{"id":385285,"date":"2026-04-06T21:15:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/385285\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T21:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:15:07","slug":"wireless-festival-boss-defends-kanye-west-appearance-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/385285\/","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\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE9OWVJ5cTJlaG51OWZOZnF4ZnJobHdtNWdHUldZRjZMQjJrQnRfa3lKRzRSRWF3NTRuLTVEd2RtS0RXV0VkR3lVZXJvUXVNT1d4YTJlbzdoZGw4dw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kanye West&#8217;s right to enter UK under review after festival outcry<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivgFBVV95cUxNTW1CLTNYcjA0N0ZIRkVUSGhhVEMzeFh4SWM2QlNnQTMxc01LNmpZdFBySWoxSXgwWnBieUswYXlMdlJhWW8tUmFVUl9MdGpNZmUzQlN4WW42dGR3OENBMWlFRXVqbENBWGlYcWxQWmZhWFZ1T0EyTmExanVxNHVSczFBeVBMT015d09NSnVkZDFzaXZrd0RCdzJZWmVwMUE2dGZfX3gza2o2N2FNRWZaejVackNCWnRHRW9Yczln?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wireless Festival boss says Kanye West will still headline despite &#8216;abhorrent&#8217; comments<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky News<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\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxOeUxJeDZtSjdXdVhERXFNaWtUNlp0bXEtOUZhdXlYbVl6eXJfUE81WjMxdEp5enRCWXdZV3ZxQzduNTI0RVNxeXN2amEtb1ZqMVlIOUpyeHlHR2hYYkxpek9qWHJfVXlVX0xVeW9VbVhQUzd5d3lNNnFLR2xST1kzREFiZnVHZkN0S0hLaHNtdXkybGJjSUYweG9UVHRyNjY2emNFdld5eHZkajQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Calls for Kanye West to be banned from performing in UK<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wireless Festival boss defends Kanye West appearance&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCKanye West&#8217;s right to enter UK under review after festival outcry&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCWireless Festival&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-385285","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}