Grinning Kanye West makes an appearance at a comedy club

The artist formerly known as Kanye West still had something to smile about on Tuesday evening - just hours after the Home Office banned him from flying to the UK for a headline appearance at Wireless Festival. The controversial rapper, who now refers to himself as Ye, had been the marquee signing at Wireless, which has since been cancelled amid calls for the annual celebration of urban music to be indefinitely axed over its decision to overlook West's unsavoury track record of anti-semitism. While beleaguered organisers issued an apologetic statement on Tuesday, the man at the heart of the controversy appeared to be nonplussed during an appearance at a comedy club in Los Angeles.