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Kanye West’s ‘Vultures 1’ Listening Parties Grossed Over $12M

Kanye West's "Vultures" listening parties made $12 million. Sources say the rapper initially wanted to appear atop a giant pile of sand at the events.

Kanye West ’s short but lucrative five-show run of listening parties for his Vultures 1 album with Ty Dolla $ign generated more than $12 million in ticket sales, Billboard estimates based on available data. According to one source who viewed the technical rider for the show, West wanted crews to drop a five-foot-high, 35×35-foot pile of sand in the center of the arena to serve as the stage. At the United States shows, Jam crew members instead built a more traditional center stage with ramps on four sides that West, Ty Dolla $ign and other guests could use to enter and exit.

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