Kanye West is set to take over the UK this summer by headlining all three nights of London’s Wireless Festival.
Ye, who is fresh off releasing his new album Bully, will perform at the Finsbury Park-based festival on July 10, 11 and 12 — incidentally, the same time that his Watch the Throne collaborator JAY-Z will return to the stage at NYC’s Yankee Stadium to celebrate the anniversaries of Reasonable Doubt and The Blueprint.
Adding to the buzz around these shows is the fact that Yeezy has not performed across the pond since his widely-praised headlining set at Glastonbury in 2015, more than a decade ago.
He is also the second North American rapper in as many years to headline Wireless Festival on his own following Drake, who paid tribute to R&B, hip-hop and UK rap/grime, and dancehall and afrobeats across three star-studded performances in 2025.
It’s unclear if Kanye, who is so far the only confirmed act at 2026 Wireless Festival, plans to bring out any special guests of his own or how he will structure his three sets.
Pre-sale begins next Tuesday, April 7, while general tickets go on sale Wednesday, April 8, at 12pm BST / 5pm ET.
Wireless Festival is just one of several international stops that Kanye West is scheduled to make in the coming months to promote Bully, which finally hit streaming services last week after numerous delays.
The Chicago native has also announced two shows at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium on April 1 and 3, followed by a string of arena concerts in Turkey, the Netherlands, France, Italy and Spain between May 30 and July 30.
Ye will be hoping to repair some of the damage caused by his series of increasingly inflammatory statements made in recent years aimed at Jewish people and expressing admiration for Adolf Hitler — comments that cost him his lucrative and influential Yeezy partnership with adidas, among other business deals.
The 48-year-old issued a lengthy apology in The Wall Street Journal in January, clarifying that he is “not a Nazi” and blaming his offensive behavior on undiagnosed brain injuries from his 2002 car accident.
“I regret and am deeply mortified by my actions in that [fractured] state, and am committed to accountability, treatment, and meaningful change. It does not excuse what I did though. I am not a Nazi or an antisemite. I love Jewish people,” he wrote.
