{"id":675033,"date":"2026-05-31T00:26:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T00:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/675033\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T00:26:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T00:26:14","slug":"kanye-west-travis-scott-italy-shows-scrapped-due-to-crowd-security-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/675033\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanye West, Travis Scott Italy Shows Scrapped, Due to Crowd Security Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260530_6030022d08764dcaa6f0fc94d12bc0a9\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:35650cf8-a9ff-48bd-bcae-450e9e984a79\" 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\/05\/6030022d08764dcaa6f0fc94d12bc0a9_md.png\" alt=\"main kanye west travis scott banned italy getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/kanye-west\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kanye West<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/travis-scott\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Travis Scott<\/a> are receiving no amore from officials in Italy &#8230; because their upcoming shows have been canceled in one region of the country due to security issues.<\/p>\n<p>Prefect Salvatore Angieri &#8212; a local government official &#8212; announced the rapper&#8217;s shows, which were set to take place in\u00a0Reggio Emilia in July, will no longer take place after members of the local Jewish community complained about Kanye.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260422_8672901b42fd47fbaefedeb880b4a8b9\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:35650cf8-a9ff-48bd-bcae-450e9e984a79\" 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\/05\/8672901b42fd47fbaefedeb880b4a8b9_md.png\" alt=\"kanye west travis scott italy concert sub insta\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The regional prefecture acknowledged the cancellation of Kanye&#8217;s previous shows by other countries played a role in the decision. Remember, Ye was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/04\/07\/uk-government-bans-kanye-west-from-entering-country\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">banned from entering the UK<\/a> due to his past antisemitic comments.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The massive crowds expected at the shows were the main factor in the cancellation, the government added.<\/p>\n<p>This is a very different reception than the two rappers received in the country in 2023 during their show at the historic Circus Maximus &#8230; when crowds flocked to watch them perform in Rome.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20251108_0ed4cf21f3a94399a9868c7581b76b5b\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:35650cf8-a9ff-48bd-bcae-450e9e984a79\" 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\/05\/0ed4cf21f3a94399a9868c7581b76b5b_md.png\" alt=\"kanye west travis scott sub getty swipe 3\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>West and Scott were set to perform alongside The Chainsmokers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/rita-ora\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rita Ora<\/a> and Swedish House Mafia.<\/p>\n<p>West has notably had shows in at least three countries canceled in recent months &#8230; with his ban from performing at London&#8217;s Wireless Festival completely shutting the festival down.<\/p>\n<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/4eae58a64ef14cd0bf20d0aaadade6c3_md.jpg\" alt=\"kanye-tmz-live\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p>All this is happening despite West&#8217;s apology tour in recent months &#8230; which started in January when he took out a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/01\/26\/kanye-west-apologizes-for-antisemitism-wsj-ad\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">full-page ad<\/a> in the Wall Street Journal to issue a mea culpa for his controversial comments.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s since met with Jewish community leaders and even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/04\/21\/kanye-west-spotted-at-jewish-organization\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">visited a Jewish Cultural Center<\/a> in Los Angeles &#8230; but clearly, that hasn&#8217;t done enough to sway Italian officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kanye West and Travis Scott are receiving no amore from officials in Italy &#8230; because their upcoming shows&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675034,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[4,236,88,483,3,484],"class_list":["post-675033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-breaking-news","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-hip-hop","tag-news","tag-tmz-hip-hop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675033","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=675033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=675033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}