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Milkshake Festival Removes Azealia Banks Following Public Outcry Over Her Anti-LGBTQ+ Comments

Azealia Banks has been removed from Milkshake Festival's 2025 lineup after fans pointed out her history of anti-LGBTQ+ comments. Get the details.

In an initial statement posted to its Instagram on Wednesday (Feb. 5), Milkshake told fans “we hear you,” and said that it would “try to create a platform for artists who haven’t always had equal access to popular spaces” at the annual festival. One commenter summed up their feelings on the matter in Dutch: “Maybe it’s time to take a hard look at the exploitation of the queer and trans community and make Milkshake a fairer festival as a whole,” they wrote. Banks — who has become well-known in recent years for her inflammatory rants on social media — does indeed have a track record of making homophobic and transphobic comments online.

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