Ye, who has called himself a Nazi, released a song called Heil Hitler and sold T-shirts bearing swatikas, is confirmed to play three nights at the London festival
The Jewish Leadership Council has condemned Wireless festival for booking Kanye West, also known as Ye, to headline all three nights of the forthcoming north London event in the wake of heightened attacks on the UK Jewish community, calling the organisers “deeply irresponsible”.
The rapper has a history of antisemitic behaviour, including releasing a song called Heil Hitler, calling himself a Nazi, associating with the white supremacist commentator Nick Fuentes (including at a 2022 dinner with Donald Trump), making numerous other anti-Jewish racist statements and selling T-shirts bearing swastikas.
In January, West took out a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal apologising for his actions. The rapper, 48, attributed his behaviour to his bipolar-1 disorder. It followed a similar apology in 2023.
On Monday, Wireless, a festival run by Festival Republic, part of Live Nation, announced that West would top the bill each night of the Finsbury Park event – as Drake did in 2025 – taking what it called “a three-night journey through his most iconic records”. The performances are to be West’s first in the UK in 11 years and follow the release of his 12th album, Bully, last week.
