Kanye West’s St. Petersburg Concerts Collapse as Arena Denies Involvement
Kanye West, aka Ye, had two planned October shows at Gazprom Arena in St. Petersburg that were canceled after the venue said it never organized the event and did not sign any rental agreements; the Moscow agency Say Agency had claimed the concerts were sanctioned by an official letter. Tickets were sold, but fans are criticizing the arena’s denial; the episode comes amid West’s history of antisemitism controversies and a string of canceled gigs, and it would have been the first major Western act to perform in Putin’s Russia in years.
