Kanye West will play support on dates with U2 in New Zealand and Australia.

The news is pretty timely as the Grammy winning producer and rapper from Chicago opens for U2 on their final four shows in the US starting tonight in St Louis.

In March Kanye will rejoin the band for dates in New Zealand and Australia.

Kanye was nominated for another eight Grammy Awards last week including Album of the Year for Late Registration - up against an album called How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb!

More on U2's Vertigo 06 dates here