Kanye West has announced his first UK gigs in a decade today (March 30) – headlining all three nights of Wireless 2026 – check out all details below.
Ye will headline the three nights of the 2026 edition of the festival, which takes place between 10-12 July at London’s Finsbury Park. It marks his first UK performance in a decade – and his first London festival headline set since he topped the bill at Wireless in 2014. He last played a guest-packed show – featuring the likes of Skepta, JME, Vic Mensa and Raekwon – during a surprise gig at London’s Koko in 2015.
The gigs at Wireless are being described as “a three-night journey through Ye’s most iconic records.”
A statement added: “From ‘The College Dropout’, to ‘Graduation’, to ‘Late Registration’, to ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ and ‘The Life of Pablo’, Ye has created albums that have pushed boundaries and redefined hip hop – in doing so, he established a new sonic blueprint and cemented an enduring, undeniable legacy on the culture.
“Fresh from releasing his new album ‘Bully’, Ye’s UK comeback will be an extraordinary chapter in Wireless’ story.”
More acts are set to be announced for the line-up. There is a 48 hour PayPal presale which begins on March 31 at 12pm BST. Fans can get also tickets in the main pre-sale which begins on April 7 at 12pm BST while the general sale follows on April 8 at 12pm BST. You can get tickets for the shows here.
It comes just days after Ye premiered his 12th studio album with a YouTube livestream on Friday (March 27) and later made it available to listen to on most major streaming platforms, including Spotify and Apple Music.
Ye has also announced an album launch show in Los Angeles, set for April 3, and confirmed more European dates for this year, marking his first headline dates on the continent in 12 years.
Alongside the album, the rapper shared the music video for ‘Father’, the track that features a verse from Travis Scott.
Announcing the track list last week, Ye said there was no AI used in its creation, contradicting what he had said last year when he claimed that he had incorporated the technology into his writing process in “the same way I incorporated Auto-Tune”.
‘BULLY’ was first announced by West two years ago, and has seen a number of expected release dates come and go. Last June, he previewed it with the singles ‘Preacher Man’, ‘Beauty And The Beast’, ‘Damn’ and ‘Last Breath’.
Since the album’s release, Ye’s collaborator James Blake has asked to be taken off the producer credits, saying the final result is “not what I created”.
Ye shared numerous highly controversial posts in early 2025, when he took back an apology to the Jewish community for his previous anti-semitic remarks, and declared himself “a Nazi”. He later said on X/Twitter that, “after further reflection”, he’d “come to the realisation that I’m not a Nazi”. But this was followed only a few days later by yet more swastika apparel appearing on his X page.
Last November, West held a meeting with a rabbi and apologised for his anti-Semitic comments.
Then, in January, Ye claimed that his recent apology for his past anti-Semitic comments was not about his forthcoming new album or an attempt to “revive” his career. He also shared details of his bipolar type-1 diagnosis, which he’d dismissed early last year.