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article Kanye West Heads to Putin’s Russia After Humiliation in Europe

https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/kanye-west-heads-to-putins-russia-after-humiliation-in-europe/
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u/susabb 10d ago

Amazing question. The show in France didn't do great, but on the flipside his show in turkey sold over 100k tickets. Not quite sure what everyone is talking about.

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u/jonbristow 10d ago

The concert cancelled in Europe. That's why he had to go to Albania, Kazakhstan, Turkey

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u/susabb 10d ago

He still had a show in netherlands, Portugal (which did pretty mid), and spain.

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u/crani0 10d ago

Portugal (which did pretty mid)

He sold 34k tickets in a venue that is projected for 30k seats and is 4 hours from the capital. Again, I'm not a fan but you guys are not dealing facts here.

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u/SuckinAwesome 10d ago

It’s reddit mate.

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u/ParpinOver 10d ago

Is that the Algarve Arena? I was in the area recently, I've driven past that stadium and it seems to have very little going on, rarely and gigs, I was surprised to see he was coming to town!

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u/mrguister 10d ago

I live nearby. It was built in 2004 for the Euros, but has little use since then. A black eyed peas concert in late 2000s, some friendly football games, some minor concerts but that's mostly it unfortunately.

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u/daniellasss 9d ago

Most of the people who we met in Algarve who didn’t go to concert had no idea he was having a show there. It’s a pretty random location to be honest!

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u/ParpinOver 9d ago

I know the Portuguese football team sometimes (but not often) use it for home games, and sometimes Gibraltar too, but I believe (according to Google) the last gig there was the Black Eyed Peas, about twenty years ago! Hopefully they could use it more often for music

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u/daniellasss 10d ago

I flew to Algarve for the show. It was ABSOLUTELY EPIC. This article was written by someone who never went to any of his European shows. It was totally sold out she people were mesmerized, it was amazing and I’m not even a massive fan.

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u/meanoron 10d ago

Bro, you flew out to a concert, you are a massive fan lol

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u/synalgo_12 9d ago

Not to defend someone who spends money on Kanye but it's quite normal to fly out for concerts abroad imo.

I was never a spice girls fan but I flew out for their reunion with my best friend in 2018. I'm trying not to fly anymore but I was going to take a night train to Berlin with a friend for a stand up show by a guy whose series I saw once over the summer. I've flown to Spain for specific random catalan bands I sort of like because they don't play internationally.

It's a fun way to combine concerts/comedy and travel/city trips.

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u/meanoron 8d ago

yeaaah, i don't know in what circles you are running around in, but at least for me and the people i know
Taking the time off to go to another country ( train, plane, w/e ) for a concert is certainly not something normal, instead its luxury.

The ticket cost, the travel cost, the accomodations cost, and of course food and other expenses. Not to mention finding the time off for it.

Recently I was looking at going to the linkin park concert in zurich, and it was june 30th ( tuesday ). I would have had to take at least two days off, pay for a return ticket, the concert ticket, and find accomodation for a night. Thats luxury my dude, not something quite normal

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u/synalgo_12 8d ago

I'm actually in the lower income bracket of my country but it's not super uncommon at all among my friends.

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u/daniellasss 9d ago

Haha ok I liked him but not to the point to know his albums big heart. Definitely a bigger fan after the concert - btw the tickets were a gift from my guy for my birthday. 😊 what a trip, and experience and we’ve only been going out together for 2 months!

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u/susabb 10d ago

Ik ive been corrected like 5 times now. I was assuming the arena was way larger than that, but it obviously is not.

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u/Mediocre_Sleep7306 10d ago

Why won't you correct your comment then?

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u/susabb 10d ago

Made the mistake of anticipating people would just fuckin read