Kanye West fans chant for refund at chaotic Shanghai gig
The controversial rapper took to the stage at Shanghai Stadium on Saturday night (12.07.25) and was not only reported by The Global Times to be significantly delayed getting onstage, but his set was plagued by technical difficulties, with some fans even taking to social media to complain about the lack of production.
A clip has gone viral online of the moment the 70,000-strong crowd erupted and demanded a refund.
What's more, one fan accused him of lip syncing.
They wrote on X: "Mostly lip synching. His microphone must have been up less than 20 per cent of the time."
The same user, with the username @Fabian_Lemuel, also claimed Kanye left the stage for 20 minutes during the encore as his music played over the sound system.
The disappointed gig-goer wrote: "For the encore, he disappeared for over 20 minutes at one point as tracks like Wolves just played out with him nowhere in sight. I could have just played your music at home man. Came to see u perform???? (sic)"
The concert marked Kanye's first since September 2024.
It also came days after he was accused of sexual assault and "oral rape" by his former assistant.
The Stronger hitmaker was first sued by Lauren Pisciotta - who worked for the rapper from 2021 until she was fired the following year - in 2024 for sexual harassment, when she claimed he had sent her explicit texts and pornographic videos, photos and calls, and she followed up and filed a second amended complaint which alleged assault, sexual battery and other allegations.
In a complaint obtained by People magazine, the woman accused Kanye of having 'attempted to vaginally penetrate Ms. Pisciotta with his fingers' and also having 'orally raped her without her consent' while she worked for him.
Lauren alleged the 48-year-old star tried to kiss her multiple times without her consent before succeeding once during a trip to San Francisco in 2021, and she claimed that on another work trip, Kanye bombarded her with intimate questions and then 'stroked his penis over his pants with one hand and forcibly touched her vagina with the other hand.'
The complaint went on to allege the Bound 2 rapper - who is married to Bianca Censori and has four children with ex-wife Kim Kardashian - exposed his penis to his then-employee before pushing her onto the bed and pinning her down.
The documents state: 'He then thrust his penis repeatedly into Ms. Pisciotta's face against her will.
'As Ms. Pisciotta frantically pled for Ye to stop, Ye forced his penis into her mouth. Ms. Pisciotta froze in shock and fear but continued to plead with Ye and beg him to stop. After some time, Ye ended the rape, apologized, and exited Ms. Pisciotta's hotel room.'
Other allegations of misconduct detailed in the amended complaint include Kanye having once locked Lauren in a bedroom and 'forced her to watch him masturbate against her will,' and that he 'forcibly grabbed' her by the throat during a concert, as well as an accusation the rapper hired a third party to allegedly harass his assistant by "falsely reporting non-existent emergencies and incidents,' which 'resulted in a barrage of alarming and intrusive visits" to her home from police, various government investigative authorities and delivery and service providers."
When Lauren filed her lawsuit last year, Kanye's legal representative denied the allegations and accused her of "blackmail and extortion" with the "baseless" claims.
Kanye has only played a handful of gigs in recent years and has lost brand deals and been dropped by huge names since making a series of antisemitic outbursts.
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