Kanye West Refused Entry to UK, Wireless Festival Cancelled

Kanye West Refused Entry to UK, Wireless Festival Cancelled
Rapper Kanye West holds his first rally in support of his presidential bid in North Charleston, S.C., on July 19, 2020. Randall Hill/Reuters
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LONDON—Britain has blocked U.S. rapper Kanye West ‌from travelling to the country to headline London’s Wireless Festival in July over his past anti-Semitic comments and celebration of Nazism.

Organizer Festival Republic said ‌his permission to enter and perform in Britain had been ⁠withdrawn on Tuesday and the three-day event had been cancelled and refunds would be issued to all ticket holders.