Kanye West refused entry to UK to headline music festival, event cancelledBritain has blocked US rapper Kanye West from travelling to the country to headline London’s Wireless Festival in July over his past antisemitic comments and celebration of Nazism. Organiser Festival Republic said his permission to enter and perform in Britain was withdrawn on Tuesday and the three-day festival had been cancelled and refunds would be issued to all ticket holders. The government had been under pressure to deny entry to West, now known as Ye, after he was named headline act for the Wireless Festival on April 1. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the artist should never have been invited to headline the festival. “As such, we are willing to meet Kanye West as part of his journey of healing, but only after he agrees not to play the Wireless Festival for this year,” board president Phil Rosenberg said before Festival Republic said the event had been cancelled.

Source: Daily Nation April 08, 2026 03:33 UTC