More Ye European Shows Cancelled After Wireless Festival Controversy

The rapper – formerly known as Kanye West – continues to face the percussions of his antisemitic outbursts in 2025.

The controversial rapper Ye has had even more live shows in Europe pulled following the drama surrounding his now-cancelled appearance at London’s Wireless music festival.

Earlier this month, it was announced that Ye – formerly known as Kanye West – would headline all three nights at Wireless in London’s Finsbury Park this coming July.

However, the announcement was met with a backlash due to the antisemitic comments and behaviour carried out by the Grammy winner in 2025, and ultimately the British government blocked his right to travel to the UK.

As a result, his planned appearance at Wireless was not able to go ahead, and the whole event was cancelled.

Since then, it’s been revealed that Ye’s upcoming gigs in Poland and Switzerland have now been axed, too.

Poland’s Silesian Stadium said that the Ye show scheduled for June had been cancelled for “formal and legal reasons”, while Switzerland’s FB Basel explained that its grounds would no longer be housing the Jesus Walks musician’s performance following a “thorough review”.

“FCB received an enquiry and considered it,” they said in a statement. “However, after thorough review, we have decided not to proceed with the project, as we cannot, in accordance with our values, provide a platform for the artist in question within this context.”

In 2025, Ye faced widespread condemnation after praising Adolf Hitler, declaring himself to be a Nazi and selling a t-shirt on his web store emblazoned with a swastika.

He later released a unanimously-derided single titled Heil Hitler, resulting in his Australian work visa being cancelled.

In January 2026, Ye – who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder a decade ago – issued a public apology for his behaviour in a full-page magazine ad, addressed “to those I’ve hurt” with his antisemitic outbursts, claiming they occurred during a months-long manic episode in which he had “lost touch with reality”.

Last week, he also announced he was postponing a show in Paris following reports that the French government was considering options to block him from performing in the city.

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