Kanye West concert in Poland in June cancelled

The organisers of a stadium successful Poland announced contiguous that the performance that American rapper Kanye West was scheduled to springiness has been cancelled, days aft the cancellation of a amusement successful France owed to outrage caused by his erstwhile antisemitic statements and his positions successful enactment of Nazism.

“We would similar to pass you that the performance of Ye scheduled for June 19, 2026 astatine the Slaski stadium volition not instrumentality spot owed to ceremonial and ineligible reasons,” said stadium manager Adam Strzyzewski successful a Facebook post.

The determination by the Slaski stadium successful the occidental metropolis of Chorzów, archetypal reported by the paper Wyborcza connected its website, comes conscionable 1 week aft the UK banned the 48-year-old from travelling to the state to instrumentality portion successful a festival.

So acold the rapper, present known arsenic Ye, has not made immoderate comment, portion successful January helium apologised for his behaviour, which helium attributed to the bipolar upset helium suffers from and for which helium is not receiving treatment, and retracted earlier statements expressing admiration for Adolf Hitler.

Polish authorities had already indicated they would question to prohibition the planned June 19 concert.

“In a state marked by the past of the Holocaust, we cannot unreal that this is simply entertainment,” said Poland’s Minister of Culture Marta Cienkowska yesterday.

More than 1.1 cardinal people, astir of them Jews, were murdered astatine the Auschwitz decease campy successful occupied Poland by Nazi Germany during World War II. Nazi Germany killed much than 3 cardinal of the 3.2 cardinal Jewish colonisation of Poland.

Ye was banned from entering Australia past twelvemonth aft releasing a opus supporting Nazism and selling swastika T-shirts connected his website.

This twelvemonth helium performed concerts successful the US and Mexico City, with further appearances scheduled successful Europe and Asia.