Kanye West Surprise Show Causes Chaos In New York City

Thousands of Kanye West fans descended on Manhattan's East Village early Monday after the "Life of Pablo" artist announced a surprise performance at a small New York City concert venue.

More than 4,000 people swarmed the streets around Webster Hall, which holds just 1,500, after West announced the so-called popup show on his Twitter account.

They climbed on top of cars, dumpsters and scaffolding and hung out of windows hoping to get a better view.
Shortly after 1 a.m. EDT, an hour before the show was supposed to start, West tweeted that the performance was "sold out."

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About 45 minutes later, Webster Hall tweeted that there would be no show and told would-be concert-goers to leave.

Eventually, kanye West, Kardashian and their entourage departed and police began clearing the streets.

It was not clear whether tickets for the pop-up show were ever put on sale or whether Webster Hall knew that West planned to do the show before he announced it on Twitter.

West had been scheduled to headline the Governor's Ball festival on Randall's Island Sunday, but organizers canceled all the performances due to inclement weather.