The mayor of San Antonio has called for Kanye West’s upcoming concert at the city’s Alamodome to be cancelled.
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The rapper, now known as Ye, is currently scheduled to perform at the city-funded venue on July 4, as part of his ongoing but troubled comeback tour.
San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones has now said she supports cancelling the show, citing Ye’s history of anti-Semitic comments and hate speech.
“I support canceling the @kanyewest concert,” Jones wrote on X yesterday (June 20). “Military City USA should not host someone with a record of hate speech and antisemitic comments in a city-funded facility like our Alamodome – not ever, and certainly not on July 4th, our Nation’s 250th birthday.”
She added: “Standing up to antisemitism is exactly what it takes to achieve a more perfect Union.”
I support canceling the @kanyewest concert.
Military City USA should not host someone with a record of hate speech and antisemitic comments in a city-funded facility like our Alamodome—not ever, and certainly not on July 4th, our Nation’s 250th birthday.
Standing up to…
— Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones (@Mayor_GOJ) June 20, 2026
At the time of writing, the San Antonio show remains listed to go ahead, with tickets still available.
Her comments follow similar from Florida Senator Rick Scott, who recently urged the Tampa Sports Authority to cancel Ye’s upcoming shows at Raymond James Stadium on June 26 and 28.
Scott argued that allowing the rapper to perform in a taxpayer-supported stadium would be a “slap in the face” to Florida’s Jewish community, citing what he described as Ye’s “constant anti-Semitic attacks”.
The Tampa Sports Authority later said that it follows free-speech principles in operating the venue, while adding that it did not condone offensive or divisive comments from artists.
.@kanyewest’s antisemitic remarks are vile & a slap in the face to Florida’s Jewish community.
It’s EXTREMELY troubling that TAXPAYER dollars are being used to fund his upcoming concert in Tampa.
I’m demanding ACTION. pic.twitter.com/15vtQQjhVp
— Rick Scott (@SenRickScott) June 4, 2026
Ye’s return to touring has been repeatedly affected by backlash to his anti-Semitic comments and use of Nazi imagery. In April, Wireless Festival cancelled its 2026 event after the UK government blocked Ye from entering the country. He had been booked to headline all three nights of the London festival.
The rapper’s planned shows in Poland and Switzerland were also cancelled amid backlash, while a French date was postponed and an Italian show was pulled over safety concerns.
A number of other dates have gone ahead, however. Ye has performed this year at SoFi Stadium in California, and in Istanbul, where he claimed to have drawn 118,000 people and broken the record for the largest stadium performance in history. He has also played dates in the Netherlands, and he currently has shows listed for Albania, Spain, Portugal and Chicago.
In January, Ye published a full-page advertisement in the Wall Street Journal apologising for anti-Semitic and other offensive comments. In the letter, he linked his behaviour to mental health struggles and said he was committed to accountability, treatment and change.
The controversy dates back to 2022, when Ye made a series of anti-Semitic posts on social media, leading to suspensions from Instagram and X and the loss of major business partnerships, including Adidas and Balenciaga.
In early 2025, he retracted a previous apology to the Jewish community, once again declaring himself “a Nazi” on X, before later posted that, “after further reflection”, he had come to the realisation that he was not one.
Ye released his latest album ‘Bully’ in March, after debuting it via a YouTube livestream.
