The American rapper was banned from getting into the UK final month on account of his regarding antisemitic feedback.
Kanye West’s upcoming Italy gig has been cancelled ‘security issues’ (Picture: AFP by way of Getty Pictures)
Kanye West’s upcoming live performance in Italy has been cancelled on account of “public order and issues of safety”, with residents elevating fears that his look may spark a wave of antisemitism within the metropolis. The 48-year-old rapper, who now goes by the identify Ye as of 2021, was presupposed to be headlining on the Pulse of Gaia Pageant on the RCF Area in Reggio Emilia on July 18. Nevertheless, the town prefect Salvatore Angieri has since cancelled the occasion after the Jewish group voiced “issues” over the musician’s earlier antisemitic feedback.
This isn’t the primary time the rapper’s concert events have been cancelled. He was banned from getting into the UK final month, which led to his Wi-fi Pageant set being shelved. It comes after one other live performance, set for July 17, when rapper Travis Scott was scheduled to carry out on the Hellwatt Pageant, which was additionally cancelled as a result of the 2 gigs have been scheduled on consecutive days.
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Scott, who shot to fame along with his hit singles Sicko Mode, Butterfly Impact and Mamacita, has additionally confronted scandal all through his profession. In 2021, his Astroworld pageant in Houston was the positioning of a significant crowd crush that prompted the deaths of 10 folks aged between 9 and 27.
An announcement was issued on the time by Reggio Emilia authorities, after a gathering do resolve the way forward for his upcoming gigs. Translated into English, it learn: “The assembly was devoted to analyzing the general public order and issues of safety related to the American artist’s [West] live performance and the Travis Scott occasion, additionally scheduled on the RCF Area.
“Based mostly on the assessments made through the committee assembly and additional investigations into security and safety elements, the prefect… [ordered] the prohibition of each concert events. The choice issues two occasions scheduled for consecutive dates on the RCF Area, a venue with a capability of roughly 103,000 spectators, and was made to make sure public order and security.
“Given the shut temporal connection between the occasions and the massive crowds anticipated inside 24 hours. The general evaluation additionally took into consideration the cancellation of earlier concert events by the American rapper in different nations and the true threat of counter-demonstrations.”
Again in April, West’s present in Marseille, France, was cancelled after he was barred from getting into the UK. This in the end led to his headline appearances at London’s Wi-fi Pageant being axed over outrage after his antisemitic remarks.
West launched a track titled Heil Hitler in 2025 and had beforehand marketed a swastika T-shirt on his web site. He has additionally attracted extreme backlash for publishing antisemitic posts and suggesting slavery was “a selection”. In January, West purchased a full-page advert within the Wall Avenue Journal to supply an apology, which led with the headline: “To These I’ve Harm”.
He acknowledged: “I’m not a Nazi or an antisemite. I really like Jewish folks.” He attributed his behaviour to his bipolar dysfunction, explaining that it triggered “a four-month-long, manic episode of psychotic, paranoid and impulsive behaviour that destroyed my life.”
After his Wi-fi performances have been cancelled, West vowed to have interaction with London’s Jewish group “to hear”. The dad-of-four was on account of play at Istanbul’s Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Turkey this Saturday (Might 30) and stays on the line-up to play at Vitesse Arnhem’s Gelredome soccer stadium within the Dutch metropolis on June 6 and eight. Categorical.co.uk has contacted Scott and West’s representatives for a remark.
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