pper and his wife, Kim Kardashian, filed for divorce. Then, after an initial rash of antisemitic posts on Twitter in late 2022, West and his lifestyle company, Yeezy, saw the termination of sponsorships and partnerships with Vogue, Universal Music Group, CAA, Balenciaga, Gap and Adidas.

Since then, lawsuits have surrounded the artist, ranging from alleged harassment of staff to nonpayment of a contractor working on a California mansion he and his second wife, Bianca Censori, were looking to redesign. New antisemitic remarks bubbled up again in 2024 while he repeatedly apologized for them, culminating in an about-face in the form of a Wall Street Journal ad in which he apologized for all of his antisemitic and pro-Hitler remarks while professing love for the Jewish people. The apology was met with a lukewarm reaction from a public that had watched the rapper's troubling antics and hateful statements for years. Still, the tour kicked off to sold-out audiences in the U.S. as dates were announced across Europe and beyond.

In April, West's headlining nights at the annual Wireless Festival in London were canceled when he was denied a visa; this led to the cancellation of the entire 2026 festival. A show in France was subsequently postponed, and a gig at the Pulse of Gaia Festival at the RCF Arena in Reggio Emilia in July was denied by a local prefect. Yet his concerts in Turkey, the Netherlands, Georgia, Albania, Portugal and Kazakhstan have seen him perform in front of thousands.

A representative for West did not comment on Friday when The Hollywood Reporter asked about the canceled concerts.