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Industry experts say booking of controversial US rapper was calculated risk that has implications for all festivals

The fallout over Wireless announcing Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) as its 2026 h…

4 days ago

Wireless has since been cancelled amid calls for the annual celebration of urban music to be indefinitely axed over its decision to overlook West's unsavoury track record of anti-semitism.

6 days ago

Sitting at my computer late one night, I furtively indulged in the ultimate guilty pleasure - Googling myself. I'd never done it before.
The controversial rapper had been the marquee signing at Wireless, which has since been cancelled amid calls for the annual celebration of urban music to be indefinitely axed.
How could festival organisers even consider booking a man with a track record of vile anti-Semitism? It shouldn't take a politician to do the right thing.

7 days ago

Executives from the huge global company, which looks after the O2 stadia in the UK and festivals including The Isle of Wight, Reading and Leeds, flew out from LA to woo him to come to Europe.
Ye, as the rapper is now known, had been due to perform at the Wireless music festival — but the government decided his presence 'would not be conducive to the public good.'

Rapper was booked to play at Wireless festival in London, prompting outcry over his past antisemitic remarks

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The rapper formerly known as Kanye West has been banned fr…

Kanye West has been blocked from travelling to the UK following backlash over his planned headline performance at Wireless Festival this summer.

Rapper who has previously made antisemitic remarks responds to criticism over his booking at London festival

The rapper formerly known as Kanye West has broken his silence and offered to “meet and lis…

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