Kanye West Faces Backlash Over Headlining Gig for Italy Festival
April 22, 2026 
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Kanye West
Will He Get The Boot …
From Italy Festival?!
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Kanye West‘s string of European concerts has been falling apart one by one … and now critics are setting their sights on his upcoming appearance in Italy.
Ye’s supposed to headline the Hellwatt Festival in Reggio Emilia on July 18 … and people are pissed, according to Variety.
The trade’s reporting that there are calls to pull the plug on his performance from the city’s Jewish community, politicians and anti-fascist organizations.
VP of the European Parliament and Italian Democrat Pina Picierno wants the nation’s government to block Kanye from headlining the same way the UK and France did, a local newspaper reports.
Picierno reportedly told La Gazzetta di Reggio … “The United Kingdom denied the visa. France effectively prevented the Marseille concert … Italy, meanwhile, is just staying idle with 68,000 tickets sold, as if nothing had happened.”
Kanye’s set to play the RCF Arena … which has a capacity of 103,000 people. And — according to Variety — organizers say this would be one of Ye’s biggest crowds ever.
Remember … the rapper’s concerts have been crumbling due to backlash over his past antisemitism and blatant pro-Nazi rhetoric.
He announced last week that he’d be postponing his show in Marseille … and London’s Wireless Festival was canceled altogether for catching so much heat.
As of right now, his tour website still includes the Hellwatt Festival gig … as well as upcoming performances in India, Turkey, The Netherlands, Spain and Portugal.
