{"id":366805,"date":"2026-04-06T21:12:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/366805\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T21:12:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:12:07","slug":"wireless-festival-boss-defends-kanye-west-appearance-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/366805\/","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\/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\/CBMirAFBVV95cUxQVmJrZ0s3N1ZsOUlFWjVyMllHRnlScng1QlBQV25VWVFrYkJJOTI4OVFFRkJ3U0Z6WWk5ekpMV29UcS1ycHZfNXVsVnk4VGpHNk9COUc4Z0JVR3pZSzFHb0dKWEhTc05QMDA4eE9uRm00bnpHX0M2ZkJTZVVtUGNhdV9rQkhoUldnOW1GR1hlOG1kdXNMSXpOWGIyWnRfYmM2Vzg3WWIyNHkzOEww?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Push to axe Kanye West from Wireless Festival after past antisemitic remarks<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Australian Broadcasting Corporation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxOZjdnaC1ERkFSQm1qMUZXazluZGsxWk01VkdkdEYtcW9rdzNEZ1ktZ1BPckc1VTVzSnd2MXZMUFpiRXlFVi1iNGt1eDVoVXV1SDRQQjg2bUhteUVFYWxadHhTVDJfVXllR09SdFpUU1NUdTlobjJENkRXdW9GXzcwcjFlMnZrLTJWLTNfaVNOTjhlUTQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pepsi Drops Sponsorship of Wireless Festival Headlined by Kanye West<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times<\/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;BBCKanye West&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366305,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-366805","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-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}