United Kingdom, April 7 -- UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer says Kanye West "should never have been invited" to headline the Wireless Festival.

The festival was cancelled on Tuesday (07.04.26) after the controversial rapper - who had been set to headline all three nights of the London event in July - was blocked from coming to the UK by the Home Office and Starmer stressed that the UK Government "stands firmly with the Jewish community" amid anger at previous anti-Semitic comments made by the star, who is now known as Ye.

In a post on X, the Prime Minister wrote: "Kanye West should never have been invited to headline Wireless.

"This government stands firmly with the Jewish community, and we will not stop in our fight to confront and ...