Kanye West mocks Italy: stop in Holland before Reggio Emilia

It was last December 19th when Kanye West announced a concert scheduled for July 18th 2026 at the Rcf Arena in Reggio Emilia. «Kanye returns to Europe with a great live concert after over ten years, choosing Italy for this historic return. The RCF Arena in Reggio Emilia, the most iconic structure on the continent designed specifically for large open-door live concerts, will host YE’s first European live show since 2014, in what promises to be the biggest show ever staged in his career”, read the organizers’ press note. Now, two months after the announcement, which had generated great enthusiasm among fans, the rapper mocks everyone by announcing a concert in another European city scheduled more than a month before the one at the Rcf Arena in Reggio Emilia: on June 6th Kanye West will perform at the GelreDome in Arnhem, near Amsterdam, in the Netherlands.

Therefore, Italy will not host the live return to Europe of the star who has sold over 180 million copies worldwide and won 24 Grammy Awards during his career. The one scheduled in Arnhem is defined by the organizers as a “one-night-only performance” for 41 thousand paying spectators, to whom the rapper will presumably make them listen live for the first time to the songs from the new album “Bully”, the release of which has been postponed several times and is currently scheduled for next March 20th.

The concert is defined as «West’s first European show in 12 years» and as «the first stage of Ye’s return to the continent», before the one on July 18th in Reggio Emilia. General ticket sales will start at 10am on Friday 13 February.