{"id":586681,"date":"2026-04-06T21:49:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/586681\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T21:49:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:49:07","slug":"wireless-festival-boss-defends-kanye-west-appearance-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/586681\/","title":{"rendered":"Wireless Festival boss defends Kanye West appearance &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTFBNSFVEYXRmT1dVdmN0NXdJNXo0WFdzSVFWTHJoWXhONk00UlNrYWtEdHlvRFNhU1RBcDFNd2NGZHQwZ2tLSmwzamVwV0FqdlRaSlM3cGVSSzNrZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wireless Festival boss defends Kanye West appearance<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxQVERBcFgwSWczQkd2NHllRUI2RkswSXZIRF9pbHNsZWF6b2JtR2kwb0RjMFEzSFBuUlFBVDRNbmlLNmE2OGNBU01SZ2FGVnVfdWtqQndZSEJKcHNMRWd1ZEIyc1VBOGFnVVZxTGFWa3pidGRZYWYwTE05MGRneWhLc1dRSVVEc1BEYkhNMmdLYlZZVERxTnA1YjdR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kanye West was booked as a festival headliner. Brands are now pulling their sponsorship<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN<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<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizwFBVV95cUxNOWd2TTFlZ29vU3VvdjIzMXV5UFozN1pmV2hULXQ1bHltaDF4ZTlEaEhVT2RjeHFYNlZDcTlKdGcwNnpMMmthWWlHMnMyX3JmR1oxSWo5Y2s2WDVQb1F4R3c5ekhfdndmSUpMYUI2MjU0ZTlab2RJOWFLTk5jT0xnVll5eW5rTC1qSWxUY2lMY1B3Y2JOemZTdGFaa1ZXbGV3OVBTaWthaHd3QjZ4ZW9GdkxCWnN5OWRoNVJkTld5QW5oU05zZ1U2ak16Vk1yUVE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kanye West&#8217;s permission to enter country for London festival being reviewed by U.K. government, source says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NBC News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxQQWplQ2xTLXBzLUtua3lGNVJUa0E0RjZuZUR1V2ZfZ0F2NXZaM3J1R1c5Y09KSGpIUlVxejhCLTNOem5CeVhlODgxMEIxS2N5RkJtRFZGSTh5OW1LdHVIc3lfRGhfb3d3RVdKdkVrLVJVaHg4MmRPY05oU1ZrN1JJUnZuczY5bTc2OWJBNkVldURyRGhtdElFNXlzN2FRYVhpSWhCWTBDLVpWZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UK minister says Kanye West should not perform at Wireless festival<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wireless Festival boss defends Kanye West appearance&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCKanye West was booked as a festival headliner. Brands are now pulling&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":586682,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75],"class_list":["post-586681","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\/586681","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=586681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/586682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}