Followers at a Kanye West present in Shanghai this weekend began chanting for a refund after he arrived late and gave an erratic efficiency.
The rapper performed his first gig in virtually a 12 months on the Shanghai Stadium on Saturday night time (July 12) – together with his final outing final September additionally having taken place in China.
Based on The World Instances, Ye took to the stage greater than 40 minutes late and throughout the wait, a number of the 70,000 in attendance started chanting for a refund. When he did seem, he reportedly suffered from technical points, with the DJ having to restart a number of songs. There was rain throughout the present, which can have affected the efficiency.
Ye’s staging was minimal, with little by means of lighting or manufacturing design and a few in attendance reported that there have been sound high quality points. The present started trending on Chinese language social media, with one consumer reportedly saying they’d “by no means seen such a poorly organised live performance”.
See some social media reactions right here:
So I’ve been a fan of Kanye West since I used to be a teen. MBDTF opened my ears to the sonics in music. Was arduous to get tix for him in Shanghai however received it. Was hyped af. Couldn’t even sleep night time earlier than. However. Worst live performance I’ve ever been to. @kanyewest u might be higher pic.twitter.com/3CbPd0BO29
— Fabian_Lemuel (@Fabian_Lemuel) July 13, 2025
这下侃爷真成沪Ye了
The REAL 夜上海 lastly confirmed up 40 minutes late to his present in SHANGHAI ⏰For these aware of the strict guidelines in CHINA, this time WILL not be added again. They’ll minimize his present exactly in line with schedule 🎬 pic.twitter.com/9ySYRjBIlL
— 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐖𝐓𝐘𝐌𝐄 🇨🇳🇺🇸⚜️ (@DetroitShowtyme) July 12, 2025
Shanghai shoppers DO NOT PLAY.
Huge crowd was shouting REFUND after Ye was late 40 minutes to his live performance. https://t.co/vK75CurL0O pic.twitter.com/7ZFt3ynuv2
— 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐖𝐓𝐘𝐌𝐄 🇨🇳🇺🇸⚜️ (@DetroitShowtyme) July 12, 2025
BOUND 2pic.twitter.com/gEtczUwr1D
— Skitzo (@theskitzo_) July 12, 2025
American Rapper Kanye West held a live performance in Shanghai, China.
Kanye crammed up a 70,000 stadium; Chinese language sang alongside.
Kanye’s tweaked his “N**ga He*l H*tler” to “N**ga Hallelujah.” pic.twitter.com/YyeTAZ7cYH
— Wolf Transient (@wolfbrief_) July 13, 2025
The rapper has discovered it tough to safe dwell bookings in recent times, having solely performed in China and South Korea since 2023. A scheduled present at a Slovakian competition was just lately cancelled after a petition in opposition to his look obtained 1000’s of signatures.
The petition accused Ye of “repeatedly and overtly adhering to symbols and [an] ideology linked with the darkest interval of contemporary international historical past”, and known as the deliberate look “an insult to historic reminiscence, a glorification of wartime violence and debasement of all victims of the Nazi regime”.
Moreover, the petition additionally known as it “unacceptable” for Bratislava to host a efficiency by West resulting from “his harmful public attitudes which are in direct battle with European reminiscence and historic duty”.
The newest of Ye’s controversies occurred on Could 8 this 12 months, the eightieth anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany within the Second World Struggle, when he launched a music known as ‘Heil Hitler’. Earlier this 12 months, he was additionally sued for discrimination and accused of texting “Hail Hitler” to Jewish Yeezy worker.
The music led to West being banned from travelling to Australia, with the nation’s dwelling affairs minister, Tony Burke, confirming that the rapper’s visa has been revoked earlier this month.
Again in February, the rapper additionally wiped his Yeezy website clear, leaving solely a white t-shirt with a big swastika on the chest out there on the market. In earlier years, Ye had delivered a sequence of antisemitic feedback throughout an interview with far-right commentator Gavin McInnes.
