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Music fest cancelled after UK bars rapper over antisemitism
The New Indian Express Sambalpur
|April 08, 2026
THE UK government Tuesday blocked US rapper Kanye West from visiting the country to headline a music festival due to his antisemitic outbursts, forcing organisers to cancel him.
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The rapper had submitted an application to travel to Britain on Monday, but it was refused on grounds that his presence would not be conducive to the public good, the BBC cited the Home Office as saying.
This story is from the April 08, 2026 edition of The New Indian Express Sambalpur.
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