The festival starred by Kanye West was canceled.
Kanye West was supposed to be the main performer of the Rubicon Festival. Aop
Slovakia’s largest hip-hop festival has been canceled. The Rubicon Festival was scheduled to organize this coming weekend in Bratislava, but the US rapper Kanye West, or Yen; plea led to the cancellation of the entire festival.
Kanye West was attached to the entire festival’s main performer. However, the audience was not satisfied with the artist choice, but quickly after the announcement, a petition was established to cancel the gig. The petition garnered thousands of signatures in a short time.
Now the festival has been completely canceled for this year. The Rubicon Festival announced the cancellation on Instagram.
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-Unfortunately, we have to announce: The Rubicon Festival will not be held this year. This was not an easy decision. Due to the media pressure and the retreat of several artists and partners, we were unable to implement the festival at the quality level you deserve, the festival says on Instagram.
The festival says that ticket prices will be refunded.
In June the festival reported for the criticism it received regarding the occurrence of West. The artist’s performance was then justified by the fact that the festival was not a political event.
Kanye West has raised criticism with his Nazi -friendly comments and actions. In May, West released a song in SoundCloud Heil Hitler, At the end of which heard an extract from Adolf Hitler’s speech. However, the song quickly left the service.
In February, the artist performed with a swastika patterned shirt, which he later sold on his own website. West has also said in his X account that he was a Nazi, but canceled his message a few days later.