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The Ye Live Concert Tour is the ongoing seventh headlining concert tour by American rapper Kanye West, in support of his twelfth studio album, Bully (2026). It commenced on April 1, 2026, in Inglewood, California at the SoFi Stadium and is his first concert tour in a decade, following the Saint Pablo Tour in 2016.

Location
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • North America
Associated albumBully
Start dateApril 1, 2026 (2026-04-01)
End dateNovember 21, 2026 (2026-11-21)
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Ye Live Concert Tour
Tour by Kanye West
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Location
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • North America
Associated albumBully
Start dateApril 1, 2026 (2026-04-01)
End dateNovember 21, 2026 (2026-11-21)
Legs1
No. of shows20
Websitetour.yeezy.com
Kanye West tour chronology
Saint Pablo Tour
(2016)
Ye Live Concert Tour
(2026)
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West collaborated with Aus Taylor to design the tour's staging, which features a large spherical-shaped spinning main stage that projects visuals. The tour recorded large ticket sales and attendances, reportedly selling 118,000 tickets for a show (setting the all-time record for the largest stadium performance) in Istanbul. It also generated controversy on social media and news cycles related to the cancellation of multiple concerts due to West's previous antisemitic statements.

Production

Stage

The Ye Live Concert Tour features a large spherical-shaped main stage, which projects visuals of the Earth and Moon spinning around throughout the performance.[1] West explained themes of return and revival as inspiration for the stage design, likening it to "standing on top of the world after everything we've been through".[2] The stage was designed by West and Aus Taylor,[3] with lighting being provided by John McGuire.[4]

Merchandise

Tour merchandise distributed in Almaty in August 2026

Commercial performance

The tour's second show at SoFi Stadium grossed $18 million, becoming one of the world's highest-grossing concerts.[5] The May 30 show in Istanbul sold 118,000 tickets, making it the largest single show attendance for a West concert;[6] West later claimed the show broke the all-time record for the largest stadium performance.[7][8] West's Alamodome concert, which grossed around $9 million, was noted for providing an economic boost to local hotels in San Antonio, with reservations in the area increasing by 22 percent.[9]

Controversy

Geographic distribution of concerts for the Ye Live Concert Tour:
  Concert(s) held
  Future concert(s) planned
  Concert(s) cancelled or preempted
  Concert(s) not planned

From 2022 to 2025, West drew widespread condemnation, and lost sponsors and partnerships, for expressing antisemitic views and sympathizing with Nazi ideology, before issuing an official apology in 2026. These comments affected West's ability to perform in certain markets, particularly within Europe, as several planned concerts were cancelled or blocked by government authorities.[10]

In April 2026, the United Kingdom revoked West's authorization to enter the country, preventing him from headlining Wireless Festival that July, prompting the event's cancellation.[11] Other European performances were postponed or cancelled amid political pressure or public opposition between April and June 2026. French, Polish and Italian authorities cancelled the June 11 concert in Marseille,[12] June 19 concert in Chorzów,[13] and July 18 concert in Reggio Emilia,[10] respectively, while the July 25 concert in Prague was cancelled after the venue prematurely ended its agreement to host West following public and political pressure.[14] West's planned but then-unannounced June concert at St. Jakob Park in Basel was blocked by venue owners FC Basel, citing the club's "values".[15]

West was able to perform in Istanbul on May 30, Arnhem on June 6 and 8, Tbilisi on June 12, Madrid on July 30, and in Algarve on August 7. West's appearance in the Netherlands received scrutiny from some politicians and Jewish organizations, but Dutch authorities and courts, citing the nation's constitutional freedom of speech laws, concluded that there was insufficient legal basis to bar him from entering the country or performing.[16] In June, Senator Rick Scott urged the Tampa Sports Authority to cancel West's shows in the city.[17] Later that month, the mayor of San Antonio, Gina Ortiz Jones expressed support for the cancellation of West's concert in San Antonio stating: "Standing up to antisemitism is exactly what it takes to achieve a more perfect Union".[18] Both of these shows eventually went ahead as planned.[19][20]

Setlist

This set list is representative of the show in Tirana, performed on July 11, 2026, and is not representative of every show on the tour.[21]

Notes

Tour dates

More information Date (2026), City ...
Date (2026) City Country Venue Tickets sold Box office
April 1 Inglewood United States SoFi Stadium 149,000[23] $32,600,000[23]
April 3
May 30 Istanbul Turkey Atatürk Olympic Stadium 118,000[8] N/a
June 6 Arnhem Netherlands GelreDome 70,000[24] N/a
June 8 N/a
June 12 Tbilisi Georgia Dinamo Arena 70,000[25] N/a
June 26 Tampa United States Raymond James Stadium 119,591[26][27] N/a
June 28
July 4 San Antonio Alamodome 61,077[20] $9,000,000[9]
July 11 Tirana Albania Eagle Stadium 60,000[28] N/a
July 30 Madrid Spain Metropolitano Stadium 68,000[29] N/a
August 7 Algarve Portugal Estádio Algarve 34,000[30] N/a
August 15[a] Almaty Kazakhstan Almaty Central Stadium 31,000[32] N/a
August 28 New Orleans United States Caesars Superdome N/a
September 3 Chicago Soldier Field 129,562[33] $29,800,000[33]
September 4
October 24 Jakarta Indonesia Gelora Bung Karno Stadium TBA
October 31 Houston United States Reliant Stadium
November 7 Arlington[b] AT&T Stadium
November 21 Glendale[c] State Farm Stadium
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Cancelled shows

More information Date (2026), City ...
List of cancelled concerts
Date (2026) City Country Venue Reason
March 29 New Delhi India Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Security concerns[34]
May 23
June 11 Marseille France Orange Vélodrome West's previous antisemitic comments[12][13][11]
June 19 Chorzów Poland Silesian Stadium
July 10 London England Wireless Festival
July 11
July 12
July 18[d] Reggio Emilia Italy RCF Arena [it] Security concerns[10]
July 25 Prague Czech Republic Prague-Velká Chuchle Racecourse West's previous antisemitic comments[14]
October 10 Saint Petersburg Russia Gazprom Arena No agreement signed[35]
October 11
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See also

Notes

  1. Postponed by one day due to weather conditions.[31]
  2. Marketed as Dallas in promotional material.
  3. Marketed as Phoenix in promotional material.
  4. This date was part of Hellwatt Festival.

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