{"id":515387,"date":"2026-04-06T06:23:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/515387\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T06:23:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:23:16","slug":"pepsi-withdraws-festival-sponsorship-after-kanye-west-backlash-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/515387\/","title":{"rendered":"Pepsi Withdraws Festival Sponsorship After Kanye West Backlash &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxPWHROSW1EMktVTUVIeUlfQldHVnViUUtHRkpkdDNLUjRCVTBzVHYteGlMaS1pcU9LajFxcEdBNWhXdVhyel8tTFVsdmVlZlJlM0FmZjNxcnpoWkVKdWV4aVZsbXU5TTJ5ZDlXaV95MGg1QW9wUDBxbHZGeVBwM3RwYVhRZC1LVjVPNXM4WnIyTGkyLXdxOXkzRGlwLVdKV05aLUFvVURnUlVoaEE4SFE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pepsi Withdraws Festival Sponsorship After Kanye West Backlash<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTE51cHZNMG5nbE5SNHhlbVdhdXRzWTlZLWIwVGlwOUZrUDItbVFYbk1rS0xPV3BCZFRXNko2bWtGSHYyeTBOYkt0bW8yMGtJN0xJeDM1dUtncFVkVmtL?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pepsi withdraws as UK festival sponsor after Kanye West backlash<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kanye to headline London festival; major sponsors drop support, Starmer raises concerns<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times of Israel<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxQM2dKR25rSTMxUDdBS01ySEJGSG9kbnhNTVo5R1haUjFjWXpYSHJfWk83SjViZDNqWXFoWVFmckhGY201R3lVMEgwUkJZOVdsRXA3YVE0MFBnbHUyMFlOY3NfR0FORlNIVFp3VzNMWlRJcVFldVJyUmJuVVF0RkxuYkZMNVByZXRHdGVnVGMtdHBLZ2hoTTRiMzVSZzQxc0UwVTdXc2c3V1I?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Diageo and Pepsi drop Wireless sponsorship amid criticism of Kanye West booking<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizwFBVV95cUxOd29lbm9GaE8zcVRvRjhkQ01zOF9qQ0JibzU5dWxlaEJLT3lXNVhweno0UVhNSXY1ZG00LXZkU3dLVkpmRlN2cFh0Z2lNMXNiTlJscGdXQkV5TnB3V1pPbVFseU50VC1MbTB2OUN0Mmc3R3RCWHVqcjZzVWRoWlZzc1NtVWxsX3NjRTZTMHZIM2RxZC14VXotNzZobUxwRUE2Y2lLbFVIZTVxUjFQel9xZnNKN3hXTTJtVndpa2hFR1R6dkxqc0tNbGsyV2VXbEU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Keir Starmer &#8216;deeply concerned&#8217; by Kanye West&#8217;s Wireless festival booking &#8216;despite antisemitic remarks&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pepsi Withdraws Festival Sponsorship After Kanye West Backlash&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCPepsi withdraws as UK festival sponsor after Kanye West backlash&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCKanye to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":515388,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[243,96,11900,128,179939,391,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-515387","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-bbc","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-iplayer","11":"tag-music","12":"tag-pepsi-withdraws-festival-sponsorship-after-kanye-west-backlash","13":"tag-tv","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=515387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}