The rapper formerly known as Kanye West has been barred from entering the UK, where he was scheduled to perform at the Wireless Festival in July. It came after government officials condemned Ye’s history of antisemitic remarks. The festival’s organisers confirmed the ban and said the entire three-day festival was being cancelled as a result. Ye’s travel authorisation had been blocked on the grounds that the performer’s presence in Britain would not be “conducive to the public good”, the BBC...
The British government was under growing pressure on Monday to bar American rapper Kanye West from entering the country after he was named as the headline act for the Wireless Festival of rap and hip-hop music set for July. West, now known as Ye, has been criticised in the past for antisemitic remarks and celebration of Nazism, which have led on several occasions to his social media accounts, including on X, being barred. The decision to book Ye prompted several companies to pull their...