• Turn Back Thursday: Kanye West at the Glow in the Dark Tour

Now that Kanye West is on the road for the Watch the Throne tour, let’s go back to 2008 for his last major concert series, the Glow in the Dark tour. I took this photo of Kanye when he was sitting atop of what was supposed to be a mountain on a desert planet, while back-up vocals were performing Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing”. Little did I know that the very sneakers he was performing in would have a such a huge impact on the sneaker community the following year. Dubbed the Fire Red Air Yeezy, it would turn out that these were samples exclusively for ‘Ye’s Glow in the Dark tour. Three years later, Kanye’s now touring with Jay-Z and previewing the Air Yeezy 2 to the delight of select concertgoers who vividly remember seeing Kanye wear the original Yeezys back in ’08.

• Turn Back Thursday: Glow in the Dark Tour Poster

To commemorate this week’s presale of Jay-Z and Kanye West’s upcoming Watch the Throne tour, this month’s Turn Back Thursday highlights Kanye’s last concert series — his “Glow in the Dark” tour in 2008. In this tour poster, an illustrated Kanye wears a pair of the infamous shutter shades. The sunglasses, which Kanye had custom made from high-end eyewear designer Alain Mikli, made its debut in the “Stronger” music video and soon became synonymous with the Graduation era.

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• Straight From Kanye’s Closet Auction

Boston-based brand Karmaloop has teamed up with Kanye West to provide the public an opportunity to win several autographed merchandise with Straight From Kanye’s Closet. As an auction where all of the proceeds will go to Kanye’s charity organization, The Kanye West Foundation, items will include 1 pair of the net/net Nike Air Yeezy shoes,  Loop Dreams t-shirts, and “Glow in the Dark Tour” and “Thank You And You’re Welcome!” books. Not only does the auction winner receive Kanye’s autograph on an exclusive item, but also assists in a beneficial cause. For the ultimate Kanye fan, I suggest you stay on top of this.

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• Turn Back Thursday: Kanye’s Glow in the Dark Tour Outfit

With this week’s pre-sale and general sale tickets for the Fame Kills concert featuring Kanye West and Lady Gaga, I  figure it would be appropriate to turn back to 2008 during Kanye’s highly-anticipated Glow in the Dark Tour concert. Below is the concert outfit that Kanye wore to all the sold out shows in the various cities that the tour spanned. I don’t think many people understood what look he was exactly going for, but it probably didn’t matter to most because the show was just that spectacular. It was also during the Glow in the Dark Tour that Kanye wore the Nike Air Yeezy shoes in public for the 2nd time (the first time during the 2008 Grammy Awards with the black Grammy Air Yeezys). These days, they’re being referred to as the Concert Edition Air Yeezys or Fire red Air Yeezys. With Fame Kills just a little under 2 months away, expect Kanye to go “apeshit” with effects and outfits. Especially the outfits, because we all know Lady Gaga sure will.

• Nike Air Yeezy Concert Edition

Yesterday, we revealed the new (original) Nike Air Yeezy colorway, which is being labeled the Nike Air Yeezy Concert Edition because of the sneaker’s emergence into the fashion scene by way of Kanye West’s Glow in the Dark tour. Thanks to KenLu.net, we have more detailed photos of the inner-sole of the fire red colorway. The sneaker is currently being displayed at TPE 6453 Boutique in Taipei.

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