Ye approved – Ye, formerly Kanye West, is set to perform in the Netherlands in June after Dutch officials said there were no legal grounds to deny him entry, even as lawmakers elsewhere pushed bans tied to his past antisemitic remarks and admiration for Hitler.
When Ye walks onstage in the Netherlands later this month’s calendar—two nights in June—he will be stepping into a country that, for now, won’t stop him at the border.
Dutch officials said there were no legal grounds to deny his entry, following pressure from lawmakers who argued his past remarks and expressions of admiration for Nazism and Adolf Hitler should be enough to bar him.
Deputy Prime Minister Bart van den Brink said Friday, May 29 that “Solid grounds are needed to bar people from entering (the Netherlands). We have not found those in the analyses that were conducted.” He added that “His past statements are not, at this moment, a reason to deny him entry.”
Ye, 48, is scheduled to perform at the GelreDome concert venue in Arnhem—about 62 miles southeast of Amsterdam—on June 6 and June 8. Dutch organizers say it would be his first European performances since 2014, according to GelreDome.
Local authorities in Arnhem said there have been no permits to protest the concerts requested. The lack of formal protest permits comes as Ye has faced mounting backlash internationally, including criticism tied to the release of his 2025 track “Heil Hitler.”
His new Dutch booking lands after a string of cancellations and refusals elsewhere tied to his comments. In April. Britain denied Ye entry on the grounds his presence would not be conducive to the public good. forcing the cancellation of his planned Wireless Festival appearance in London. Later in April. Ye also postponed a Marseille show after reports the French government had sought to block it. and a concert in Poland was subsequently cancelled.
In the United States. Ye tried to reset the narrative in January with a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal. In it, he renounced his past admiration for Hitler and apologised for his behavior. He said he attributed the actions to an undiagnosed brain injury and untreated bipolar disorder. In the same ad, Ye wrote: “I am not a Nazi or an antisemite. I love Jewish people.”.
For now, the Netherlands’ decision turns on the question of law rather than outrage. The sequence is stark: lawmakers urged a ban citing Ye’s prior statements and admiration for Hitler. but Deputy Prime Minister Bart van den Brink said the government’s analyses did not find the “solid grounds” needed to deny entry.
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Wait so they just let him in like nothing happened? Wild.
Bro said “brain injury” and “bipolar” and suddenly everyone’s like ok cool? I mean I’m not even trying to be rude but that ad in the Wall Street Journal is like a get out of jail card.
I don’t get it because if lawmakers elsewhere wanted bans, shouldn’t the Netherlands just be like “safety first”? Also the article mentions no permits for protests so maybe they’re trying to quiet everybody instead.
Solid grounds needed… so what, they only care if it’s technically legal not if it’s morally disgusting. GelreDome in Arnhem right? 62 miles from Amsterdam sounds made up too tbh. And wasn’t this about him releasing that “Heil Hitler” song or am I mixing it with another troll? Either way he shouldn’t be performing.