Kanye West Announces First UK Shows In 10 Years At Wireless 2026

Kanye West has confirmed his first UK performances in ten years today, March 30, where he will headline all three nights of Wireless 2026. Full details can be found below.

Ye is set to top the bill across all three days of the 2026 festival, scheduled for July 10 to 12 at Finsbury Park in London. These shows will mark his first UK appearance in ten years and his first time headlining a London festival since his Wireless performance in 2014. His last appearance in the city came in 2015 during an intimate surprise concert at Koko, where he was joined by guests including Skepta, JME, Vic Mensa and Raekwon.

Organisers have described the Wireless performances as “a three night journey through Ye’s most iconic records.”

A statement also said: “From ‘The College Dropout’, to ‘Graduation’, to ‘Late Registration’, to ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ and ‘The Life of Pablo’, Ye has delivered albums that broke new ground and reshaped hip hop. In doing so, he introduced a fresh sonic direction and secured a lasting and unmistakable impact on the culture.

“Following the release of his new album ‘Bully’, Ye’s return to the UK will mark a major moment in the history of Wireless.”

Additional artists are expected to be revealed for the festival lineup. A 48 hour PayPal presale begins March 31 at 12pm BST. Fans can also access the main presale starting April 7 at 12pm BST, followed by the general ticket release on April 8 at 12pm BST. Tickets for the concerts are available here.

This announcement arrives only days after Ye introduced his 12th studio album during a YouTube livestream on Friday, March 27, before making it available on major streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music.

Ye has also revealed plans for an album release performance in Los Angeles on April 3 and has confirmed additional European shows for later this year. These will be his first headline appearances across Europe in twelve years.

Alongside the album release, the artist also unveiled the video for ‘Father’, which includes a guest verse from Travis Scott.

While sharing the tracklist last week, Ye stated that artificial intelligence was not used in the making of the project. This contrasts with comments he made the previous year when he said he had experimented with the technology in his writing process in “the same way I incorporated Auto-Tune”.

‘BULLY’ was originally announced two years ago and experienced several postponed release dates. In June last year, he offered early previews through the singles ‘Preacher Man’, ‘Beauty And The Beast’, ‘Damn’ and ‘Last Breath’.

Since the project came out, collaborator James Blake has requested to have his name removed from the production credits, stating that the finished version was “not what I created”.

Earlier in 2025, Ye made a series of widely criticised posts after withdrawing a previous apology to the Jewish community regarding earlier anti semitic remarks and declaring himself “a Nazi”. He later wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that after reconsidering he had “come to the realisation that I’m not a Nazi”. However, just days later, more swastika themed merchandise appeared on his X account.

Last November, West met with a rabbi and expressed regret over his past anti Semitic statements.

Then in January, Ye said that his recent apology connected to those earlier comments was not tied to his upcoming album or any attempt to “revive” his career. Around the same time, he also spoke about being diagnosed with bipolar type 1, a condition he had previously dismissed earlier last year.