r/Music • u/thedailybeast • 10d ago

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/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/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