{"id":585588,"date":"2026-04-06T09:57:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T09:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/585588\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T09:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T09:57:09","slug":"major-sponsors-drop-kanye-west-london-gigs-as-pm-voices-concern-ctv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/585588\/","title":{"rendered":"Major sponsors drop Kanye West London gigs as PM voices concern &#8211; CTV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwAFBVV95cUxQVGpqSUNfTFJGYkJCZDVZVlZBaVYzZHBxS2QyWlVuakFUUERXSFBZNElVZFNmTlZDdE01ZUdMS0thRzFkNTdUdjBTNGRyUklZY1B0a3Ftb2dROVJwZElGNmVLQkVKX3AyalRwb0RqN0JWNVJuaXc0YlcwcF9SQ1k0SEktaHZvaEMyWUczZDFMWDR0WXNkS1cwMk9fSXBEVlJlelVMLXRWOTJVb0l5UXdyTFZYbXdVSGJuc2pRWEp2NTI?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Major sponsors drop Kanye West London gigs as PM voices concern<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE8ySFNPZEV5Mmh3OE82Zy0xQXNDRENXYkhXNjB6ZVJnSVk0NXBMMm5pVXdocXMwTlpGZURsUTJ5TE96Y2gyMzdlQXhIeTA1YTBZNjlMNkxVSTFMZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pepsi withdraws as UK festival sponsor after Kanye West backlash<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kanye to headline London festival; major sponsors drop support, Starmer raises concerns<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times of Israel<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxQM2dKR25rSTMxUDdBS01ySEJGSG9kbnhNTVo5R1haUjFjWXpYSHJfWk83SjViZDNqWXFoWVFmckhGY201R3lVMEgwUkJZOVdsRXA3YVE0MFBnbHUyMFlOY3NfR0FORlNIVFp3VzNMWlRJcVFldVJyUmJuVVF0RkxuYkZMNVByZXRHdGVnVGMtdHBLZ2hoTTRiMzVSZzQxc0UwVTdXc2c3V1I?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Diageo and Pepsi drop Wireless sponsorship amid criticism of Kanye West booking<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxPN01ZbHZvX3lOTkRBZW1GTFB3eHdQUjh3a1hTUWpEZ2lTcklPOUgyaGxZQmlDckJ1QWRiYmVPenljT01rR20wZWVJTGdFVjNaTDNDa1ZWd3FzVjNYU3ZFY2tPOG53eFNqamt4cnlqM1BpdGNzNmlJbG8yZXZ3Rnk1RUNDREpPMjc5QzVpdjNzMWRTb1VIeDAyN2g5T3BNNVl2?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A music festival booked Kanye West, now known as Ye, and lost major sponsors<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NPR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Major sponsors drop Kanye West London gigs as PM voices concern&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV NewsPepsi withdraws as UK festival sponsor after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":585589,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[712,49,48,75],"class_list":["post-585588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=585588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/585589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}