American rapper Yee (better known as Kanye West) held a solo concert on June 12 at Dinamo Arena in Tbilisi. The show became part of the musician’s world tour in support of the new album “Bully”.
how Notes Georgia News Edition Not only did Ye come to Georgia for the first time, but this concert became his first performance in the entire post-Soviet region.
Tickets sold out within a few hours. The show was attended by more than 70,000 spectators. Naturally, among them were many Russians. As Telegram channels wrote, the number of flight bookings for the weekend from Russia to Georgia rose by a third. Yeh had previously visited Moscow and was said to have discussed plans to perform in the Russian capital, but that never happened.
Some fans managed to see the rapper in Tbilisi on the eve of the concert – someone accidentally ran into him near the hotel and shook his hand, and someone noticed that you are on Khinkalnaya.
Ye’s concert in Tbilisi became the most attended in Georgian history. Previously, the record belonged to Justin Timberlake, who a year ago gathered 55 thousand people in the same stadium. The Georgian government organizes these concerts as part of the government’s Starring Georgia programme, which aims to boost the country’s tourism potential.
Especially for Yee’s performance, a giant stage in the shape of a rotating hemisphere was installed in the middle of the Dynamo stadium. Everyone liked the set design, but some viewers were dissatisfied with the sound quality. People from the dance floor complained that only the bass could be heard there and that the singing was almost inaudible.
Ye’s world tour didn’t go smoothly everywhere. In Europe, the rapper’s concerts were canceled in the United Kingdom, Poland, Switzerland, Italy, France and the Czech Republic. Yi’s reputation has been greatly damaged in recent years by Nazi and anti-Semitic statements. He later apologized to them and explained his words as mental problems. The rapper has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder.