\n\tYe (formerly Kanye West<\/a>) was originally announced as a headliner for three nights at Wireless Fest on March 30. Just over a week later, the London-based festival was canceled on Tuesday<\/a> (April 7) after the Home Office\u00a0blocked<\/a>\u00a0West from traveling to the U.K.<\/p>\n \n\tIt\u2019s been a jam-packed last 10 days for Yeezy, who released his Bully<\/em> album on March 28 and returned to the stage in the U.S. with a pair of sold-out shows at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on April 1 and April 3. <\/p>\n \n\tBut how did his summer trip to the U.K. get axed? There seemed to be a domino effect with momentum continuing to pile up against West and Wireless\u2019 partnership in recent days. <\/p>\n \n\tThe backlash got louder and those speaking out against West included the London mayor and U.K. prime minister. Primary sponsors of the festival, like Pepsi, also started to drop out. <\/p>\n \n\tEven amid the push-back, Wireless Fest organizer Melvin Benn released a statement<\/a> standing by his company\u2019s decision to give Ye a platform. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cForgiveness and giving people a second chance are becoming a lost virtue in this ever-increasing divisive world and I would ask people to reflect on their instant comments of disgust at the likelihood of him performing (as was mine) and offer some forgiveness and hope to him as I have decided to do,\u201d he wrote. <\/p>\n
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