Wireless Festival cancelled after PepsiCo and Diageo pull out over Kanye West booking

United Kingdom | The announcement on 30 March, that the rapper Ye (formerly Kanye West), known for his numerous antisemitic outbursts, would top the bill at London’s Wireless Festival in July caused such an outcry that PepsiCo and Diageo withdrew their sponsorship and the UK Home Office denied him entry on the grounds that his “presence would not be conducive to the public good”.

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