Italy’s Hellwatt Festival saga ends in cancellation

The remaining days of Italy’s renamed Hellwatt Festival, more recently known as the Pulse of Gaia Festival, have been cancelled by organisers, just over a week after Italian authorities axed performances from Kanye West and Travis Scott.

Venue organisers announced the cancellation of the 4-5 & 11 July concerts yesterday (8 June), which were due to take place on 4-5 & 11 July at Reggio Emilia’s 103,000-capacity RCF Arena as the remaining days of the five-day event. Wiz Khalifa,…

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