After confirming his first European headline date in over a decade, Ye has revealed he’ll be heading back to France on June 11, adding another major stop to what is fast becoming a defining run of shows across Europe.
With tickets already snapped up for the 41,000-capacity GelreDome in Arnhem on June 6 — where more than 400,000 fans reportedly joined the online queue — Ye is now preparing for an even larger-scale spectacle at the 60,000-seat Orange Vélodrome. The Marseille date marks his first headline appearance in France in 12 years, with a further European stop lined up in Reggio Emilia, Italy, on July 18.
Home to football giants Olympique de Marseille, the Orange Vélodrome is renowned for its charged, high-intensity atmosphere — a fitting setting for Ye’s dramatic return to French audiences. His connection to the country runs deep, not least because of the cultural impact of “Ni**as In Paris,” his era-defining collaboration with Jay-Z, which the duo famously performed a dozen consecutive times during their 2012 Paris show.