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Kanye West is set to unveil his new album during a listening party at Italy’s RCF Arena on October 20th, according to Italian newspaper Il Messaggero.
80,000 fans are expected to attend the listening party. Sources say talks are underway for a gig as early as this weekend or possibly next weekend with as many as 80,000 people expected to attend.
However local veterans’ groups representing former partisans who fought against the Nazis and Hitler as well as Italian dictator Benito Mussolini have blasted the concert.
This is the first we hear of new music since his public anti-semitic comments, which drew much backlash from the Jewish community and beyond. While this would seemingly be an exciting moment to share what’s in the vault, sources say Kanye looked a bit crazy during the playback.
They have highlighted West’s support of Hitler and his outspoken views on Nazis and have said his ‘political ideas are unacceptable’.
In a shock interview last year with Alex Jones on his InfoWars talk show, West said: ’Every human being has something of value they brought to the table, especially Hitler.
‘I love Jewish people, but I also love Nazis. There’s a lot of things that I love about Hitler, a lot of things, I like Hitler… I am a Nazi.’
Albertina Soliani, vice president of (ANPI) National Association of Italian Partisans, stormed: ’It’s time to say enough to these people who believe they can say what they want.
‘Someone can be a fantastic singer but then they are also judged by what they say, and West has made some inhumane declarations and with what’s happening in the world today we cannot accept this concert.
‘We are focused every day with carrying certain values, which are liberty and democracy and then with this we just have to start again from the beginning.
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