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Italian authorities person barred Kanye West and Travis Scott concerts from going ahead, citing nationalist bid and information concerns.
Prefect Salvatore Angieri announced connected Friday that the 2 events, owed to instrumentality spot successful the bluish metropolis of Reggio Emilia successful July, would not instrumentality place, pursuing a petition from the section Jewish assemblage to cancel West's gig.
The community's person Nicoletta Uzzielli had urged section authoritative to regenerate the amusement with a show that would bring "music backmost to the forefront arsenic a universally unifying force".
West has caused outrage for a drawstring of antisemitic, racist and pro-Nazi comments that precocious led to him being banned from entering the UK.
Now known arsenic Ye, the US rapper had been owed to execute alongside Scott and different artists including The Chainsmokers, Rita Ora and Swedish House Mafia.
The determination prefecture said successful a connection that respective factors had weighed connected its decision, including the "cancellation of erstwhile concerts by the American rapper successful different countries and the existent hazard of counter-demonstrations".
It said that the closeness of the 2 events, scheduled for 17 and 18 July astatine Reggio Emilia's RFC Arena, and the ample crowds they were expected to pull was a further origin successful the decision.
Thousands of others were injured erstwhile panic broke retired arsenic the over-capacity assemblage pressed towards the beforehand of the signifier during the US rapper's header performance.
Meanwhile, this summer's Wireless Festival successful London was cancelled past month, aft West - who had been announced arsenic its header enactment - was refused support to participate the UK amid a backlash implicit his erstwhile remarks.
In 2022, West posted connected societal media saying helium would spell "death con 3 On Jewish people", and successful May past year, helium released a opus called Heil Hitler and sold T-shirts featuring swastikas.
His barring from the UK led to a bid of cancellations elsewhere.
West announced connected 15 April that the Marseille limb of his circuit had been postponed "until further notice". French media astatine the clip reported that Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez had been looking to prohibition the 11 June gig.
His 19 June performance astatine the Silesian Stadium successful Chorzów, Poland, was besides cancelled "due to ceremonial and ineligible reasons", the venue said successful April.
The rapper has been seeking a instrumentality to mainstream nationalist presumption aft apologising for his actions successful a lengthy connection published successful the Wall Street Journal successful January.
"I americium not a Nazi oregon an antisemite," helium wrote. "I emotion Jewish people."
He added that, arsenic a effect of his bipolar disorder, helium had "lost interaction with reality".
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