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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Millie Cooke

Kanye West banned from entering UK to headline Wireless Festival in row over antisemitic comments

Kanye West has been blocked from travelling to the UK to headline Wireless Festival after a row over his antisemitic comments and growing pressure on the government to intervene.

The rapper applied to travel to the country on Monday via an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA), but the Home Office stopped him because his presence in the UK would “not be conducive to the public good”, it is understood.

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