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      <title>Kanye West to perform in Netherlands despite bans elsewhere</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;US rapper Kanye West, who has been barred from performing in several countries due to past antisemitic comments, is set ​to hold concerts in the Netherlands next month, after its ‌migration minister said there were no legal grounds to deny him entry.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dutch lawmakers had urged the government to bar West, who is now known as Ye, ​citing his past remarks and expressions of admiration for Nazism ​and Adolf Hitler.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Solid grounds are needed to bar people ⁠from entering (the Netherlands). We have not found those in the analyses ​that were conducted,” Bart van den Brink said on Friday.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“His past statements ​are not, at this moment, a reason to deny him entry.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The 48-year-old rapper will perform at the concert venue GelreDome in the city of Arnhem, about 100 ​km southeast of Amsterdam, on June 6 and 8.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;They ​would be Ye’s first European performances since 2014, GelreDome said on its website.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Arnhem authorities ‌said ⁠no permits to protest the concerts had so far been requested.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ye has faced a &lt;a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/australia-says-it-cancelled-kanye-wests-visa-over-heil-hitler-song-2025-07-02/"&gt;growing global backlash&lt;/a&gt;, including for his release of “Heil Hitler”, a song promoting Nazism.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In April, Britain &lt;a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/pressure-mounts-uk-government-ban-kanye-west-after-festival-backlash-2026-04-06/"&gt;denied&lt;/a&gt; Ye entry on the grounds that his ​presence would not ​be conducive to ⁠the public good, forcing the cancellation of his planned Wireless Festival appearance in London.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Later that month, ​he also &lt;a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/kanye-west-postpones-show-france-until-further-notice-2026-04-15/"&gt;postponed&lt;/a&gt; a Marseille show after reports that the French ​government had ⁠sought to block it, and a concert in Poland was also subsequently &lt;a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/kanye-west-concert-poland-will-be-cancelled-newspaper-reports-2026-04-17/"&gt;cancelled&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In January, Ye took out a full-page ad in US newspaper the &lt;em&gt;⁠Wall Street ​Journal,&lt;/em&gt; renouncing his past admiration for ​Hitler and &lt;a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/ye-apologizes-for-antisemitic-remarks-says-he-was-treated-bipolar-disorder-2026-01-26/"&gt;apologising&lt;/a&gt; for his behaviour, which he attributed to an undiagnosed brain injury and untreated ​bipolar disorder.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>US rapper Kanye West, who has been barred from performing in several countries due to past antisemitic comments, is set ​to hold concerts in the Netherlands next month, after its ‌migration minister said there were no legal grounds to deny him entry.</strong></p>
<p>Dutch lawmakers had urged the government to bar West, who is now known as Ye, ​citing his past remarks and expressions of admiration for Nazism ​and Adolf Hitler.</p>
<p>“Solid grounds are needed to bar people ⁠from entering (the Netherlands). We have not found those in the analyses ​that were conducted,” Bart van den Brink said on Friday.</p>
<p>“His past statements ​are not, at this moment, a reason to deny him entry.”</p>
<p>The 48-year-old rapper will perform at the concert venue GelreDome in the city of Arnhem, about 100 ​km southeast of Amsterdam, on June 6 and 8.</p>
<p>They ​would be Ye’s first European performances since 2014, GelreDome said on its website.</p>
<p>Arnhem authorities ‌said ⁠no permits to protest the concerts had so far been requested.</p>
<p>Ye has faced a <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/australia-says-it-cancelled-kanye-wests-visa-over-heil-hitler-song-2025-07-02/">growing global backlash</a>, including for his release of “Heil Hitler”, a song promoting Nazism.</p>
<p>In April, Britain <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/pressure-mounts-uk-government-ban-kanye-west-after-festival-backlash-2026-04-06/">denied</a> Ye entry on the grounds that his ​presence would not ​be conducive to ⁠the public good, forcing the cancellation of his planned Wireless Festival appearance in London.</p>
<p>Later that month, ​he also <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/kanye-west-postpones-show-france-until-further-notice-2026-04-15/">postponed</a> a Marseille show after reports that the French ​government had ⁠sought to block it, and a concert in Poland was also subsequently <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/kanye-west-concert-poland-will-be-cancelled-newspaper-reports-2026-04-17/">cancelled</a>.</p>
<p>In January, Ye took out a full-page ad in US newspaper the <em>⁠Wall Street ​Journal,</em> renouncing his past admiration for ​Hitler and <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/ye-apologizes-for-antisemitic-remarks-says-he-was-treated-bipolar-disorder-2026-01-26/">apologising</a> for his behaviour, which he attributed to an undiagnosed brain injury and untreated ​bipolar disorder.</p>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 16:52:34 +0500</pubDate>
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