YE – Kanye Wes: After early bird pre-sales sold out, – new batch of tickets are now available
Saturday, July 18, 2026
the first live concert in Italy of
YE – KANYE WEST
at the RCF Arena in Reggio Emilia
103,000 spectators
His return with a live concert in Europe after more than ten years
The first early bird presales are sold out
A NEW LINE OF TICKETS AVAILABLE ON TICKETMASTER FROM TODAY
YE – KANYE WEST returns to Europe on Saturday, July 18, 2026, with a major live concert after more than a decade,choosing Italy for this historic return. The RCF Arena in Reggio Emilia, the most iconic venue on the continent designed specifically for large-scale open-air live concerts, will host YE’s first European concert since 2014 , in what promises to be the biggest show of his career to date. He will headline the new crossover festival format Hellwatt Festival , which will take place at the RCF Arena over three weekends, from July 4 to July 18 .
Yesterday, Monday, December 22nd, tens of thousands of people from around the world lined up on Ticketmaster to try and secure early bird tickets. This confirms the intense anticipation for this historic concert. Discounted tickets sold out in just a few hours!
A new batch of tickets went on sale today, December 23, starting at €178.25 (including taxes, excluding fees): www.ticketmaster.it/artist/ye-kanye-west-biglietti/24556 .
Some tickets also include access to the RCF Arena boulevard for the official Zamna Festival-curated pre-party and after-party, featuring the Zamna Takeover@Hellwatt format, within the boulevard. Gates for the pre-party will open on July 18th at 12:00 PM, while general gates will open at 5:00 PM.
People with disabilities are invited to contact the RCF Arena directly at concerti@maniamicheonlus.org for information on access methods.
Additional tickets, subject to limited availability, and all premium packages will go on sale in conjunction with the official unveiling of the full Hellwatt Festival lineup in early 2026, when the event’s full artistic and production plan will be revealed.
The event on July 18th is conceived as an artistic and performative rebirth , designed for a unique location in the world and for an extraordinary audience of 103,000 spectators , who will make this event unrepeatable and destined to enter the history of live music.
It will be an unprecedented immersive event, with cinematic staging, which will bring Reggio Emilia and all of Italy to the centre stage of major global music events .
A central and revolutionary figure in contemporary culture, YE has redefined the languages of hip hop and global music with era-defining albums like “Graduation” and “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.” The July 18 concert definitively represents his return to live performance as a total experience and marks the beginning of a new artistic phase , conceived on a monumental scale.
Zamna Festival , the prestigious international format born in Tulum, Mexico, recognized as one of the main references of the global electronic music scene, will be the official partner of the events at the RCF Arena, organizing all the pre- and after-parties during the concert days.
Milan, December 23, 2025