Kanye West is working with an Israeli music exec on a sold-out concert at Tbilisi, Georgia’s Dinamo Arena which has reportedly sold 70,000 tickets.
West, 48, and Guy Beser of Blue Stone Productions are collaborating on the plans for the show, which was ‘being produced by Live Nation Israel,’ according to Rolling Stone, but reps for the parent company pushed back on the assertion.
‘Live Nation is not producing the Ye show in Georgia; the show is being produced by Blue Stone Productions,’ a spokesperson for the parent company Live Nation told the Daily Mail.
A source close to Live Nation told the Daily Mail that ‘Blue Stone Productions is an independent company’ that it has a working relationship with.
The parent company has no involvement with the summer show headlined by the Grammy-winning rapper, the source said.
‘Blue Stone Productions and Guy Beser do partner with Live Nation; however, Blue Stone Productions is independently producing this show without the support of Live Nation,’ the insider said.
Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for West and Live Nation Israel for further comment on the story.
Kanye West, 48, is working with a Israeli music exec on a sold-out concert in Tbilisi, Georgia Pictured 2024 in Milan, Italy
The Runaway artist has reportedly sold 70,000 tickets at the Dinamo Arena, an outdoor venue
An Israeli music industry professional told Rolling Stone they found Beser’s willingness to work with West ‘disgusting’ when examining the rapper’s yearslong history of antisemitism.
‘Everything Kanye has said and done against the Jewish community is unforgettable, and for many people, deeply hurtful,’ the source said. ‘At the same time, it raises difficult questions about where the industry draws the line between business, entertainment, and accountability.’
The concert is linked to a governmental campaign called Starring Georgia, which aims ‘to bring to Georgia the most in-demand contemporary artists … who have never performed in our country before. This is how the starring Georgia constellation is formed of stars that continue to grow year after year.’
Insiders told Rolling Stone that Live Nation Israel ‘has effectively rebranded as’ Live Nation Central Asia, covering territory such as Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia.
However, a source close to Live Nation told the Daily Mail that ‘Live Nation Israel has not been rebranded to Live Nation Central Asia.
‘Live Nation Central Asia is an internal designation encompassing Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, and other emerging concert markets in the region identified as growth opportunities for the business.’
The source added, ‘While this show is taking place in one of the markets identified for growth in the region, again it is not being promoted or produced by Live Nation.’
News of the sold-out show comes about a month after London’s Wireless Festival canceled its festivities this year after West’s visa was taken away.
‘We are clear that the past comments and actions of this artist are offensive and wrong, and not reflective of London’s values,’ London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s office told Rolling Stone.
The Grammy-winning rapper pictured in Shanghai on July 12, 2025
The Black Skinhead artist appears to have taken a step back from antisemitism in recent weeks. Last year, he modeled one of his swastika shirts
The collaboration marks another ostensible step forward for West in re-establishing himself as a professional with the Jewish community. The Through the Wire rapper was pictured in April in Beverly Hills, California visiting the Simon Wiesenthal Center.
This past January, the Stronger artist said he was sorry about his past praise of Adolf Hitler and similar comments condemned as dangerous by the ADL to the Daily Mail last year.
West said in the piece published by the Wall Street Journal, titled ‘Those I Hurt,’ that he ‘lost touch with reality,’ attributing some of the lapses in judgment to injuries suffered as result of a 2002 car accident.
‘Things got worse the longer I ignored the problem,’ West said. ‘I said and did things I deeply regret. It does not excuse what I did though. I am not a Nazi or an antisemite. I love Jewish people.’
The Black Skinhead artist in November of 2025 told celebrity Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto that he was prepared to accept ‘accountability’ for his past antisemitism.
‘I feel really blessed to be able to sit here with you today and just take accountability,’ the Runaway artist said. ‘I was dealing with some various issues of bipolar. So it would take the ideas I had and have me take them to an extreme where I would forget about the protection of the people around me or and myself.’
Prior to the pivot, West for more than three years spread antisemitic messages through comments on his popular social platforms and media appearances; as well as in his work in music and fashion.
He lost a number of high-profile business relationships amid his initial series of racist meltdowns in the fall of 2022.
The concert is linked to a governmental campaign called Starring Georgia , which aims ‘to bring to Georgia the most in-demand contemporary artists … who have never performed in our country before’
The collaboration marks another ostensible step forward for West in re-establishing himself as a professional with the Jewish community. Pictured 2024 in Inglewood, California
West remained in the crosshairs of controversy last year, when the shop on his Yeezy Website was taken offline by Shopify after he was selling a white shirt with a black swastika in the center.
He had advertised his site with an expensive ad broadcast in various markets during the Super Bowl, including Los Angeles.
The Anti-Defamation League said in a post on X/Twitter February 10, 2025: ‘As if we needed further proof of Kanye’s antisemitism, he chose to put a single item for sale on his website – a t-shirt emblazoned with a swastika.
‘If that wasn’t enough, the t-shirt is labeled on Kanye’s website as “HH-01,”which is code for “Heil Hitler.”‘
Said the ADL: ‘Kanye was tweeting vile antisemitism nonstop since last week. There’s no excuse for this kind of behavior.’
The organization added, ‘Even worse, Kanye advertised his website during the Super Bowl, amplifying it beyond his already massive social media audience.’
