News · 7 April 2026
Wireless Festival cancelled as Kanye West blocked
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Ticket holders for this summer's Wireless Festival will receive refunds after the event was cancelled due to its headliner being denied entry to the UK. The UK Home Office withdrew Kanye West's Electronic Travel Authorisation, stating his presence would not be conducive to the public good. This decision followed widespread outrage regarding the rapper's string of antisemitic, racist, and pro-Nazi comments.
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