Major Music Festival in Crisis Amidst Backlash to Headliner

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London’s largest music festival is in shambles amid widespread condemnation over its controversial headliner.

Last week, the U.K.’s Wireless Festival announced Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, as the headliner for each of its three-night concert series.

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