Kanye West's mysterious concert at the Rcf Arena in Reggio Emilia has a fixed date. The American rapper's show will be held next Friday, October 20. This is confirmed by the prefect of the city of the tricolor, Maria Rita Cocciufa who explained how "in the late morning the request for authorization for the event arrived" dissolving the doubts and uncertainties of recent days. Although, at the moment, there have not yet been official announcements from the artist's entourage and neither have the tickets that fans are waiting for with great trepidation been put on sale. 80,000 people are expected, but the maximum capacity can reach up to 103,000. The rumors began circulating a week ago. The star (spotted in Italy in those days, at the Marassi stadium for Genoa-Milan with his Italian partner Bianca Censori) would also have made an inspection of the Reggio Emilia airfield and then gave his ok to the location. From here the close negotiation with the organizers would have started. And the tam tam of rumors about the dates: the first on October 13 (today), then on the 20th and finally on the 30th. The second is the good one. Ye - as West calls himself - would also have already booked cars with tinted windows with which to move around Reggio Emilia and hotels for his crew. It would be his first ever concert in Italy, after years of not performing, not counting his appearance at the Circus Maximus last August during the Travis Scott show. Now, however, the race against time to guarantee public order has begun. On Monday, a security table is convened in the prefecture of Reggio Emilia. The plan is now tried and tested as the events arena comes from a busy summer of concerts, from Zucchero to 'Italia Loves Romagna' up to Harry Styles (sold out with over one hundred thousand spectators) and the Tactical Nuclear Penguins (which still brought 80,000 people). An RCF Arena that, after the inauguration at the turn of the pandemic and the slow start compared to the proclaimed ambitions, is taking off towards the dream of becoming the Italian capital of music with a modern and ad hoc structure (an upgrade of the budding temple of the landlord Luciano Ligabue and the legendary live of U2 that brought 147,000 people in '97), with dizzying inducements, aiming at the big names in world music. Also discussed by critics and audiences, just like Kanye West. Kim Kardashian's ex-husband does not like everyone, especially for his recent anti-Semitic, pro-Hitler and pro-Nazi remarks; so much so that the criticisms of Anpi and Casa Cervi have already been raised: "In Reggio Emilia, a city gold medal of the resistance, we do not want it". Controversy that also extends to Rammstein, the German band that three days ago announced that it will play at the Rcf Arena on July 21st (the only Italian date of the 2024 tour): feminist associations are on a war footing by virtue of the accusations of sexual violence that involved the frontman of the group Till Lindemann.
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