Kanye West booking at Wireless
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Kanye West booking at Wireless music festival in London stirs up a storm in the UK

The Wireless music festival in London is in serious trouble after booking Kanye West as a headliner, the BBC reports.

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Kanye West, who now goes by the stage name Ye, will perform three nights in a row at the Finsbury Park festival in July.

This has led to massive criticism and on Saturday, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that the booking of West is "deeply concerning" due to his "previous anti-Semitic statements and glorification of Nazism". Other top politicians want to deny West entry permission.

Now the main sponsor, Pepsi, has withdrawn from the festival and, according to The Guardian, the event is in shambles.

In recent years, West has made a series of anti-Semitic statements, praised Adolf Hitler, sold clothing with swastikas on it, and released the song "Heil Hitler."

The 48-year-old, who has bipolar disorder, has since said he is "done with anti-Semitism."

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