Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign Announce Two ‘Vultures 1’ Listening Events in Italy

The rumors arrived on Thursday (Feb. 15) evening, and now everything is confirmed officially. Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign will be in Italy next week to present their joint album Vultures 1 at two listening parties, one in Milan (Feb. 22) and another Bologna (Feb. 24).

Announced as “a hi-fidelity audio experience,” tickets for the two events are available from 3pm CET today (Feb. 16).

Released after several postponements, Vultures 1 has been at the center of controversy in recent days. The issues primarily involve sampling without permission: Backstreet Boys’ “Everybody” and a live Ozzy Osbourne performance of “Iron Man.” The latter was later replaced (on the Vultures 1 song “Carnival”) by an interpolation of “Hell of a Life” from Ye’s own My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

Finally, there was a dispute with the Donna Summer estate over the copyright of the song “I Feel Love,” sampled on the track “Good (Don’t Die).” The song was removed from streaming platforms yesterday but was later made available again.

For quite some time there has been a special bond between Kanye West and Italy. Last August he made a controversial appearance at the Venice Film Festival, where he was photographed with his trousers pulled down on a boat. Then, at the end of October, a large concert was supposed to take place at the RCF Arena in Reggio Emilia (an open-air venue with a capacity of 100,000 people). The show was then cancelled, although it was never officially announced.

Finally, for the music video of the new single “Talking / Once Again,” he relied on an Italian creative team. Matteo Cocco is director of photography and the directors are brothers Damiano and Fabio D’Innocenzo. The latter have always publicly expressed their admiration for Ye’s music.

This article originally appeared on Billboard Italy.