Kanye West Performs In A Floating Stage!

Just like a flying saucer! At Thursday night's kickoff show in Indianapolis, concertgoers shared their confusion when they entered the Bankers Life Fieldhouse to find a stageless set.
Even Scooter Braun, West's tour manager, had trouble conceptualizing a concert without a stage.
Then, Kanye emerged for opener Father Stretch My Hands on a boxing ring-size square that carried him aloft around the arena.
West isn't the first artist to use a floating stages in his live act, but here, it's particularly meaningful, subverting Saint Pablo's status as one of America's most desirable tours with a stage that serves as a democratizing force for the crowd watching. Especially in the cases of megastars like West, big-ticket concerts have long since turned into status symbols, another way for the privileged to flex their status. Given premium seats' high prices and scarce availability, if ordinary fans want to see their idols up close, they'll have to pay.
By eliminating a traditional stage, West redefines the floor seats/nosebleeds hierarchy of accessibility that comes along with these shows. On the platform, his position stays in flux, moving closer to the stands while floating just out of reach of the attendees on the floor, who are delegated to watching him from below.
In a video taken from the crowd, West is seen addressing the arena's security about the show's lack of boundaries, which likely caused some logistical issues.
“The whole concept was supposed to be that they’re supposed to go wherever they want, whenever they want," he says.