{"id":568612,"date":"2026-04-06T21:52:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/568612\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T21:52:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:52:07","slug":"wireless-festival-boss-defends-kanye-west-appearance-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/568612\/","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\/CBMisAFBVV95cUxOVFFtZUNtb0hoVnpyN3Q0T1EtQUFnSC1STHFlaWQtbU5XdjUzSk96S3NOM2hyUUhvd3RaMF9CdHlGZnJMQWxaTWxkR3RuWWVhVG81WEpwcUdCQWhWRE12RnhPdlVZRU5uR2pjbHFyWUM2Qm9mM1Zmd1NmWkw3cTJYQzlRUkNNeTNkQmJiOUhMbDl6a3BfenhJa1dnaUxxYWFqWExzVXZQeFFkU3JlSS1hUg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wireless Festival boss stands by Ye headlining concerts as sponsors pull out<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;WTOP<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.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxPN01ZbHZvX3lOTkRBZW1GTFB3eHdQUjh3a1hTUWpEZ2lTcklPOUgyaGxZQmlDckJ1QWRiYmVPenljT01rR20wZWVJTGdFVjNaTDNDa1ZWd3FzVjNYU3ZFY2tPOG53eFNqamt4cnlqM1BpdGNzNmlJbG8yZXZ3Rnk1RUNDREpPMjc5QzVpdjNzMWRTb1VIeDAyN2g5T3BNNVl2?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A music festival booked Kanye West, now known as Ye, and lost major sponsors<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NPR<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;BBCWireless Festival boss stands by Ye headlining concerts as sponsors pull out&nbsp;&nbsp;WTOPKanye&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88],"class_list":["post-568612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}