Manchester venue postpones gig just HOURS before show as star is stripped of MBE
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA gig at Band on the Wall this evening has been postponed just hours before it was set to take place. Rapper Wiley was due to perform at the music venue on Swan Street this evening (February 28) but ticket holders were informed this morning that the show has now been rearranged due to ‘unforeseen circumstances’.
In the 2017 New Year Honours list, Wiley, whose real name is Richard Cowie, was handed an MBE for services to music. The Wearing My Rolex performer had been widely regarded as the ‘Godfather of Grime’ after first making a name for himself through pirate radio stations in the late 90s and early 00s. Try MEN Premium now for FREE...just click here to give it a go But the grime star made headlines in 2020 when he posted a series of posts and videos on social media that many deemed to be anti-Semitic.
The comments led to the performer being dropped by his then management team and was also handed a temporary ban on Twitter. Wiley told Sky News at the time that he was sorry 'for generalising' but also refused to distance himself from the majority of the comments made.
It was announced this week that the musician had forfeited his MBE for ‘bringing the honours system into disrepute’. A list published on the Cabinet Office website revealed that the award had been forfeited earlier this month, with a source revealing that the MBE will be 'cancelled and annulled'.
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