Gina Ortiz Jones, the mayor of San Antonio, Texas, is pushing for the cancellation of Kanye West’s Fourth of July live performance on the Alamodome. Ye introduced the present final week, and tickets are at the moment accessible by way of Ticketmaster at costs starting from $127.50 for the standard admission, upper-level seat to $1,461.25 for the “YE – Entrance Row Expertise,” a row-one seat within the decrease degree of the stadium closest to the ground.
On Saturday night time (June 20), the San Antonio Democrat, a U.S. Air Power veteran, shared her stance on Ye’s scheduled occasion within the south-central Texan metropolis, citing the musician’s historical past of hate speech and antisemitic remarks as purpose for the Alamodome — which may accommodate a crowd of greater than 70,000 with an in-the-round live performance format like that of Ye’s globe-shaped stage — to drag the plug on the Independence Day reserving.
“I help canceling the @kanyewest live performance,” she wrote in a put up on X.
“Army Metropolis USA shouldn’t host somebody with a document of hate speech and antisemitic feedback in a city-funded facility like our Alamodome—not ever, and positively not on July 4th, our Nation’s 250th birthday,” Ortiz Jones mentioned.
The San Antonio mayor added, “Standing as much as antisemitism is precisely what it takes to attain a extra excellent Union.”
Ye’s July 4 San Antonio date lands in the course of live shows in Tampa, Florida (June 26, 28), and Tirana, Albania (July 11). The rapper’s summer season mini tour — because it stands proper now — then brings him to Madrid, Spain (July 30), and Algarve, Portugal (Aug. 7), earlier than routing again to the U.S. for a pair of homecoming reveals in Chicago, Illinois (Sept. 3-4). He hasn’t had an official full-scale tour on this decade.
Although West has efficiently placed on his present this yr in Mexico Metropolis and Los Angeles, and in cities in Turkey, the Netherlands and Georgia, he’s additionally had reveals pulled in England, Poland and France.
Republican U.S. Sen. Rick Scott of Florida lately referred to as for Ye’s performances to be referred to as off in Tampa.
Scott wrote in an announcement on June 4, “Kanye West’s constant antisemitic assaults are an affront to the values of the folks of the Hillsborough group. He has overtly praised Nazis, referred to as himself one, and slandered Jews internationally. Kanye West additionally funded a Superbowl advert in 2025 that directed viewers to buy merchandise that includes swastikas.”
“West’s remarks are vile and a slap within the face to our state’s Jewish group,” mentioned the senator. “It’s troubling {that a} stadium supported by taxpayer {dollars} would overtly subsidize an occasion led by an artist identified for pushing this harmful, hateful rhetoric, particularly with Florida having one of many largest Jewish populations in our nation.”
On Friday, Ye launched a deluxe version of his newest album, Bully, that includes up to date mixes of its authentic tracks and new songs “OK” (that includes Don Toliver) and “Mission Management.”
