Kanye West Concert in St. Petersburg Not Cancelled
Organizers of Kanye West's concert in St. Petersburg, Russia, deny the event has been canceled, stating preparations continue and they are unaware of the venue's claim that no contract was signed. The venue, Gazprom Arena, stated it did not organize or contract the concert.
Consensus
- The concert of Kanye West in St. Petersburg is not canceled according to organizers.
- Preparation for the concert is ongoing in a regular mode.
- Say Agency is the organizing agency for the concert.
- Gazprom Arena has stated it did not sign any contract for the event.
- Say Agency claims Gazprom Arena sent them a contract to sign by August 27.
- Say Agency is trying to contact Gazprom Arena to clarify the situation.
- The concert was previously announced on Gazprom Arena's website, but the post was later removed.
Points of divergence
- Say Agency does not understand why Gazprom Arena claimed the concert was canceled. — vedomosti
- Organizers learned about the venue's decision to cancel the concert through media reports, not direct communication. — tg_tass_agency
- Say Agency confirmed that Gazprom Arena had agreed to the concert announcement. — vm
- 100,000 tickets were sold for Kanye West's concert, with fans coming from Brazil, Europe, the US, and the UK. — vm
Coverage (7 sources)
- Kanye West concert not canceled, preparations proceeding normally, Say Agency stated — ASTRA
- Kanye concert not cancelled — organizers insist. — Baza
- Organizers of the Kanye West concert claim it will take place — Дождь (Telegram)
- Organizers of the Kanye West concert know nothing about the cancellation of the event — Ведомости
- Organizers learned from media about venue's decision to cancel Kanye West concert, agency Say Agency stated: 'Publications on venue resources were not coordinated with us. 'Arena' did not notify our concert agency of its statements' — ТАСС (Telegram)
- Organizers of Kanye West concert in Russia state that performance is not yet cancelled — Вечерняя Москва
- Organizers of Kanye West concert say venue itself agreed to announce the event Say Agency issued an official statement after 'Gazprom Arena' reported that a contract for the Kanye West concert with the venue was not signed. In the agency... — Baza
Key entities
- Kanye West
- Say Agency
- Gazprom Arena
- Media
- Fontanka
- Anna Subcheva
- Max
- Russia
- Telegram
- Baza
- Radio RBK
- Arena
- Ye
- Say Agen
- Saint-Peterburg
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