The rapper formerly known as Kanye West will headline Wireless Festival as he returns to the UK to perform for the first time in a decade.
The controversial artist, known as ‘Ye’, is the headline act for all three days of the Finsbury Park festival this year.
The announcement comes several months after Ye apologised for antisemitc remarks, which he said were made during a bipolar episode.
The disgraced rapperm who apologised ahead of the release of his new album, has been ostracised by much of the music industry as a result of years of controversial behaviour and hate speech.
In an open letter titled “To Those I’ve Hurt”, the rapper who is now legally known as Ye, apologised for his behaviour.
Ye made his apology via an advert in The Wall Street Journal, a US newspaper, and said he wanted to “earn forgiveness”.
He said he was not looking for “sympathy or a free pass”.
Ye also apologised to the black community, saying he had let them down. He added that a car crash 25 years ago had led to him being diagnosed as bipolar.
He said: “In that fractured state (of his bipolar diagnosis), I gravitated toward the most destructive symbol I could find, the swastika, and even sold T-shirts bearing it.
“One of the difficult aspects of having bipolar type-1 are the disconnected moments, many of which I still cannot recall, that lead to poor judgment and reckless behaviour that (often) feels like an out-of-body experience.”
Ye said that in 2025 he fell into a manic episode that lasted around four months. This consisted of “psychotic, paranoid and impulsive behaviour that destroyed my life”.
Now he will return to the UK for a first show in 11 years at a festival where in 2014 the crowd booed him off stage after a mid-set fashion industry rant.
“Wireless 2026 is set to be a colossal year for the festival as Ye returns to take Finsbury Park on a three-night journey through his most iconic records,” organisers Festival Republic said.
“From The College Dropout, to Graduation, to Late Registration, to My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and The Life of Pablo, Ye has created albums that have pushed boundaries and redefined hip hop - in doing so, he established a new sonic blueprint and cemented an enduring, undeniable legacy on the culture.”
Wireless will run from July 10-12.
As one of the world’s best-selling artists, Ye is well-known in the UK with three number one singles.
