THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Festival Chief Defends Booking Kanye West as UK Govt Weighs Entry Ban.
The managing director for Wireless Festival, an annual hip-hop festival held in London, England, has responded to mounting pressure from British lawmakers, Jewish groups, and corporate sponsors to disinvite rapper Kanye West, who now goes by Ye, for previous anti-Semitic remarks. The post Festival Chief Defends Booking Kanye West as UK Govt Weighs Entry Ban. appeared first on The National Pulse .
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The managing director of Wireless Festival in London, England, defended the decision to have Kanye West as a headliner, despite a push to bar him from the country over previous anti-Semitic remarks. WHO WAS INVOLVED: Kanye West, Festival Republic’s managing director Melvin Benn, Jewish groups, British government officials and lawmakers, and festival sponsors. WHEN & WHERE: Wireless Festival, scheduled for July, held in Finsbury Park, London. KEY QUOTE: “Forgiveness and giving people a second chance are becoming a lost virtue in this ever-increasing divisive world .” – Melvin Benn IMPACT: Sponsors have pulled out, Jewish groups have criticized the decision, and the British government is reviewing…Open