Fans of Kanye West chanted for a refund at the rapper’s concert in the Chinese city of Shanghai after he turned up more than 40 minutes late.

The controversial rapper took to the stage at Shanghai Stadium on Saturday night and was reported by The Global Times to not only have been 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.

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What’s more, one fan accused him of lip syncing.

“Mostly lip syncing,” they wrote on X. “His microphone must have been up less than 20 per cent of the time.”

The same user also claimed Kanye left the stage for 20 minutes during the encore as his music played over the sound system.

“For the encore, he disappeared for over 20 minutes at one point as tracks like Wolves just played out with him nowhere in sight,” the disappointed gig-goer wrote. “I could have just played your music at home man. Came to see u perform???? (sic)“

The concert marked West’s first since September 2024.

West 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 anti-Semitic outbursts.