Kuala Lampur, April 6 --  

LONDON, April 7 - One of the promoters of an annual London music festival yesterday defended plans for Kanye West to headline it, amid a backlash over the US rapper's previous antisemitic outbursts.

Disgraced 48-year-old hip-hop star West-now known as Ye-is due to play three nights at the Wireless Festival in the British capital in July as part of a European comeback tour.

The decision to book him as the headliner has already prompted several sponsors to pull out of the event, including drinks giants Pepsi and Diageo.

According to media reports, the government is reviewing whether West should be allowed to enter the UK, Prime Minister Keir Starmer having already called his booking "deeply concernin...