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What To Watch For<\/h2>\n

Whether West\u2019s upcoming tour stops are canceled. He is scheduled to perform in the Netherlands on June 6 and June 8, despite backlash from Dutch officials. Dutch Deputy Prime Minister Bart van den Brink said last week that \u201csolid grounds\u201d are needed to bar people from entering the country, noting West\u2019s \u201cpast statements are not, at this moment, a reason to deny him entry.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Tangent<\/h2>\n

West reportedly claimed during his performance in Istanbul that his concert was the \u201clargest stadium performance of all time.\u201d It\u2019s not immediately clear whether West set a new record: Zach Bryan set the record for the largest ticketed audience in U.S. history with just over 112,000 people in attendance for a concert in 2025. Free concerts have drawn much larger crowds, including Lady Gaga\u2019s performance in Rio de Janeiro last year, which reportedly had an audience of 2.5 million. French composer Jean-Michel Jarre has claimed for years that his 1997 concert in Moscow had the world\u2019s largest audience at 3.5 million.<\/p>\n

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Key Background<\/h2>\n

West\u2019s widely condemned antisemitic outbursts began in 2022, when he claimed in a leaked interview with Tucker Carlson that \u201cPlanned Parenthood was made\u2026 with the KKK to control the Jew population.\u201d He later wore a \u201cWhite Lives Matter\u201d shirt, openly praised Hitler and made comments on social media, proclaiming he would never apologize for \u201cMY JEWISH COMMENTS\u201d and that \u201cIM A NAZI.\u201d West ran a Super Bowl ad in the Los Angeles area last year for his fashion brand website yeezy.com, showcasing a $20 plain white T-shirt with a black swastika as the only item available for sale. West apologized for his outbursts in a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal in January, pointing to a decades-old brain injury while requesting \u201cpatience and understanding\u201d as he claimed to be \u201ccommitted to accountability, treatment and meaningful change.\u201d West had held billionaire status before his antisemitic remarks led to Adidas ending its relationship with the rapper. <\/p>\n

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Further Reading<\/h2>\n

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