Utahns will have the chance Friday to experience a listening session for a new album dropped from rappers Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, and Ty Dolla $ign.
The duo dropped the album “Vultures 2″ on Saturday. The album is a sequel to “Vultures 1,″ which was released six months earlier, and debuted at No.1 on Billboard’s 200 album chart. Some fans have so far criticized the sequel in social media comments.
The “Vultures Listening Experience” will take place Friday at the Delta Center, 301 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City. Tickets range from $60 to $275. It’s the only listening session announced in the United States so far; according to Billboard, two other listening sessions have been announced, one in South Korea and one in Taiwan.
(Amy Harris | Invision / Associated Press file photo) Rapper-musician Ty Dolla $ign, seen here in 2018, has released "Vultures 2" with Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West. A "listening experience" for the new album is scheduled for Salt Lake City's Delta Center on Friday, August 9, 2024.
For “Vultures 1,” listening sessions were held in Milan, Bologna and New York City. UBS Arena in New York had the following description of the event on its website: “This event marks a historic moment as attendees will listen to the album together with the artists and album collaborators.” It also promised a audio and visual showcase put together by the musicians.
Some fans in the comments of the Delta Center’s post announcing the event speculated on whether or not the two artists would be present Friday. One wrote, “They are at every listening party.”
Ye previously brought his “Sunday Service” experience to downtown Salt Lake City in October 2019. The artist has had a history of “extreme rhetoric” over the years, including antisemitic remarks, as reported by Rolling Stone. In 2022, his remarks had an effect on his career, as chronicled by The New York Times. Despite this, Ty Dolla $ign has been vocal in his support of Ye and their artistic endeavors — together and solo.