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Kanye West brings song, sermon, prayer — and a crowd of thousands — to Salt Lake City’s Gateway for ‘Sunday Service’

People perched on light poles and street signs. They scaled buildings. And some, Zacchaeus-like, settled into trees for the chance to catch a glimpse of Kanye West and his “Sunday Service.”

Of course, it was Saturday, but nobody seemed to mind that technicality, as thousands packed nearly every viable nook and cranny of The Gateway for the part-performance, part-church service.

The promised spectacle — happening at nearly the same time and place as the March to End Child Abuse and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ General Conference — prompted a Kanye-centric plea from Mayor Jackie Biskupski the night before.