The Man Who Flew to Mexico for Ye: Top Photos

A promoter bet $15 million on Ye's forgiveness tour. Britain shut the door and cancelled the festival.

The main stage of the 2008 O2 Wireless Festival in Hyde Park, London. Playing are the band Cornershop.
The main stage at the O2 Wireless Festival in Hyde Park. The festival later moved to Finsbury Park, where Melvin Benn's $15 million bet on Ye collapsed when sponsors fled and the Home Office stepped in. © BillyH, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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