Literally taking the art of performance to brave new heights.

Kanye West kicked off the first night of his Saint Pablo tour in Indianapolis last night (August 25) with an awe-inspiring performance that raised the bar pretty high in terms of stage design.

Resembling the epic floating cities of science fiction, West performed from an elevated stage that hovered in the air above an open floor space and a writhing pit of fans. Held up by a complicated pulley system, see pictures of the contraption in its before and during stages below.

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The majority of the 31-track set included tracks from West’s most recent album, The Life of Pablo. As CoS reports, a pit broke out during Kanye’s performance of ‘Freestyle 4’ and during ‘Blood On The Leaves’, the rapper was forced to temporarily stop performing as fans grabbed the stage. The tour continues tonight in Buffalo. See the full setlist below.

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Setlist:

‘Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1’
‘Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 2’
‘Famous’
‘Pop Style (Drake cover)’
‘THat Part (ScHoolboy Q cover)’
‘FACTS’
‘All Day’
‘Mercy’
‘I Don’t Like’
‘Black Skinhead’
‘Power’
‘Wolves’
‘Feedback’
‘Freestyle 4’
‘I Love Kanye’
‘Can’t Tell Me Nothing’
‘FML’
‘Blood on the Leaves’
‘Jesus Walks’
‘Amazing’
‘Runaway’
‘Devil in a New Dress’
‘All Falls Down’
‘Flashing Lights’
‘All of the Lights’
‘Good Life’
‘Niggas in Paris’
’30 Hours’
‘Highlights’
‘Real Friends’
‘Only One’
‘Fade’