Polish stadium cancels Kanye West concert
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April 17, 2026

Polish stadium cancels Kanye West concert

WARSAW, Poland (AFP) — A Kanye West concert scheduled to take place in a stadium in Poland in was cancelled by the venue on Friday, following condemnation in the country of antisemitic remarks by the United States rapper.

“The concert by Ye (Kanye West), scheduled for 19 June 2026 at the Superauto.pl Silesian Stadium, will not take place due to formal and legal reasons,” venue director Adam Strzyzewski announced in a press release on the stadium’s website.

The Polish culture ministry previously said in a statement, received by AFP, that it was seeking to bar West from performing in the country.

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