Kanye West concert in Poland cancelled over antisemitic comments

The UK government blocked the rapper from entering the country over his history of making pro-Nazi and racist statements.

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West, also known as Ye, was scheduled to appear at the Silesian Stadium in Chorzów on 19 June, his first performance in Poland for 15 years, but the venue said on Friday it would now not take place "due to formal and legal reasons".

Marta Cienkowska, Poland's culture and heritage minister, had described the decision to book West as "unacceptable".

It comes days after West postponed a gig in France and a week after the UK banned him from entering the country to headline Wireless Festival.

In February last year, West started selling swastika T-shirts, prompting the commerce platform Shopify to take down his web store.