ENTERTAINMENT
Kanye refused entry to UK, music festival cancelled
By Staff Writers
The United Kingdom has blocked US rapper Kanye West from travelling to the country to headline London’s Wireless Festival in July over his past use of Nazi imagery and comments seen as anti-Semitic.
Organiser Festival Republic said his permission to enter and perform in the UK was withdrawn on Tuesday and the three-day festival had been cancelled and refunds would be issued to all ticket holders.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.
Several major companies have cancelled their sponsorship of the event.
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