Now the festival has been canceled after the UK rejects Kanye's travel visa...
From The BBC
This summer's Wireless Festival has been cancelled after headliner Kanye West was blocked from coming to the UK.
The government refused permission for West, now known as Ye, to travel to the UK after backlash to his planned set at the London festival this summer.
For the last several years, West has caused outrage for a string of antisemitic, racist and pro-Nazi comments.
In a statement, Wireless Festival said it was cancelled and refunds would be issued to all ticket holders. It added that "multiple stakeholders" had been consulted ahead of booking West, "and no concerns were highlighted at the time".
It continued: "Antisemitism in all its forms is abhorrent, and we recognise the real and personal impact these issues have had.
"As Ye said today, he acknowledges that words alone are not enough, and in spite of this still hopes to be given the opportunity to begin a conversation with the Jewish community in the UK."
Presale tickets for Wireless Festival were released at midday on Tuesday and are believed to have sold out, while the general sale was due to open at midday on Wednesday.
5 comments:
Good. He deserves this.
Yesterday's news.
Europe doesn't play about antisemitism. They lived firsthand with the horrors of the holocaust and they don't let people get away with saying crazy stuff for giggles. About damned time Kanye started getting some consequences.
This is a scheme that Shawn Carter set up...
Why is Jay Z being mentioned? Please remove his member from your throat. I guess he's responsible for the war as well?
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