Partially banned in Europe, Kanye West draws about 70,000 concertgoers in Tbilisi

 U.S. rapper Kanye West, also known as Ye, gave a concert in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Friday (June 12). All tickets for the show at Dinamo soccer stadium, which has a capacity of 70,000, sold out last month within 8 hours after going on sale, according to organisers.

“We came especially to Tbilisi for YE. We closed the show like three weeks ago, and since then we have been having major problems with the flights and wars of our country and everything, but then we are here”, Ido, YE fan came from Israel, said to Reuters.  

Kanye West has been barred from performing in several European countries, including the United Kingdom and Poland, due to past antisemitic comments. 

“We heard that he got banned, so we thought we had to see him and we had friends in Tbilisi, so we thought we would come over and and watch him,” United Kingdom resident, Fai said to Reuters.