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Kanye West has pulled out of his headlining set at Coachella this year, a source confirmed to Billboard.

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00:00Kanye West has pulled out of his headlining Coachella set.

00:03A source confirmed the news to Billboard.

00:05TMZ was the first to report the story.

00:08Reps for West and Coachella have not yet responded to Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter's

00:12requests for comment.

00:13West's Coachella appearance this year was already shrouded in controversy.

00:17A Change.org petition called for the star's removal from the festival lineup in light

00:21of his public behavior toward ex-wife Kim Kardashian and her boyfriend Pete Davidson.

00:25The petition has since garnered more than 49,000 signatures and counting.

00:30West did not issue a statement regarding the petition, but threatened a pull out of Coachella

00:34if fellow headliner Billie Eilish did not apologize to Travis Scott, whom he planned to bring out

00:38on stage during his set.

00:40The rapper had alleged that Eilish dissed Scott in concert footage that showed the happier

00:44than ever singer helping out a fan in need of an inhaler.

00:47She said, quote, I wait for the people to be okay before I keep going.

00:51West perceived that to be a diss to Scott in light of the Astroworld Festival tragedy where

00:5510 people died.

00:56Eilish later responded to Yeh, writing, quote, literally never said a thing about Travis,

01:01was just helping a fan.

01:03Coachella is set to take place April 15th through 17th and April 22nd through 24th.

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