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[–] eleijeep@piefed.social 11 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

They couldn’t just get a new headline act?

[–] towerful@programming.dev 3 points 1 hour ago

Well the point is that he should never have been the headline to start with.
And now all the sponsors have pulled out, because they don't want to be associated with a festival that is promoting a person like Kanye.

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 11 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

The sheer fact he was the “headline” to began with was sad.

[–] spagbolioli@feddit.uk -3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

still a huge audience out there for him, the uk has prevented all types of people from entering the country in the past including jews including members of the israeli government https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8xgk1ek19lo

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 11 points 5 hours ago

Members of the isreali government makes sense. I don’t think that’s the gotcha you may be thinking.

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 7 points 5 hours ago

It's likely that most acts decent enough to headline are already fully booked for the summer.