Ye Sets 2 St. Petersburg Concerts for October as 80,000-Seat Gazprom Arena Opens Sales
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Updated · The Moscow Times · Aug 18
Ye Sets 2 St. Petersburg Concerts for October as 80,000-Seat Gazprom Arena Opens Sales
3 articles · Updated · The Moscow Times · Aug 18
Summary
Oct. 10 and 11 are the dates Say Agency announced for Ye’s St. Petersburg concerts at Gazprom Arena, with tickets priced from 9,000 rubles to 160,000 rubles.
Gazprom Arena can hold about 80,000 spectators, and the shows extend Ye’s recent run of large regional appearances after crowds of 118,000 in Istanbul, 70,000 in Tbilisi and an August stop in Almaty.
Russia had been rumored as a possible Ye venue since his 2024 Moscow visit, but the booking stands out because he has faced backlash over antisemitic remarks, including praise for Adolf Hitler and a 2025 song titled “Heil Hitler.”
April brought a UK entry ban over those remarks, and European shows in Italy and Poland were canceled, making the Russia dates notable as the Kremlin casts itself as a defender of World War II historical truth.