Wireless tickets to go on sale after promoter defends Kanye West appearance
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Kanye West has ‘legal right to perform’ in UK, says Wireless promoter
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Federal government could soon reshape how you watch sports on TV: Here are the proposed changes
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Trump trolls Newsom with video of woman using fire hydrant as ‘laundromat’ in downtown LA
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Kanye West Wireless Festival 2026 Backlash- Here is what happened?
In a move that has ignited fierce debate across the UK music industry, politics, and Jewish communities, Kanye West — now legally known as Ye — has been announced as the headliner for all three nights of the 2026 Wireless Festival in London’s Finsbury Park. The July 10-12 event marks the rapper’s first UK performances in over a decade, since headlining Glastonbury in 2015. But what was intended as a major comeback moment has instead triggered an immediate and intense backlash, with m...
Joanna Lumley targeted by masked thieves who tried to steal her car from outside her £2.5m London townhouse
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Kanye West should be banned from entering UK to perform at Wireless, CAA says
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Prince Edward and wife Sophie forced to use cottage at Sandringham because Andrew 'refuses to move'
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Neal Schon and bandmate Jonathan Cain battle lawsuits and politics as Journey's farewell tour rolls on
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Trump threatens to bomb Iran’s power plants and bridges in bizarre foul-mouthed Easter morning rant: ‘Praise be to Allah’
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SNL’s Pam Bondi wants her job back after making history with Trump firing: ‘I shattered that glass exit door’
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No one at Waffle House remembers Trump’s FEMA official who claims he was teleported there
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