Wireless tickets to go on sale after promoter defends West appearance

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2026-04-07

London (PA Media/dpa) - Wireless Festival tickets are to go on sale as its promoter defended Kanye West's planned performance, after calls for him to be barred from entering the United Kingdom because of anti-Semitism. The rapper, who is also known as Ye, is to top the bill for all three nights of the festival in London's Finsbury Park in July. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has called the decision "deeply concerning", while major sponsors have with......

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