Kanye concert at Gazprom Arena canceled “after a call from Moscow” because it was not approved “by the necessary authorities”

Kanye concert at Gazprom Arena canceled “after a call from Moscow” because it was not approved “by the necessary authorities.”

This was reported by Fontanka, citing its sources. One source noted that the issue of holding the concert had come up as far back as six months ago, when other organizers were working on it, and they were verbally refused.

Now, as a source in the authorities noted, the announcement of the concert was made ahead of time: “It just happened that way — they wanted to announce it later, when all the formalities had been completed.”

Another Fontanka source said that Gazprom Arena received a call instructing it to cancel the event. At the same time, Kanye West was already supposed to have been paid for the trip — his fee was supposed to exceed 1.5 billion rubles.