Kanye West has been cleared to perform in the Netherlands in June, after Dutch Deputy Prime Minister Bart van den Brink ruled that no legal basis exists to keep him out of the country.
Ye is booked to perform at the GelreDome in Arnhem on June 6 and June 8. The venue sits roughly 60 miles southeast of Amsterdam.
“Solid grounds are needed to bar people from entering. We have not found those in the analyses that were conducted,” van den Brink said of the decision, per Reuters. “His past statements are not, at this moment, a reason to deny him entry.”
The decision came despite pressure from Dutch lawmakers who had called on the government to refuse West’s entry, pointing to his widely condemned expressions of admiration for Adolf Hitler and Nazism. Several other European dates were scrapped before the Netherlands clearance came through.
The Netherlands approval stands in contrast to what happened in the UK, where the Home Office blocked West from entering the country. His booking as a headliner across all three nights of London’s Wireless Festival had already triggered a fierce public backlash, with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer among those voicing criticism. Pepsi pulled its sponsorship, other partners followed, and Wireless Festival ultimately cancelled its entire 2026 event.
The Dutch shows are part of a world tour West had been planning around his new album, Bully, which was released in March.
Though Ye is having problems with his performances abroad (most recently, his planned performance in New Delhi), his plans in the United States seem to be proceeding as scheduled. He recently revealed that he’ll be performing in Tampa, Florida, on June 26 — marking the first time in a decade that he’s played there.
Though details about the Tampa show are being kept under wraps, it appears that pre-registrants for the ticket sale will be selected to receive free tickets, per Kanye West’s touring website.
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