44 lawsuits filed against Kanye West's concert organizer in Moscow: first ruling — 83.4 thousand rubles

44 lawsuits and the first ruling

Moscow courts have received 44 consumer protection lawsuits against the concert agency Say Agency LLC, which organized Kanye West's canceled performances in Saint Petersburg. Citing the electronic database of Moscow courts, this was reported by Gazeta.Ru; Life.ru clarified the distribution of the cases: 43 claims were sent to justices of the peace in various districts of the capital, and one more was registered by the Preobrazhensky District Court.

What was awarded in the first case

A ruling has already been issued on one of the claims: the organizer was ordered to pay a ticket buyer 83.4 thousand rubles — 66 thousand for tickets, 6.6 thousand for the service fee, 5 thousand in moral damages, and 5.8 thousand as a fine. According to Life.ru, the court rejected the claims against the ticket operator Intickets. Meanwhile, part of the lawsuits — 11 claims — were left without motion due to errors in filing, and several documents were returned to the claimants.

Context: the cancellation and the dynamics of the lawsuits

West's concerts at Gazprom Arena were announced in early August for October 10 and 11. The stadium administration then stated that there was no lease agreement with the agency and that ticket sales had begun without the necessary documents; the organizers, for their part, claimed that the announcement had been coordinated with the venue, the contract with the artist was signed, and an advance payment had been made. On September 30, Say Agency officially confirmed the cancellation of the performances — a few days after the artist's team reached out.

Dynamics

The situation with the lawsuits is developing: according to Life.ru, by mid-October 25 lawsuits had been filed with courts in ten Russian cities against the organizer and the ticket service — the outlet noted separately that this statistic covered not only Moscow, so it cannot be directly compared with the current 44 lawsuits. By that time, one buyer in Voronezh had already been refunded 132 thousand rubles for four tickets, although the dispute over the remaining claims was ongoing. Earlier, buyers complained about technical glitches and the inability to submit refund requests; Say Agency representatives promised to return the money, but did not name exact deadlines for completing the payments. It was also reported that a Moscow resident was demanding more than 700 thousand rubles from the organizers, and among the Moscow lawsuits there is also a claim for compensation over the rescheduling of Flo Rida's performance from March to May 2026.