Kanye West Holds ‘Donda’ Album Release Party in Atlanta

Kanye West will herd the arrival of his new album Donda with a listening party at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on July 22. The show is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. ET.

After that image of cover art From the album – named after West’s late mother – was announced Monday, Live Nation and Ticketmaster released a ticketing portal for the event. Although Live Nation announced on Twitter that ticket sales will begin at 5:00 p.m. ET / 2:00 p.m. PT on Monday, the web portal opened for ticket sales at 3:00 p.m. ET. .

JUST ANNOUNCED: @kanyewest Gift: A Donda Listening Event at @MBStadium in Atlanta, GA this Thursday, July 22 at 8 p.m. Buy tickets starting today at 2pm PT / 5pm ET at https://t.co/d5kqhrrbZm pic.twitter.com/baVDznz8cZ

– Live Nation (@LiveNation) July 19, 2021

West has hosted a number of marquee album release parties in recent years. He famously used a fashion show in Madison Square Garden debut Pablo’s life in 2016, while he flew many journalists and celebrities to Wyoming to his Ye listening side in 2018.

Donda marks West’s first LP since 2019 Jesus was born, a gospel-inspired album recorded with his Sunday Service Choir. Last December, he released an EP with the Choir, consisting of five songs Emmanuel. West has yet to reveal if Donda will be another Sunday Service album or a return to hip-hop.

Earlier on Monday, it was announced that West has produced Lil Nas X’s latest single “Industry Baby”, will be released on Friday, July 23.