The Big Question: Why book Kanye West if you might ban him anyway?

Why was Wireless Festival willing to book Kanye West if the Government could still pull the plug?Wireless Festival has been cancelled after Kanye West was blocked from travelling to the UK to headline it. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood banned the rapper from entering Britain to perform at the festival in July on the grounds his presence would 'not be conducive to the public good'.