{"id":587670,"date":"2026-04-07T08:54:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T08:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/587670\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T08:54:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T08:54:12","slug":"u-k-music-festival-stands-by-kanye-west-headlining-concerts-as-sponsors-pull-out-ctv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/587670\/","title":{"rendered":"U.K. music festival stands by Kanye West headlining concerts as sponsors pull out &#8211; CTV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwwFBVV95cUxOUnZFb0Y1aTBUaHZiT2lBZE1GOTRWdWFFMmo3Zlh3RlN0RkxWTDlSWjgxRWwyRVVFcFhrNnpON1ZDekVLQUVtdXowYnZOWlRVWE5QeFM0UmlnMmVLLW9ROGRSQUJ4eGIxdjREaEdFQU1wRXMyN3VXOTQ1S2NrVm5RcjJQZkxsdUdnY0RINnhHYU1DaFYzc2VjWVNITE1wZG9lcE9RTEk0NDJCQWVOQ0xON3FSdG5xbW41T3RTMGlEejFWckE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">U.K. music festival stands by Kanye West headlining concerts as sponsors pull out<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV News<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\/CBMivwFBVV95cUxQUE1PTWMwUk5kOEgtV0JFZ05XXzJKMWluVDBHcFRiOG4tUFhOZjNjcnlHVEU0azRMMVkwM2wwVF9yRU81SHIxWXpXSmYxSHVpTzc5S25zQnMyaWJ6MXNxcEp2NlltZWdTYmhhaTFiem9yVVh0VmsxSDVPMU9rcnA3SzhoX3ZRRFFMV25UMExTelBpeW00NjMxZEhyZ2FOb2VyTzFHeEotVWd0cl9QRkI5d3QtYlE5dWNRbXVhX3JQTQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wireless festival promoter stands by decision to have Kanye West perform<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<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\/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxPaHVaZ1JKQ1NEVXJXRFkydmV2MnBmR1J5WlVic0dZTE1PNDZmZE9HYXNZTGNUbG5DYWs5a3RmSC1sdzBLMklMQnVUU3phUGp1aWFueUNsZmRpN3dSaUlkTXZsR3lZRm5uX0ZkV3EweHZmRkNteEU2SnVFMTNwNXpqSUZxbUdnMUtzYUFyYzBZWTYwWjZ5T3EwWjhGVXlqVTlwcm1iOWxEVUc0QQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kanye West Pledges to Meet U.K. Jewish Leaders Amid Wireless Festival Controversy<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Hollywood Reporter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U.K. music festival stands by Kanye West headlining concerts as sponsors pull out&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV NewsWireless Festival boss defends Kanye&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":587671,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[76,45,49,48,75,77,341],"class_list":["post-587670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-arts","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-international","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587670","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=587670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}