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Brace yourself, ladies and gentlemen of the interwebs! Kanye West has leapt headlong into the exciting world of online travel websites! Wait, what? For serious: This week Mr. West launched KanyeTravel.com, a site dedicated to all your Kanye travel needs.

Nevermind that this thing basically looks like a Travelocity/Orbitz/Cheapflights.com search engine with a Kanye banner tossed across the top, or that most normal people don't have any "Kanye travel needs" that involve airplanes, hotels, car rentals, and cruises. KanyeTravel.com is here to stay, and may one day even offer something that makes some semblance of sense: concert tickets and merchandise.

An Advertising Age report suggests these ticket and merch offers are forthcoming (why Kanye couldn't just sell them via his own webstore, who knows), and also indicates that we can look forward to some "cross-promotional deals with marketing partners" as well. Oooo.

If this is an April Fool's joke, you guys, by god is it ever lame.

KanyeWest.com is of course just the latest wacky web venture for the Chicago rapper, who previously gave the internets his very own search engine, SearchWithKanyeWest.com. It's no Google, but then, does Google have a picture of Kanye staring at you like he's the Terminator? Didn't think so.

Finally, Kanye has beefed up his "Glow in the Dark" tour with Lupe Fiasco, N.E.R.D., and Rihanna with the addition of some more dates. He'll also apparently appear at the "Brooklyn Ball" tomorrow night (April 3) at the Brooklyn Museum [via, yes, Brooklyn Vegan], which will launch an exhibit dedicated to Graduation cover designer (and Japanese pop art icon) Takashi Murakami on April 5.

Kanye:

04-16 Seattle, WA - Key Arena *#!
04-18 Sacramento, CA - ARCO Arena *#!
04-19 San Jose, CA - HP Pavilion *#!
04-20 San Diego, CA - Sports Arena *#!
04-21 Los Angeles, CA - Nokia Theatre *#!
04-22 Los Angeles, CA - Nokia Theatre *#!
04-24 Tucson, AZ - McKale Memorial Center at University of Arizona *#
04-25 Las Vegas, NV - Red Rocks Casino Resort *#
04-26 Albuquerque, NM - Journal Pavilion *#
04-27 Denver, CO - Pepsi Center *#!
04-29 Oklahoma City, OK - Ford Center *#!
04-30 Austin, TX - Frank Irwin Center *#!
05-01 Dallas, TX - Superpages.com Center *#!
05-02 Houston, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion *#!
05-04 Atlanta, GA - Gwinnett Center Arena *#!
05-05 Tampa, FL - Ford Amphitheater *#!
05-06 Miami, FL - American Airlines Arena *#!
05-08 Charlotte, NC - Charlotte Bobcats Arena *#!
05-09 Raleigh, NC - Walnut Creek Amphitheatre *#!
05-10 Washington, DC - Nisson Pavilion *#!
05-11 Virginia Beach, VA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater *#!
05-13 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden *#!
05-15 Boston, MA - Tweeter Center *#!
05-16 Hartford, CT - North East Dodge Music Center *#!
05-17 Philadelphia, PA - Susquehanna Bank Center *#!
05-18 Scranton, PA - Toyota Pavilion *#!
05-20 Montreal, Quebec - Bell Centre *#!
05-21 Toronto, Ontario - Molson Center *#!
05-22 Auburn Hills, MI - The Palace *#!
05-23 Chicago, IL - United Center *#!
05-24 Chicago, IL - United Center *#!
05-25 Fargo, ND - Fargodome *#!
05-26 Winnipeg, Manitoba - MTS Centre *#!
05-27 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Credit Union Centre *#!
05-29 Edmonton, Alberta - Rexall Place *#!
05-30 Calgary, Alberta - Pengrowth Saddledome *#!
06-02 Vancouver, British Columbia - GM Place *#!
06-03 Portland, OR - Rose Garden *#!
06-05 Reno, NV - Reno Events Center *#!
06-06 San Jose, CA - HP Pavilion *#!
06-07 Los Angeles, CA - Staples Center *#!
06-08 Phoenix, AZ - Jobing.com Arena *#!
06-09 Salt Lake City, UT - E Center *#!
06-11 Minneapolis, MN - Target Center *#!
06-12 Moline, IL - i Wireless Center *#!
06-13 Cincinnati, OH - U.S. Bank Arena *#!
06-14-15 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo *

* with Lupe Fiasco
# with N.E.R.D.
! with Rihanna