{"id":584149,"date":"2026-04-14T18:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T18:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/584149\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T18:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T18:40:09","slug":"kanye-west-concert-in-france-could-be-axed-next-after-rapper-shut-out-of-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/584149\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanye West Concert in France Could Be Axed Next After Rapper Shut Out of UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Kanye West<br \/>\n                          Officials Want France Concert Canceled<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              April 14, 2026<br \/>\n                            10:01 AM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260414_25a9dabc3ed3450aacdf759b1682eccb\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:92e4e580-62a8-407f-b877-e0b3e3c77940\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/25a9dabc3ed3450aacdf759b1682eccb_md.jpg\" alt=\"kanye west france ban getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ye, the rapper formerly known as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/kanye-west\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kanye West<\/a>, is facing more fallout overseas &#8230; and this time, France could be next to shut the door on a show.<\/p>\n<p>After already being blocked from entering the UK, Ye is now staring down a possible concert ban from French officials over his antisemitic remarks. French Interior Minister Laurent Nu\u00f1ez is reportedly exploring legal avenues to stop the rapper from performing at a planned June show in Marseille, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/en\/culture\/article\/2026\/04\/14\/french-minister-seeks-to-ban-kanye-west-concert-in-marseille-over-his-antisemitic-remarks_6752407_30.html#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">AFP<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Local leaders aren\u2019t holding back, either &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Marseille Mayor Beno\u00eet Payan made his stance crystal clear in a fiery post on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenoitPayan\/status\/2029130972466208950?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2029130972466208950%7Ctwgr%5E32aa1c3b34e03b3316c53e566cdd47fcf36666f7%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.euronews.com%2Fculture%2F2026%2F03%2F05%2Fmayor-of-marseille-opposes-kanye-west-concert-over-unapologetic-nazism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">X<\/a> on March 4, writing he refuses to let the city become a platform for \u201chatred and unapologetic Nazism\u201d &#8212; adding West is \u201cnot welcome\u201d at the venue.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the drama is already playing out across the Channel.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260407_e61983dd8f784c67981102ee5b63552d\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:92e4e580-62a8-407f-b877-e0b3e3c77940\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/e61983dd8f784c67981102ee5b63552d_md.jpg\" alt=\"wireless-festival-canceled-sub-ig-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The UK government last week <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/04\/07\/uk-government-bans-kanye-west-from-entering-country\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">barred West <\/a>from entering the country ahead of his planned headliner slot at Wireless Festival in London this summer. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the rapper \u201cshould never have been invited\u201d &#8230; several sponsors, including Pepsi, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/04\/05\/pepsi-sponsorship-pulled-after-kanye-west-booking\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pulled out<\/a>, and the festival was ultimately scrapped.<\/p>\n<p>So far, there\u2019s been no official decision about a ban in France &#8212; and no comment from Ye\u2019s camp.<\/p>\n<p>      <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kanye West Officials Want France Concert Canceled Published April 14, 2026 10:01 AM PDT Ye, the rapper formerly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":584150,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[4,88,483,216,3,484],"class_list":{"0":"post-584149","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-hip-hop","11":"tag-music","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-tmz-hip-hop"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}