{"id":516582,"date":"2026-04-06T22:05:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T22:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/516582\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T22:05:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T22:05:07","slug":"wireless-festival-boss-defends-kanye-west-appearance-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/516582\/","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\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTE5FdlZ2dHZVVFU0c1ZsTEd4YV9oa29OZjRTU2N1bmdTdkNaSmw1eXBfdFBlek9hbGN3TjBfZ3p3ajJtTTBKY295NXRJdmZpa2VhWjBodzFIc2R1WTU2?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\/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxQQWplQ2xTLXBzLUtua3lGNVJUa0E0RjZuZUR1V2ZfZ0F2NXZaM3J1R1c5Y09KSGpIUlVxejhCLTNOem5CeVhlODgxMEIxS2N5RkJtRFZGSTh5OW1LdHVIc3lfRGhfb3d3RVdKdkVrLVJVaHg4MmRPY05oU1ZrN1JJUnZuczY5bTc2OWJBNkVldURyRGhtdElFNXlzN2FRYVhpSWhCWTBDLVpWZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UK minister says Kanye West should not perform at Wireless festival<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuwFBVV95cUxQdmpHaU5KLXh5VmxueXFuOEdLVjBvTy1VS0x5SVhNdVJBNmNfZFRteEJNS0xvRjdvZTFXSG9uSzVXY3RZVy12VkEyNEQ1emd1bGd2TldHZFRUTzVRemxRZ3ljQm5oVXVvNjBtaXlKdk9mNmlKU1VUTXBSWk16UkhJdHdoaVhySXFBNkRjMVo2TjMwMmUxOWRwcDMtYTVTYmVoMHFMaEFzYTlva0pZQkxaZG1mZHA5UGFNWWtz?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pepsi and Diageo withdraw sponsorship of Wireless Festival after Kanye West booking<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiswFBVV95cUxQZ0pQYUVmcXFlT3BxWnptVVFvN0hJenpDOFdQRGhsUEN3V0hqYkxNYzJiX21hZEdhY2x3TTB5R2VrdWkwZnpRZ2Q5ZG9sU21HcjQxQkM3THVCdEhVQWV6cWFleVFlM3N5YlFMWFVJXzZ4elZZOGhUMy0xa3AxU2pKel91eXRZUXdqTHZOWWd1S2RsaDVXYkJ1SGJ5eTNnWUNpX3VRZ0lmWGJta0kxcUtJYnVHcw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kanye West has \u2018legal right to perform\u2019 in UK, says Wireless promoter | ITV News<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ITVX<\/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;BBCUK minister&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":516583,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-516582","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-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516582","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=516582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/516583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}