Kanye West's controversial remarks will highly likely affect his future concerts.
West's fortunes plummeted after losing several deals, including Adidas, from being the No. 1 richest rapper in the world with a multi-billion net worth. His talent agency, CAA, also dropped him for good because of his confrontational antisemitic comments.
Amid these, there are questions about whether the rapper's career will also be affected by his actions, including his touring business.
With that, live music insiders recently shared their opinion with Rolling Stone and explained why his next concerts would not be as successful as his previous ones.
One industry executive said West could still launch shows, but he would not be backed up by Live Nation, AEG, and other most powerful promoters.
"I think he'll be compelled to do something live at some point. He could go try and go to a venue directly, and put up the money himself. He would hire freelancers willing to work with him. Or if a promoter worked with him, it would be somebody desperately trying to buy some buzz and some market share," the source explained.
Kanye West's Behavior Already Made Him Lose Concert Promoters
Aside from the brands, West reportedly lost industry players because they were discouraged by his erratic behavior.
Per the same source, Live Nation already cut ties with him because of his recent comments. It was noted that the company ceased communication with him in February due to difficulties it faced while working with him.
Another insider disclosed that Live Nation had had no contact with West and his team for six months already.
Other concert organizers suffered from it, as well, including Rolling Loud Miami, where he was scheduled to headline.
Rolling Loud's co-founder Tariq Cherif told the Los Angeles Times that they had never experienced an event like what West did to them. Unfortunately, the rapper's move was not taken lightly.
"The platform we built deserves respect, and we didn't like it. We understood he wasn't prepared to perform in a headline capacity, so we had to respect it and find a replacement. It's unfortunate, and we did the best we could," it went on.
In the end, a concert booker warned that West's way back would take much longer time because he dug a deep hole himself by being violent towards people.
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