FC Basel and Polish stadium stop US rapper’s upcoming shows, after similar cancellations in France and UK over antisemitic comments
Kanye West’s upcoming concerts in Poland and Switzerland have been cancelled, as a growing number of European countries have stopped or postponed the US rapper’s performances amid a furore over his past antisemitic comments.
Swiss football club FC Basel, which is responsible for concerts and events that take place at its St Jakob-Park ground, told Reuters on Saturday that after reviewing a request for West to perform there in June, it decided against it.
“We cannot, in accordance with our values, provide a platform for the artist in question within this context,” a club spokesperson told Reuters.
On Friday, Silesian Stadium in Chorzów, Poland said it would also cancel West’s upcoming concert on 19 June, after the Polish culture ministry announced it was seeking to bar West from performing in the country.
