Go inside Kanye West's SundayService in Detroit
Kanye West performs during 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 20, 2019 in Indio, Calif.straddled a couple of Sabbaths with a Sunday Service performance on Friday afternoon in Detroit.
The spirit was certainly right as West and his Sunday Service Collective -- a 150-voice and nine-musician unit he's assembled to perform his recent spate of gospel-oriented shows, which he launched in April at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival -- delivered 85 minutes of buoyant scripture at the Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre, a picturesque venue along the Detroit River where boats bobbed behind the stage to take part in the experience.
The show, which started more than 90 minutes late, came ironically on a day West was expected to release his highly anticipated new album . Not a word was said about it onstage, but as the Sunday Service ended, West announced a surprise event,Though he brought the star power, West was not the focus of the Sunday Service.
In West's stead the heavy lifting was done by choir director Jason White, who served as pastor/emcee while conducting the ensemble as well as 2,000 local volunteers sitting in the crowd, who had been schooled on the arrangements during a two-day clinic and a lengthy morning rehearsal at the venue.
"We're just people that love Jesus, and we just want to sing about him," White told the Detroit crowd, which scooped up the 6,000 offered free tickets in less than 20 minutes the day before. "That's all we're here to say today -- don't forget about God.
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