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Wireless Festival cancelled after Kanye West blocked from coming to UK (www.bbc.co.uk)
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[–] 22 points 7 months ago (11 children)

They couldn’t just get a new headline act?

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  • [–] 29 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    The sheer fact he was the “headline” to began with was sad.

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  • [+] -6 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    still a huge audience out there for him, the uk has prevented all types of people from entering the country in the past including jews including members of the israeli government https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8xgk1ek19lo

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  • [–] 27 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Members of the isreali government makes sense. I don’t think that’s the gotcha you may be thinking.

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Members of the isreali government makes sense

    indeed, the uk regularly bans people it doesn't like entering the country

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_banned_from_entering_the_United_Kingdom

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Yup. I’d say they fall under “hate promoters”, I mean they’re trying to genocide an entire population. Leave the Palestinians alone and let them have their land. Not to mention now they’re attacking Syria.

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  • [–] [S] 11 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    It's likely that most acts decent enough to headline are already fully booked for the summer.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Standard operating practice would just be to move everyone else up a slot, and book some 'up and coming' band to fill the very early slot that's left vacant. Glastonbury managed to shuffle people between days when they lost their headliners a few years ago, depends who's free and who's got other bookings.

    Looks like they had West headlining all three days, and I can't find anything about who else was due to play - Drake, maybe? The 2026 festival looks like a scam, how little detail there is about it.

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