Ye Postpones Upcoming France Gig ‘Until Further Notice’ Following Wireless Festival Ban
The rapper was scheduled to perform in Marseille in June.
Ye has postponed his upcoming Marseille, France concert “until further notice,” the hip-hop artist confirmed via X, marking the latest disruption to a planned European run.
The announcement arrives just one week after Wireless Festival, where Ye — formerly known as Kanye West — had been slated to top the bill, but was cancelled after the U.K. Home Office denied him entry into the country on the grounds that his presence would not be conducive to public good.
Ye had been slated to headline three nights of Wireless in July. Multiple U.K.-based Jewish organizations spoke out against the event’s decision to book the 48-year-old, along with the U.K. prime minister Keir Starmer and London major Sadiq Khan, who criticized the move.
The artist released a statement on April 7 about his goals to bring “unity, peace and love” to London and showed an openness to meet with leaders of the Jewish community in the U.K., but the ban stood. “My only goal is to come to London and present a show of change, bringing unity, peace and love through my music,” he said ahead of the cancellation.
“I would be grateful for the opportunity to meet with members of the Jewish community in the U.K. in person, to listen. I know words aren’t enough — I’ll have to show change through my actions. If you’re open, I’m here.”
Per a recent AFP report, French officials had already been weighing action ahead of the June 11 date at Marseille’s Orange VÉLodrome, with French interior minister Laurent Nunez exploring options to block the performance. Nunez had reportedly started the process to block Ye from traveling to France to perform while discussing the matter with the mayor of Marseille, Benoît Payan, during a visit earlier this month.
“After much thought and consideration, it is my sole decision to postpone my show in Marseille, France until further notice,” Ye wrote on X. In a follow-up message, he added, “I take full responsibility for what’s mine but I don’t want to put my fans in the middle of it. My fans are everything to me. Looking forward to the next shows.”
The postponement comes amid ongoing fallout from a series of antisemitic and pro-Nazi remarks made by the rapper on social media and podcasts in recent years, which have sparked widespread backlash and impacted his live appearances. In May 2025, Ye released a song called “Heil Hitler” and sold T-shirts featuring swastikas.
Under French law, Nazi ideology, symbols, and the denial of the Holocaust are illegal.
In January, Ye issued a lengthy apology in The Wall Street Journal, stating, “I am not a Nazi or an antisemite,” and attributing past behavior in part to struggles with a brain injury and bipolar disorder.
As of Wednesday (April 15), Ye’s official website still had him listed to perform in several other European countries throughout the summer, including Turkey, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain and Portugal. He is also scheduled to play in New Delhi, India, in late May.Ye returned with his Bully album on March 28, which charted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. He performed a pair of sold-out shows at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on April 1 and April 3.
