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Winnipeg’s concert calendar got a bit more crowded Tuesday morning. 

Kanye West, the 22-time Grammy Award winning hip-hop superstar and husband of Kim Kardashian plays the MTS Centre on Oct. 12 as part of his 32-date Saint Pablo tour, which was also announced Tuesday. The tour gets its name from West’s latest album, The Life of Pablo, which hit stores in February.

Tickets go on sale to the general public Saturday at 10 a.m. at Ticketmaster and LiveNation.com. Prices range from $29.50 to $129.50 plus fees.

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Kanye West will be at the MTS Centre on Oct. 12.
MATT SAYLES / INVISION FILES Kanye West will be at the MTS Centre on Oct. 12.

West, who has twice been named to Time magazine’s list of the world’s 100 most influential people, last appeared in Winnipeg at a 2008 performance at the MTS Centre.

It was also announced Tuesday that soul singer Charles Bradley & his Extraordinaires has booked a Sept. 24 date at the Burton Cummings Theatre.

Bradley’s latest album, Changes, was released earlier this year, and the record’s title track is his dramatic version of the 1972 Black Sabbath song.

Tickets for Bradley’s show, which range in price from $20 to $39.50 plus fees, go on sale to the general public Friday at 10 a.m. at Ticketmaster.

The Burt is also hosting an Oct. 13 concert dubbed Lunch at Allen’s, featuring a quartet of Canadian singer-songwriters: Murray McLauchlan, Ian Thomas, Cindy Church and Marc Jordan. Tickets are $43 plus fees and also go on sale to the general public Friday at 10 a.m. at Ticketmaster. All four artists have had success on their own, but came together as a group after meeting for lunch at Allen’s Pub in Toronto. That get-together eventually spawned a 2004 self-titled album, the first of four the group has released.

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Tickets go on sale Saturday for Kanye West's performance at the MTS Centre on Oct. 12.
MATT SAYLES / INVISION / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILES Tickets go on sale Saturday for Kanye West's performance at the MTS Centre on Oct. 12.
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