{"id":476290,"date":"2026-05-31T15:54:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T15:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/476290\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T15:54:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T15:54:16","slug":"kanye-west-performs-in-istanbul-before-118000-as-giant-spherical-stage-steals-the-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/476290\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanye West performs in Istanbul before 118,000 as giant spherical stage steals the show"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>ISTANBUL, May 31 \u2014 World-renowned rapper Kanye West performed in Istanbul for the first time yesterday, drawing a mammoth crowd of some 118,000 fans to Ataturk Olympic Stadium in one of the year\u2019s biggest music events, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The concert, organised in cooperation with NTRteam, attracted thousands of visitors from Turkiye as well as the United Kingdom (UK), Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Russia, Poland and countries across West Asia.<\/p>\n<p>The stadium reached capacity hours before the show as fans gathered to watch the Grammy-winning artist\u2019s long-awaited debut performance in Turkiye.<\/p>\n<p>West opened the concert with his song Father and closed the nearly two-hour set with Stronger.<\/p>\n<p>Performing atop a giant spherical stage, the artist delivered some of the most popular tunes from his long career, including King, Runaway, Power, Flashing Lights, Heartless, Black Skinhead, All The Love, and Homecoming.<\/p>\n<p>Fans joined in the performance, singing along and dancing as applause and chants echoed around the stadium.<\/p>\n<p>One of the concert\u2019s most striking features was its stage design, inspired by West\u2019s performances at Los Angeles\u2019 SoFi Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/344040.jpg\" alt=\"US rapper and producer Kanye West performs on stage during a concert at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul as part of his tour \u2018YE Live in Istanbul\u2019 May 30, 2026. \u2014 AFP pic\" title=\"US rapper and producer Kanye West performs on stage during a concert at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul as part of his tour \u2018YE Live in Istanbul\u2019 May 30, 2026. \u2014 AFP pic\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none';\" style=\"width:100%\"\/>        <\/p>\n<p>US rapper and producer Kanye West performs on stage during a concert at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul as part of his tour \u2018YE Live in Istanbul\u2019 May 30, 2026. \u2014 AFP pic<\/p>\n<p>A massive hemispherical structure erected at the centre of the venue was transformed into a giant globe through high-resolution projection technology.<\/p>\n<p>The show was accompanied by elaborate lighting displays, smoke effects and synchronised visuals. Thousands of spectators illuminated the stadium with their cellphone flashlights, creating a sea of lights across the stands and field.<\/p>\n<p>Among the local celebrities attending the concert were actors Sukru Ozyildiz, Alina Boz, Hazar Erg\u00fc\u00e7l\u00fc, Yasemin Allen, Afra Saracoglu and Asli Tandogan, as well as singers Elif Buse Dogan and Burak Kut.<\/p>\n<p>The concert was also streamed live on West\u2019s official YouTube channel, attracting millions of viewers within minutes. \u2014 Bernama-Anadolu<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ISTANBUL, May 31 \u2014 World-renowned rapper Kanye West performed in Istanbul for the first time yesterday, drawing a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":476291,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[205436,205434,93,61,60,205433,26614,278,205435,135770],"class_list":["post-476290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-alina-boz","tag-ataturk-olympic-stadium","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-istanbul-concert","tag-kanye-west","tag-music","tag-ntrteam-collaboration","tag-sofi-stadium"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=476290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/476291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=476290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=476290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=476290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}