{"id":1892939,"date":"2026-04-20T07:04:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T04:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1892939"},"modified":"2026-04-20T07:04:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T04:04:14","slug":"more-european-countries-cancel-kanye-ye-west-gigs-will-the-eu-tour-go-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1892939","title":{"rendered":"More European countries cancel Kanye \u2018Ye\u2019 West gigs \u2013 Will the EU tour go ahead?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/72\/79\/48\/1200x675_cmsv2_f3ed7117-178c-5469-812e-4103030c46dc-9727948.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2887659-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2887659\" data-cid=\"9728979\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2887659-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" 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was a mistake\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"helper-site-row o-article-newsy\">\n<div class=\"helper-site-container o-article-newsy__container\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__main\">\n<header class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__header\">\n<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs\">\n<div id=\"adb-article-breadcrumb\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs__list\">\n<p>                          Culture<\/p>\n<p>                          Culture news<\/p><\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<h1 class=\"c-article-redesign-title\">\n                            More European countries cancel Kanye \u2018Ye\u2019 West gigs \u2013 Will the EU tour go ahead?<\/h1>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-video u-position-relative \">\n<div class=\"js-superdiv u-aspect-ratio-16x9 u-position-relative u-max-width-1280 u-margin-x-auto\" data-video='{\"id\":\"xa631ds\",\"articleId\":2887476,\"title\":\"More European countries cancel Kanye u2018Yeu2019 West gigs u2013 Will the EU tour go 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\u2018Ye\u2019 West gigs \u2013 Will the EU tour go ahead?\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-caption u-position-absolute\"><i id=\"article-caption-content\" class=\"c-article-caption__content\"><span class=\"c-article-caption__text\"><br \/>\n              More European countries cancel Kanye \u2018Ye\u2019 West gigs \u2013 Will the EU tour go ahead?<br \/>\n                    <span class=\"u-color-white\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__copyright\">Copyright\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__credit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-copyright\">\n      Copyright\u00a0AP Photo\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__body u-article-content\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__contributors-publication-date\">\n<div class=\"c-article-contributors\">\n  By&amp;nbspDavid Mouriquand\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-publication-date\" data-timestamp=\"1776668654\">\n                    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past antisemitic comments. <\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Following the UK government <strong>barring his entry to the country<\/strong> and the subsequent <strong>cancellation of this year\u2019s Wireless Festival<\/strong>, as well as West\u2019s Orange Velodrome Marseille gig <strong>postponed in France<\/strong>, both Poland and Switzerland have pulled the plug. <\/p>\n<p>West was due to appear at the Silesian Stadium in Chorz\u00f3w on 19 June, his first performance in Poland for 15 years. However, the venue announced that the concert would not take place \u201cdue to formal and legal reasons.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The decision came after the country\u2019s Culture Minister, Marta Cienkowska, condemned the rapper, arguing that his history of offensive remarks should bar him from performing in a nation \u201cscarred by the history of the Holocaust\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot pretend that this is just entertainment,\u201d Cienkowska said. \u201cWe are talking about an artist who has publicly made anti-Semitic remarks, relativised crimes, and profited from selling T-shirts with a swastika. These are not \u2018controversies.\u2019 This is a deliberate crossing of a boundary and a normalisation of hate.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>She concluded by saying culture could not \u201cbe a space for those who use it to spread contempt\u201d. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Kanye West blocked from travelling to UK by government &#8211; Wireless Festival has been cancelled<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Kanye West postpones French concert a week after UK ban<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>West was also due to perform at St. Jakob-Park, the home of football club FC Basel, in June. This weekend, the club announced that they too had backed out after a &#8220;thorough review&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>FC Basel said in a statement: &#8220;FCB received an enquiry \u2060and considered it. However, after thorough review, we have decided not \u200cto proceed with the project, as we cannot, in accordance with our values, provide a platform \u200cfor the artist in question within this context.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Following France\u2019s decision to postpone his gig, West wrote on X: \u201cI know it takes time to understand the sincerity of my commitment to make amends. I take full responsibility for what\u2019s mine but I don\u2019t want to put my fans in the middle of it. My fans are everything to me. Looking forward to the next shows. See you at the top of the globe.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The only remaining EU dates for West are now Turkey (30 May), the Netherlands (6 and 8 June), Italy (18 July), Madrid (30 July) and Portugal (7 August). Considering the recent waves of cancellations, there is speculation that the European leg of the tour could end up being cancelled altogether. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Kanye West apologises for past antisemitism in full-page ad in Wall Street Journal<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Degrading or empowering? Kanye West and the dark side of the Bianca Censori Grammy dress controversy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>West\u2019s anti-Semitic remarks began in 2022, when he made a series of offensive comments on social media which ended up getting him booted off both X and Instagram. The musician was dropped by his talent agency and fashion brands like Adidas and Balenciaga also distanced themselves from West. <\/p>\n<p>West went on to post a picture of KKK robes, rescind his previous apology to the Jewish community, declare himself \u201ca Nazi\u201d and assert that he has\u201cdominion over his wife\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>In February 2025, West started selling swastika t-shirts, and in May, he released a song titled \u2018Heil Hitler\u2019, which praised the Nazi leader. This led him to be stripped of a visa to enter Australia and faced with immediate arrest in Brazil. <\/p>\n<p>West apologised for his actions and took out a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal earlier this year. 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data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Bioarchaeologists bring &#8216;vampire&#8217; back to life after 400 years<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"articleBody\" data-key=\"articleBody\">Two more Kanye \u2018Ye\u2019 West concerts have been cancelled over the controversial rapper\u2019s past antisemitic comments. \u00a0Following the UK government barring his entry to the country and the subsequent cancellation of this year\u2019s Wireless Festival, as well as\u00a0West\u2019s Orange Velodrome Marseille gig postponed in France, both Poland and Switzerland have pulled the plug. \u00a0West was due to appear at the Silesian Stadium in Chorz\u00f3w on 19 June, his first performance in Poland for 15 years. However, the venue announced that the concert would not take place \u201cdue to formal and legal reasons.\u201d\u00a0The decision came after the country\u2019s Culture Minister, Marta Cienkowska,\u00a0condemned the rapper, arguing that his history of offensive remarks should bar him from performing in a nation \u201cscarred by the history of the Holocaust\u201d.\u00a0\u201cWe cannot pretend that this is just entertainment,\u201d\u00a0Cienkowska said. \u201cWe are talking about an artist who has publicly made anti-Semitic remarks, relativised crimes, and profited from selling T-shirts with a swastika. These are not \u2018controversies.\u2019 This is a deliberate crossing of a boundary and a normalisation of hate.\u201d\u00a0She concluded by saying culture could not \u201cbe a space for those who use it to spread contempt\u201d.\u00a0West was also due to perform at St. Jakob-Park, the home of football club FC Basel, in June. This weekend, the club announced that they too had backed out after a &#8220;thorough review&#8221;.\u00a0FC Basel said in a statement: &#8220;FCB received an enquiry \u2060and considered it. However, after thorough review, we have decided not \u200cto proceed with the project, as we cannot, in accordance with our values, provide a platform \u200cfor the artist in question within this context.&#8221;\u00a0Following France\u2019s decision to postpone his gig, West wrote on X: \u201cI know it takes time to understand the sincerity of my commitment to make amends. I take full responsibility for what\u2019s mine but I don\u2019t want to put my fans in the middle of it. My fans are everything to me. Looking forward to the next shows. See you at the top of the globe.\u201d\u00a0The only remaining EU dates for West are now Turkey (30 May), the Netherlands (6 and 8 June), Italy (18 July), Madrid (30 July) and Portugal (7 August). Considering the recent waves of cancellations, there is speculation that the European leg of the tour could end up being cancelled altogether. \u00a0West\u2019s anti-Semitic remarks began in 2022, when he made a series of offensive comments on social media which ended up getting him booted off both X and Instagram. The musician was\u00a0dropped by his talent agency\u00a0and fashion brands like Adidas and Balenciaga also\u00a0distanced themselves from West.\u00a0West went on to\u00a0post a picture of KKK robes,\u00a0rescind his previous apology to the Jewish community,\u00a0declare himself \u201ca Nazi\u201d\u00a0and assert that he has\u201cdominion over his wife\u201d.\u00a0In February 2025, West started\u00a0selling swastika t-shirts, and in May, he\u00a0released a song titled \u2018Heil Hitler\u2019, which praised the Nazi leader. 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