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Finsbury Park is not the place to rehabilitate Kanye West’s career
The three-day gig at Wireless feels like another box-tick on a public rehabilitation tour. Despite all the handwringing from the political right over ‘cancel culture’, it’s clear that, if you’re famous enough, you can say anything, do anything, and still rise to the top of entertainment (or politics) if enough people in your entourage stand to benefit. A three-day festival is less pressure than an international tour, but it’s in a field, not a venue set up to manage the crowds a popular and controversial figure will draw. Wireless has been silent on how it will ensure the safety of a vulnerable headliner — and failed to reassure locals that extra safeguards will be in place.
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