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[–] Enjolras@piefed.europe.pub 28 points 1 day ago

Again we have the UK to thank for stopping Nazis.

[–] Cytobit@piefed.social 66 points 1 day ago (10 children)

It's nice to see the wicked get punished every now and then. It gives me some hope.

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well, well, if it isn't the consequences of his terrible choices.

Doesn't matter tho. He still has plenty of fans willing to fork over hundreds of dollars to "separate the art from the artist." Maybe people should stop doing that?

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

When you stop separating the art from the artist you have to blacklist a lot of them. Many of them are incomplete human beings with terrible personality traits.

[–] LSNLDN@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Since we're on Lemmy, anyone who selects artists by the adherence to their own morals will be left with about three names total.

(Which is not to say that I defend West, of course: he can be shot for all I care, because I don't give a shit about rappers, almost all of them suck.)

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

I'm not there for them. Its why I don't want to know about them at all.

[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 8 points 1 day ago
[–] eleijeep@piefed.social 17 points 1 day ago (4 children)

They couldn’t just get a new headline act?

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] spagbolioli@feddit.uk -5 points 1 day 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 25 points 1 day ago

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

[–] towerful@programming.dev 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

Nah they were just afraid of the riots.

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] addie@feddit.uk 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Standard operating practice would just be to move everyone else up a slot, and book some 'up and coming' band to fill the very early slot that's left vacant. Glastonbury managed to shuffle people between days when they lost their headliners a few years ago, depends who's free and who's got other bookings.

Looks like they had West headlining all three days, and I can't find anything about who else was due to play - Drake, maybe? The 2026 festival looks like a scam, how little detail there is about it.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 points 3 hours ago

Glastonbury is about as non-standard as it gets.

[–] thelardboy@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago

I imagine there's a clause in the contract that he gets paid in full if they cancel him, but only a small %age if they cancel the whole thing.

[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 17 points 1 day ago

great news!

[–] WolfmanEightySix@piefed.social 3 points 23 hours ago

Was the Wireless Festival a bit shit, or something?

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago

The only reason they rejected him is not because of who he is but because people promised to create chaos and demonstrations

[–] Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago

Hahahahahaha

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