A promoter for the UK festival called the rapper’s past remarks “abhorrent” but urged critics to “offer some forgiveness.” LONDON: One of the promoters of an annual London music festival on Monday (Apr 6) 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