Update: Kanye West has cancelled and rescheduled two tour dates after his wife Kim Kardashian West was robbed at gunpoint in Paris.
LiveNation has announced concerts on West's Saint Pablo Tour scheduled for Philadelphia and Detroit this week have been bumped back to December.
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Kayne cancels gig after Kim gun scare
Kayne West abruptly cancels a concert due to a 'family emergency' after it transpires that his wife Kim Kardashian, was reportedly held up at gunpoint in her Paris hotel room.
Fans and Meadows Festival onlookers were shocked to see West stopped mid-Heartless song by a man running onstage, only to be told by the 39-year-old rapper: "Sorry guys, family emergency I have to leave the show."
His wife Kim Kardashian West, 35, was held an gunpoint in aprivate residence in Paris, where she had been staying . She had been attending Paris Fashion Week, including Balmain and Balenciaga runways shows.
She was held bound and robbed of $US10 million ($13m) worth of jewels by "two armed masked gunmen dressed as police officers, she is badly shaken but physically unharmed", her publicist Ina Treciokas told CNN.
She was on Snapchat hours before West cut his show short. She posted a video of herself FaceTiming with Blac Chynaduring a baby shower with Rob Kardashian.
West had reportedly been performing 20 minutes at the festival in Queens, New York, when the news broke from his publicist.
The Yeezus hip-hop mogul was the headliner of the two day music and arts festival, which featured Australia's Empire Of The Sun, as well as Chance The Rapper, The 1975, Damian Marley and J. Cole.
His abrupt announcement appears to have closed the festival with the Meadows New York City posting to Twitter: "Due to an emergency, Kanye West had to end his performance early. Please get home safely."
Kanye West just cut short his set at The Meadows festival in New York because of a "family emergency." https://t.co/vVUCIBZ7fT pic.twitter.com/mIKVKsn6K5
— Pigeons & Planes (@PigsAndPlans) October 3, 2016
Due to an emergency, Kanye West had to end his performance early. Please get home safely.
— The Meadows NYC (@themeadowsnyc) October 3, 2016
@CNN @MTV @TMZ Kanye stopping mid show due to family emergency wtf pic.twitter.com/LYr2d8CsQC
— JOhN (@ultimatefan1234) October 3, 2016
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