UK government blocks Kanye West from entering Britain to headline festival

The rapper formerly known as Kanye West has been barred from entering the UK, where he was scheduled to perform at the Wireless Festival in July. It came after government officials condemned Ye’s history of antisemitic remarks. The festival’s organisers confirmed the ban and said the entire three-day festival was being cancelled as a result. Ye’s travel authorisation had been blocked on the grounds that the performer’s presence in Britain would not be “conducive to the public good”, the BBC...