{"id":8712,"date":"2026-04-07T17:51:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T17:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/8712\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T17:51:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T17:51:07","slug":"kanye-west-blocked-from-britain-over-antisemitism-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/8712\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanye West blocked from Britain over antisemitism comments"},"content":{"rendered":"

British Home Office Get Tough With West
\nThe British Home Office turned down West\u2019s application to travel. MEGA<\/p>\n

Officials said the decision to refuse permission was made because his presence would not be conducive to the public good.<\/p>\n

West, also known as Ye, was due to headline all three nights from July 10 to July 12 at Finsbury Park, North London \u2013 playing to 150,000 people in total.<\/p>\n

But Wireless organizer Festival Republic has now confirmed the popular event has been canceled altogether following the U.K. Government\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n

It comes after major sponsors of the event, including Pepsi and PayPal, pulled out following the announcement West<\/a> would be headlining.<\/p>\n

In a statement, it said: \u201cThe Home Office has withdrawn YE\u2019s ETA, denying him entry into the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a result, Wireless Festival is cancelled, and refunds will be issued to all ticket-holders.\u201d<\/p>\n

Festival Bosses Decide To Shelve Three-Day Event
\nWireless organizers claims West wants to speak to Jewish community in the U.K. MEGA\u00a0<\/p>\n

It continued: \u201cAs with every Wireless Festival, multiple stakeholders were consulted in advance of booking YE, and no concerns were highlighted at the time.<\/p>\n

\u201cAntisemitism in all its forms is abhorrent, and we recognise the real and personal impact these issues have had.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs YE said today, he acknowledges that words alone are not enough, and in spite of this still hopes to be given the opportunity to begin a conversation with the Jewish community in the U.K.\u201d<\/p>\n

Posting on social media after the announcement, British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer<\/a> said West \u201cshould never have been invited\u201d to headline the festival.<\/p>\n

British Prime Minister Lays Into Rapper
\nSir Keir Starmer says West should never have been invited to perform at the festival. MEGA\u00a0<\/p>\n

He wrote: \u201cThis government stands firmly with the Jewish community, and we will not stop in our fight to confront and defeat the poison of antisemitism.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will always take the action necessary to protect the public and uphold our values.\u201d<\/p>\n

West has previously sold swastika T-shirts \u2014 and been pictured wearing them \u2014 and his song Heil Hitler, released last year, glorified the Nazi leader.<\/p>\n

The Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) said the Government \u201chas clearly made the right decision\u201d in blocking West.<\/p>\n

Snoop Dogg has also previously been banned from entering the U.K. MEGA<\/p>\n

A spokesperson said: \u201cThe Government has clearly made the right decision here.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor once, when it said that antisemitism has no place in the U.K, it backed up its words with action.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomeone who has boasted of making tens of millions of dollars from selling swastika t-shirts and who released a song called Heil Hitler just months ago clearly would not be conducive to the public good in the U.K.<\/p>\n

\u201cWireless Festival, in its desperate quest for profit, defended the invitation until the end.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is shameful, and its sponsors should continue to stay away.\u201d<\/p>\n

West \u2013 who was blocked from entering Australia last year over his Heil Hitler song \u2013 is not the first rapper to be denied entry in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n

Snoop Dogg<\/a> was previously banned in 2007 after his involvement in a brawl at Heathrow Airport that left several cops injured.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"British Home Office Get Tough With West The British Home Office turned down West\u2019s application to travel. MEGA…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8713,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[93,13,1381,3718,1093,4390,1998],"class_list":{"0":"post-8712","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-britain","8":"tag-antisemitism","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-kanye-west","11":"tag-music-festival","12":"tag-sir-keir-starmer","13":"tag-snoop-dogg","14":"tag-u-k"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116364698515746158","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}