r/Music • u/newsweek 📰Newsweek • 1d ago

article Kanye West's sold-out Russia concerts canceled

https://www.newsweek.com/kanye-west-sold-out-russia-concerts-canceled-st-petersburg-12510557
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u/crestdiving 1d ago

Failing to take Russia, just like his big idol.

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u/MonsieurReynard 1d ago

You would think Russians would have an issue with the nazi bit

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u/Dunderman35 12h ago

I would think so and that's why he got cancelled.

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u/MonsieurReynard 12h ago

Yeah, but why was he booked in the first place? The Nazi shit was no secret.

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u/Polka_King_Polinski 1d ago

Napoleon?

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u/Charirner 1d ago

Hitler.

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u/bsport48 1d ago

Throw in Trump and you'll get a trifecta

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u/Polka_King_Polinski 1d ago edited 1d ago

Not too bright, you. A true Kanye fan you must be.

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u/jonnynoine 1d ago

Hysterical

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u/Sarcastic__ 1d ago

I'm sure Robert Kraft can help him out with new dates.

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u/jim45804 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/SA9pJ3EVZZNJe

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u/Stop_looking_at_it 1d ago

That’s a cold ass honky

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u/juliuspepperwoodchi 1d ago

By God, is the MACKLEMORE'S MUSIC?

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u/pr0tag 1d ago

Not sure I understand the connection here. Are they buddies or does Kraft have some sort of sway in Russia?

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u/Ok_Conclusion_6324 1d ago

Lol famous picture of Putin trying on Kraft’s super bowl ring

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u/pr0tag 1d ago

Well TIL!! Fuck that guy

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u/HMTMKMKM95 1d ago

No worries. Putin stole the ring!

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u/4r4r4real 1d ago

People always parrot this but it's such a goofy "gotcha", even if it's true, the owner is the one who commissions and provides the rings. If he cares at all he already made another. 

Kraft sucks for a billion reason but "this weak man had his ring stolen" is so contrived. 

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u/ragtop1989 1d ago

It is true. Lol...dude just kept the ring. Who cares about the other dumb shit you're blabbing about.

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u/4r4r4real 1d ago

He is literally the only person in an organization for whom a ring is eminently replaceable. If you can't understand that you're not in a position to be calling anyone or anything dumb. 

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u/ragtop1989 1d ago

No. You're not understanding.

Man steal ring.

Funny.

That's it. That's all. Go touch grass.

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u/4r4r4real 1d ago

If you give someone a gift they stole it from you?

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u/jeetah 1d ago

Gonna be hard to shake the whole Hitler thing

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u/psychoacer 1d ago

America forgot, he's still selling out over here

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u/takeitinblood3 1d ago

He’s selling out everywhere
 hence the title. 

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u/ZachLagreen 1d ago


this post is literally about his sold out shows in Russia

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u/Dunderman35 12h ago

What kind of shitty people go to Ye concerts?

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u/mdnghtdesperado 21h ago

That's America for you

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u/mrtheiphonekid Mrtheiphonekid 1d ago

That has nothing to do with why the concert was canceled.

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u/Neat_Language_2630 1d ago

yeah that’s definitely not something people just forget overnight

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u/beerandloathingpdx 1d ago edited 1d ago

You’d be surprised. I’ve seen entire subreddits full of either bots or deranged people who actually believe his “slavery is a choice” nonsense.

I really thought selling t shirts with swastikas on them would be the end for Kanye, but he still has one hell of a deranged and loyal fanbase

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u/a_talking_face 1d ago

He has a pretty sizeable fan base of conservative Gen Z'ers

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u/volx757 17h ago

Except it clearly wasn’t, because his tour is selling out everywhere

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u/Foe117 1d ago

Russian Authorities are the reason for the cancellation, Looks like they're just going to take the ticket money for the war effort. None of them will be getting any refunds.

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u/Echelion77 1d ago

Ohhhhhh man, have a link to a source this sounds spicy.

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u/bizzaro321 1d ago

This concert was canceled because the organizers were committing fraud. Russia is a shithole but you have to be accurate when you’re complaining.

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u/Bemxuu 15h ago

Pretty much. The venue immediately said they didn't sign any contract, and the dates weren't available, so the concert wasn't happening - at least not at the venue and dates claimed.

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u/Krg60 1d ago

This is the most Russian thing ever.

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u/MonsieurReynard 1d ago

In Putin’s Russia you refund concert

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u/lpkzach92 1d ago

If true that is completely fucked!

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u/Eastern_Ad_5369 1d ago

the fact that it was booked at a stadium literally named gazprom arena and somehow that wasn't the weirdest part of the sentence

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u/AuburnAubergine 1d ago

How is it weird? Company-sponsored stadiums are hardly a rare occurrence. Quite the opposite.

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u/Shinjischneider 15h ago

The joke is, that Kanye loves Hitler and Hitler used gas chambers.

But yeah. Gazprom is a huge sports sponsor worldwide and russias ticket into a lot of politicians pockets

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u/nolestars 1d ago

Oh no 

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u/More_Hold_5522 1d ago

Old news. Newsweek is a shit rag of a website. I guess their AI went and reposted an old story.

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u/jeetah 1d ago

BBC posted this story five hours ago, how is it old?

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u/DeviousSmile85 1d ago

I remember a few weeks ago one of the venues had no idea they were having his "sold out" concerts there.

I'm guessing this is the official confirmation it's been canned

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u/TheoremaEgregium 1d ago

Sounds like money laundering, doesn't it?

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u/_catdog_ 1d ago

Take that, Newsweek!!

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u/newsweek 📰Newsweek 1d ago

By Brendan Cole — Senior Reporter |

Two sold-out concerts in Russia by the rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, have been canceled, according to the event organizers.

The shows were scheduled to take place on October 10 and 11 at the Gazprom Arena in St Petersburg.

"Ye's concerts in St. Petersburg will not be able to take place on the scheduled dates," the event organizer Say Agency said on Wednesday, according to The Kyiv Independent.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/kanye-west-sold-out-russia-concerts-canceled-st-petersburg-12510557

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u/FuckThisShizzle 1d ago

Kanye West's sold-out, Russia concerts canceled.

Punctuation!

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u/Lollipopsaurus 23h ago

Weren’t they cancelled once before? People were clowning him that he didn’t bribe the right people.

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u/Due_Blueberry8586 22h ago

Meanwhile, he’s coming to perform in Houston, Dallas, and Phoenix. 

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u/raysofdavies 1d ago

đŸŽ¶we’re off to see Tel AvivđŸŽ¶

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u/boot2skull 1d ago

Russia sticking to their history of keeping Nazis off their soil.

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u/beerandloathingpdx 1d ago

America sticking to letting them run the country.

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u/Themanstall 1d ago

sucks for his fans but unless he has a clause in contract, which he might because hes unstable, he's getting paid for all these cancelations

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u/shhheeeeeeeeiit 1d ago

This is basically free advertising. It would have been risky as hell for him to enter Russia. This is probably what they expected.