Kanye West to become biggest western star to play in Russia since invasion of Ukraine

NewsWorldEuropeKanye West to become biggest western star to play in Russia since invasion of UkraineThe rapper has seen numerous tour dates cancelled following controversy over his previous antisemitic remarksBryony Gooch Tuesday 18 August 2026 15:06 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b3034474","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/kanye-west-concert-russia-war-ukraine-b3034474.html","title":"Kanye West to become biggest western star to play in Russia since invasion of Ukraine"}}CloseWireless Festival cancelled as UK government deny Kanye West entryOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly international news dispatchEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"pianoFieldName":"receiveOnTheGround","regTitle":"On The Ground","subscriptionGroup":"on_the_ground","subscriptionGroupId":"14806361-6435-4d19-b06e-05326605fb01","pathPrefix":["/news/world/europe","/news/world/middle-east","/news/world/australasia","/news/world/africa","/asia"],"associatedAuthors":["Bel Trew","Sam Kiley"],"title":"On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","mobileTitle":"Get a weekly international news dispatch","lengthenedMobileTitle":"Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/onTheGround1_1.png","newsletterKey":"receiveOnTheGround","regSourceSection":"Europe","regSourceNewsletter":"NSC"}}Kanye West will perform in St Petersburg in October in yet another...