{"id":586109,"date":"2026-04-06T15:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/586109\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T15:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:42:10","slug":"festival-headlined-by-kanye-west-sees-paypal-drop-out-latest-sponsor-to-cancel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/586109\/","title":{"rendered":"Festival Headlined by Kanye West Sees PayPal Drop Out, Latest Sponsor to Cancel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kanye West
\n PayPal Joins Exodus from London’s Wireless Festival<\/p>\n

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\n April 6, 2026
\n 6:53 AM PDT\n <\/p>\n

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Kanye West<\/a>\u2019s Stateside comeback may be pulling in crowds, but across the pond it\u2019s a different story — and the backlash is stacking up fast!<\/p>\n

PayPal is the latest to distance itself, with London’s Wireless Festival organizers confirming the brand won\u2019t appear on any event branding while Ye is headlining — or going forward, according to ITV News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not a headline sponsor, but PayPal still plays a key role as the payments partner for Live Nation UK Festivals, offering early ticket access — so yeah, this one stings.<\/p>\n

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And it\u2019s not happening in isolation. Drinks giant Diageo already pulled out<\/a>, right after Pepsi backed away — with even British Prime Minister Keir Starmer weighing in, calling Ye\u2019s involvement “deeply concerning” given his past antisemitic remarks.<\/p>\n

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Wild contrast to L.A., where Ye just wrapped two shows, reportedly pulling in<\/a> a massive $33 million.<\/p>\n

As we\u2019ve seen, Ye\u2019s spiral — including praising Nazis and Hitler — turned him into an industry outcast, costing him friends<\/a>, deals, and major partnerships.<\/p>\n

Now? Some doors are reopening. Key word … “some.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kanye West PayPal Joins Exodus from London’s Wireless Festival Published April 6, 2026 6:53 AM PDT Kanye West\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":586110,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75],"class_list":["post-586109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586109","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=586109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/586110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}