更新于：2026年4月7日 / 美国东部时间上午11:42 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社
这位曾用名坎耶·韦斯特的说唱歌手周二被禁止入境英国，他原定于7月在无线音乐节担任 headline 表演嘉宾。此次禁令的背景是外界对韦斯特过往反犹言论的强烈反弹。
音乐节主办方因此取消了这场为期三天的户外活动，并表示已购票的观众将获得退款。
据哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的合作媒体英国广播公司新闻援引英国内政部的消息称，韦斯特此前已获得电子旅行授权，但该授权现已被撤销，理由是他在英国境内的存在将不利于“公共利益”。
“坎耶·韦斯特本就不该受邀担任无线音乐节的 headline 表演者，”英国首相基尔·斯塔默在社交媒体上表示。“本届政府坚定地与犹太社区站在一起，我们将持续对抗并铲除反犹主义这一毒瘤。我们将始终采取必要行动保护公众、维护我们的价值观。”
这位2021年更改了艺名的说唱歌手，原计划于7月10日至12日在伦敦芬斯伯里公园举办的无线音乐节上进行三场演出，为约15万名狂欢观众带来其十余年来的首次英国巡演。音乐节的其他演出嘉宾尚未公布。
自韦斯特被宣布担任 headline 嘉宾以来，主办方一直面临来自赞助商和政界人士的越来越大的取消演出压力。韦斯特因发表反犹言论并表达对阿道夫·希特勒的崇拜而遭到广泛谴责。
去年，韦斯特发布了一首名为《 Heil Hitler》的歌曲，并在其个人网站上宣传一款印有纳粹卐字符的T恤出售。正是这首歌促使澳大利亚政府去年禁止他入境该国。
这位48岁的艺人于今年1月在《华尔街日报》刊登整版广告，发布了一封道歉信。他表示自己的双相情感障碍导致他陷入了“为期四个月的躁狂发作，出现了精神病性、偏执和冲动行为，摧毁了我的生活”。
自韦斯特被宣布担任音乐节 headline 嘉宾以来，赞助商百事可乐、摇滚之星能量饮料和帝亚吉欧已退出此次音乐节合作。
斯塔默曾称此次演出邀约“令人深感担忧”，英国卫生大臣韦斯·斯特里廷周二也表示，韦斯特“绝对不应”在该音乐节演出。
在其旅行授权被撤销前，韦斯特于周二发表声明称，他“将很高兴有机会与英国犹太社区成员当面交流、倾听他们的心声。
“我知道言辞不够——我必须通过行动展现改变，”他说。“如果你们愿意，我随时恭候。”
英国犹太代表委员会主席菲尔·罗森伯格表示，如果韦斯特退出音乐节，该委员会愿意与这位艺人会面。
“犹太社区希望看到真正的悔意和改变，才会相信在无线音乐节主舞台上是检验这种诚意的合适场合，”罗森伯格说道。
主办方Festival Republic此前曾力挺韦斯特。在周一发布的一份声明中，该公司董事总经理梅尔文·本恩呼吁人们为这位艺人“提供宽恕与希望”。
“我们并非为他提供平台来宣扬任何性质的观点，只是让他演唱目前在我国电台和流媒体平台播放、被数百万听众欣赏喜爱的歌曲，”声明中写道。
在宣布取消演出时，Festival Republic表示，“在敲定韦斯特的演出邀约前，我们已咨询了多方利益相关者，当时并未收到任何担忧反馈。
“任何形式的反犹主义都令人发指，我们承认这些问题带来的真实且切身的影响，”声明中说道。“正如韦斯特今日所言，他承认仅凭言辞远远不够，尽管如此，他仍希望获得机会与英国犹太社区开启对话。”
致力于保护英国犹太人的社区安全信托基金表示，政府的决定是正确的。
“反犹太仇恨在社会中没有容身之地，文化领袖应为此发挥作用，”该机构在一份声明中说道。
“那些为过往反犹行为表现出真诚且切实悔意的人，总会得到犹太社区的同情倾听，但这一过程必须先于此类公开复出活动。”
韦斯特的一名代表未回复置评请求。
Kanye West blocked from entering U.K. after criticism over past antisemitic remarks
Updated on: April 7, 2026 / 11:42 AM EDT / CBS/AP
The rapper formerly known as Kanye West was barred Tuesday from entering the U.K., where he was scheduled to headline the Wireless Festival in July, after a backlash over Ye’s history of antisemitic remarks.
Festival organizers canceled the three-day outdoor event as a result of the travel ban and said those who had bought tickets would get refunds.
Ye had been granted an electronic travel authorization which has now been withdrawn on the grounds that his presence in the U.K. would not be “conducive to the public good,” CBS News partner network BBC News said, citing the Home Office.
“Kanye West should never have been invited to headline Wireless,” U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on social media. “This government stands firmly with the Jewish community, and we will not stop in our fight to confront and defeat the poison of antisemitism. We will always take the action necessary to protect the public and uphold our values.”
The rapper, who changed his name in 2021, had been expected to play his first U.K. dates in more than a decade in front of around 150,000 revelers over three nights July 10-12 at the Wireless Festival, in London’s Finsbury Park. Other acts for the festival had not yet been announced.
K-Trap performs during Day 3 of the Wireless Festival at London’s Finsbury Park on July 9, 2023. Joseph Okpako/WireImage
The event’s organizers had been under mounting pressure from sponsors and politicians to cancel the gigs by the rapper, who has drawn widespread condemnation for making antisemitic remarks and voicing admiration for Adolf Hitler.
Last year, Ye released a song called “Heil Hitler” and advertised a swastika T-shirt for sale on his website. The song led Australian officials last year to block him from entering their country.
The 48-year-old apologized in January with a letter, published as a full-page advertisement in The Wall Street Journal. He said his bipolar disorder led him to fall into “a four-month long, manic episode of psychotic, paranoid and impulsive behavior that destroyed my life.”
Wireless sponsors Pepsi, Rockstar Energy and Diageo pulled out of the festival since Ye was announced as the headliner.
Starmer had called the booking “deeply concerning,” and Health Secretary Wes Streeting said Tuesday that Ye should “absolutely not” play at the festival.
In a statement issued Tuesday before his travel authorization was revoked, Ye said he “would be grateful for the opportunity to meet with members of the Jewish community in the U.K. in person, to listen.
“I know words aren’t enough — I’ll have to show change through my actions,” he said. “If you’re open, I’m here.”
Kanye West attends the Grammy Awards at Crypto.com Arena on Feb. 2, 2025, in Los Angeles. Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Phil Rosenberg, president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, said the group would be willing to meet with the musician if he pulled out of the festival.
“The Jewish community will want to see a genuine remorse and change before believing that the appropriate place to test this sincerity is on the main stage at the Wireless Festival,” Rosenberg said.
Organizer Festival Republic had stood by Ye. In a statement issued Monday, managing director Melvin Benn urged people to offer the performer “forgiveness and hope.”
“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,” the statement said.
Announcing the cancellation, Festival Republic said that “multiple stakeholders were consulted in advance of booking Ye and no concerns were highlighted at the time.
“Antisemitism in all its forms is abhorrent, and we recognize the real and personal impact these issues have had,” it said in a statement. “As Ye said today, he acknowledges that words alone are not enough, and in spite of this still hopes to be given the opportunity to begin a conversation with the Jewish community in the U.K.”
A view of a laptop showing the homepage of Wireless Festival (left) with Kanye West headlining in July, alongside the BBC news website with the headline that he has been blocked from traveling to the U.K. on Tuesday April 7, 2026. Yui Mok/PA Images via Getty Images
The Community Security Trust, which works to protect British Jews, said the government had made the right decision.
“Anti-Jewish hatred should have no place in society and cultural leaders have a role to play in ensuring that is the case,” it said in a statement.
“People who show genuine and meaningful remorse for previous antisemitic behavior will always receive a sympathetic hearing from the Jewish community, but that process must come before this kind of public rehabilitation.”
A representative for Ye didn’t reply to a request for comment.