Kanye West draws crowd in Netherlands despite antisemitic tirades
About 40,000 fans attended the show after an Amsterdam court ruled it did not threaten public order.
- On Saturday, 40,000 fans attended a concert by US rapper Kanye West at the GelreDome stadium in Arnhem, Netherlands, despite widespread controversy over his antisemitic tirades that prompted cancellations elsewhere in Europe.
- West sparked widespread outrage with comments glorifying Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, a song titled 'Heil Hitler,' and swastika-bearing T-shirts sold on his website, prompting concert cancellations in the United Kingdom, France, Poland, and Italy.
- Near the venue, the Jewish organization CIDI held a protest displaying antisemitic quotations. Director Naomi Mestrum stated, "We are not happy with the fact that he gets such a huge stage here in the Netherlands."
- An Amsterdam court ruled the show did not pose a public order threat, allowing the concert to proceed. Twenty-year-old Belgian student Loes Snyers said, "I'm not supporting all of those things he said, like it's really controversial."
- The 48-year-old artist is scheduled to perform in the Albanian capital Tirana on July 11 and in Prague on July 25. West has attributed his previous remarks to bipolar disorder on social media.
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More than 40,000 spectators gathered in the Netherlands to attend the concert by American rapper Ye, whose European tour remains marked by calls for cancellation due to his statements.
Despite repeated anti-Semitic statements by Kanye West, around 40,000 people attended a rapper's concert in the Netherlands. There was also protest in Arnheim.
The highly controversial rapper Ye gave a performance in Arnhem on Saturday that had caused a great deal of commotion beforehand. The show, in which West stood on a giant globe, proceeded without provocations or incidents. "It feels a bit like a family member who has gone off the rails; you still love them too."
Nearly 40,000 people came to hear Ye, formerly Kanye West, at his concert in Arnhem, Netherlands.
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