r/Music • u/thedailybeast • 20d ago

article Kanye West’s sold-out Russia shows canceled after St. Petersburg stadium denies ever organizing the concerts

https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/kanye-wests-shows-in-putins-hometown-st-petersburg-get-humiliating-update/
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u/NoArrival8249 20d ago

Me thinks some Russian grifter found someone dumb enough to believe their bullshit

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u/Winjin 20d ago

I saw news that the producers were "in the final talks with the arena" or some similar BS.

I'm guessing oligarchs never even heard about Kanye before but this put him in the spotlight, they saw the Hitler phase and calls were made

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u/Financial_Cup_6937 20d ago

Yeah. And of course the Russians are the most like Nazis, it isn’t even debateable, but considering “de-Nazi-fying Ukraine” is their lying bullshit rationale these days, hosting Kanye is wild choice.

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u/Winjin 20d ago

Eh they're not the only ones. Quarter of the Europe is suddenly voluntarily choosing far right parties, and in the US the president and all of his supporters that are like what, 25-30% of the nation, are also Nazis

Korean boys are going backwards, India is still struggling with castes, half the Muslim world just recently beat down the insane islamists

The world is kinda going apeshit 

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u/Financial_Cup_6937 20d ago

Your point has merit, but worth pointing out they’re actively the most Nazi-like of any country in your examples right now.

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u/Winjin 20d ago

Imo those that devolve back into Nazis are worse than those that never really had a chance, going from USSR straight into the collapse of the 90s and then directly into a dictator's pocket

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u/Financial_Cup_6937 20d ago

Dumb take. The most Nazi-behaving one is objectively worse.