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So the rumours were true: Ye – the artist formerly known as Kanye West – has been announced as the headliner for all three nights of Wireless Festival 2026. It’ll be Yeezy season at Finsbury Park as the rapper presents a ‘three-night journey through his most iconic records’, according to an official statement.
A ‘leaked’ Wireless line-up did the rounds this month, with Ye apparently headlining alongside Future, Central Cee, Don Toliver X Yeat and Young Thug. Given that it’s hard to imagine him agreeing to share billing after Drake’s weekend-long Wireless takeover last year, it made sense that there were also rumours that he would headline all three nights.
The shows will mark Ye’s first UK performances in 11 years, following his controversial Glastonbury headline slot in 2015. He’s no stranger to Wireless, having headlined when he last appeared at the festival in 2014. If you want to catch the rapper’s return to Finsbury Park, here’s what you need to know.
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When is Kanye West performing at Wireless 2026?
That’ll be July 10, 11 and 12 2026. In yer face, Drake.
When do tickets go on sale?
General tickets follow at 12pm on April 8. Tickets are available to buy on Ticketmaster.
Kanye West Wireless presale
A limited number of tickets are being made available to PayPal customers from 12pm today (March 31) – this will window by close by April 2 or whenever said tickets have sold out.
Another presale starts on April 7 at 12pm.
How much do tickets cost?
Day passes are priced at £140.50, while a full weekend ticket will set you back £360.50. Two-day tickets can be purchased for £256.
Are there any VIP passes?
You can bet your bottom dollar (literally) that there are. In the PayPal presale, day tickets with access to ‘the Lounge’ can be purchased for £233 and ‘VIP Village’ day tickets can be bought for £288.
Who else is on the line-up?
No other artists have been announced just yet. We’ll bring you Wireless 2026 line-up news as soon as we have it.
Why is Kanye West’s appearance at Wireless 2026 controversial?
How long have you got? Ye declared himself a ‘Nazi’ on X last year and took back a public apology for his antisemitic rhetoric. He later announced that he was ‘not a Nazi’ – before trying to sell t-shirts with swastikas on them. In May 2025, he released a song called ‘Heil Hitler’.
Earlier this year, Ye took out a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal to apologise for his behaviour. ‘I am not a Nazi or an antisemite,’ he wrote. ‘I love Jewish people.’
He added: ‘One of the difficult aspects of having bipolar type-1 are the disconnected moments – many of which I still cannot recall – that led to poor judgment and reckless behavior that oftentimes feels like an out-of-body-experience. I regret and am deeply mortified by my actions in that state, and am committed to accountability, treatment, and meaningful change. It does not excuse what I did though.’
Anything else we need to know?
In a press release, Wireless said: ‘From The College Dropout, to Graduation, to Late Registration, to My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and The Life of Pablo, Ye has created albums that have pushed boundaries and redefined hip hop – in doing so, he established a new sonic blueprint and cemented an enduring, undeniable legacy on the culture.
Fresh from releasing his new album Bully, Ye’s UK comeback will be an extraordinary chapter in Wireless’ story.’
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