fixture of this tour, was there too. Then Dallas got its own moment.
Erykah Badu, born and raised in Dallas, popped out on stage in her hometown and ran her classics for a stadium that treated it like a homecoming.
“100% independent tour.”
That is how promoter IKON Presents describes the run, and it is the part of this story that keeps getting louder. No major promoter is behind these shows. Ye set the record at SoFi Stadium in April, broke it in Houston with 80,210 people on Halloween, and broke it again in Dallas seven days later.
Next stop is Phoenix on November 21, in a building that holds a lot fewer people. This record is probably safe until he finds a bigger room.
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