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Kanye West Gets Go-Ahead From Government to Perform in the Netherlands, Despite Protests

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Kanye West Gets Go-Ahead From Government to Perform in the Netherlands, Despite Protests
May 29, 2026 11:33am PT Kanye West Gets Go-Ahead From Government to Perform in the Netherlands, Despite Protests

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One day ahead of Kanye West’s summer tour kickoff in Istanbul, he has received the go-ahead from officials in the Netherlands for planned dates in the city of Arnhelm on June 6 and 8, despite pushback and protests in the country.

“Solid grounds are needed to bar people ⁠from entering [the country]. We have not found those in the analyses ​that were conducted,” Deputy Prime Minister Bart van den Brink said on Friday, as reported by Reuters. “His past statements ​are not, at this moment, a reason to deny him entry.”

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