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Wireless Festival is standing by Ye as the festival’s headliner 🚨 Melvin Benn, Managing Director of Festival Republic, which organizes Wireless Festival, has made a statement: "I am a deeply committed anti-fascist and have been all my adult life. I lived on a kibbutz for many months in the 1970’s that was attacked on October 7th, am pro Jew and the Jewish state, while being equally committed to a Palestinian state.  "Having had a person in my life for the last 15 years who suffers from mental illness, I have witnessed many episodes of despicable behaviour that I have had to forgive and move on from. If I wasn’t before, I have become a person of forgiveness and hope in all aspects of my life, including work. "What Ye has said in the past about Jews and Hitler is as abhorrent to me as it is to the Jewish community, the Prime Minister and others that have commented and - taking him at his word - to Ye now also.  "Ye’s music is played on commercial radio stations in this country. It is available via live streams and downloads in this country without comment or vitriol from anyone and he has a legal right to come into the country and to perform in this country. He is intended to come in and perform. We are not giving him a platform to extol opinion of whatever nature, only to perform the songs that are currently played on the radio stations in our country and the streaming platforms in our country and listened to and enjoyed by millions.  "Forgiveness and giving people a second chance are becoming a lost virtue in this ever-increasing divisive world and I would ask people to reflect on their instant comments of disgust at the likelihood of him performing (as was mine) and offer some forgiveness and hope to him as I have decided to do"

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🚨 NEW: Diageo, owner of Guinness and Captain Morgan, has followed Pepsi in pulling its sponsorship of Wireless Festival due to Kanye West headlining

Powerful: Ravens star QB Lamar Jackson showsed up to the 1st day of off-season workouts wearing a “I love Jesus” sweatshirt. Jackson is extremely vocal about his Christianity and showed support to Jaden Ivey last week after he was fired. A role model 🙏

Lamar Jackson has arrived for the Ravens’ first day of their off-season workout program.

PayPal will no longer appear on Wireless Festival branding this year or going forward in light of Ye headlining the event. It is now the third brand to distance itself from the festival, following Pepsi and Diageo. (via ITV News)