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David Mouriquand

Kanye West backlash escalates in UK as festival organiser defends booking - West issues statement

The Wireless Festival in the UK has come under huge pressure over the booking of Kanye ‘Ye’ West, and the backlash is intensifying.

The controversial American rapper was announced last week as the three-night headliner of this year’s festival in London’s Finsbury Park in July – despite the musician’s past anti-Semitic remarks.

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