According to the Moscow Times, he will perform two gigs at Gazprom Arena, which is named after the Russian gas company Gazprom.
Ye has previously made anti-Semitic statements and released the song “Heil Hitler” in 2025. Putin has justified Russia's war against Ukraine by saying that Russia is fighting Ukrainian neo-Nazis, but that does not prevent the American rapper from playing in St. Petersburg.
Earlier this year, he had shows cancelled in countries such as England, Poland, Switzerland and France. His recent concert in Istanbul drew a record crowd of 118,000 people.
