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UK minister says Kanye West should not perform at Wireless festival
UK NewsPoliticsEntertainmentMusicMusic News•April 6, 2026 at 4:34 PMNational

UK minister says Kanye West should not perform at Wireless festival

By Rachel Hall•The Guardian - UK News

Bridget Phillipson adds to growing criticism of booking of rapper after his past antisemitic remarksA senior UK government minister has said Kanye West should be barred from performing at Wireless festival because of his “completely unacceptable and absolutely disgusting” antisemitic remarks.Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, said she could not comment on whether ministers should heed calls to ban West from entering the country, but said there was “no place for that kind of hatred, bigotry or antisemitism”. Continue reading...

Bridget Phillipson adds to growing criticism of booking of rapper after his past antisemitic remarks

A senior UK government minister has said Kanye West should be barred from performing at Wireless festival because of his “completely unacceptable and absolutely disgusting” antisemitic remarks.

Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, said she could not comment on whether ministers should heed calls to ban West from entering the country, but said there was “no place for that kind of hatred, bigotry or antisemitism”.

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