Overview
- The Reggio Emilia prefecture ordered the cancellation of two RCF Arena concerts scheduled for July 17–18, a decision taken after a provincial public safety committee met on May 25 and reported publicly on Saturday.
- Officials said the back-to-back bookings at the 103,000-seat stadium created an unacceptable strain on crowd control and emergency planning and raised a concrete risk of counter-protests.
- The prefect explicitly noted calls from the local Jewish community and consumer group CODACONS and cited Kanye West’s prior European cancellations as factors in the security assessment.
- Travis Scott’s July 17 slot was also blocked because authorities factored his post-Astroworld safety record into the overall risk evaluation for consecutive large-scale events.
- Organisers have said they will seek to relocate Ye’s July 18 performance to a nearby site under a different jurisdiction, a move that leaves ticketing, line-up plans and the wider tour calendar uncertain.