BBC A criminal investigation has been launched over performances by Bob Vylan and Kneecap at Glastonbury on Saturday, Avon and Somerset Police has said. The force said it had appointed a senior detective to investigate whether comments made by either act amounted to a criminal offence after reviewing footage. A statement continued: “This has been...
Mark Savage Music correspondent Getty Images Kneecap rapper Mo Chara and Móglai Bap drew one of the biggest crowds of this year’s festival to the West Holts stage Belfast rap group Kneecap filled Glastonbury’s West Holts stage for a highly-charged performance that hit back at Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer with expletive-laden chants. The Irish-language...
Getty Images Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said he does not think Kneecap’s planned Glastonbury Festival performance is “appropriate”. He made the comments after Kneecap member Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh appeared in court charged with a terror offence, relating to allegedly displaying a flag in support of proscribed terrorist organisation Hezbollah at a gig...
Irish rap group Kneecap have pulled out of the TRNSMT music festival in Glasgow over police concerns about safety. Police Scotland said last week that allowing the trio to perform at Glasgow Green on 11 July would require “a significant policing operation”. It followed a member of the Irish language group being charged with a...
Abigail Taylor BBC News NI PA Media Kneecap are an Irish-speaking rap trio who have courted controversy with their provocative lyrics and merchandise The Metropolitan Police’s counter-terror officers will investigate online videos showing rap trio Kneecap calling for the death of British MPs and shouting “up Hamas, up Hezbollah”. A video emerged of the west...
Mark Savage Music Correspondent Getty Images DJ Próvaà usually wears a balaclava on stage, a look that dates from the band’s early days, when he was trying to hide his identity from the school where he worked To their fans, west Belfast rave-rap group Kneecap are a rowdy, subversive force of nature. But to many...
Catherine Doyle BBC News NI Getty Images On X, the band said: “To the Amess and Cox families, we send our heartfelt apologies, we never intended to cause you hurt” The husband of murdered MP Jo Cox has called on Kneecap to give a “real apology” after footage emerged of the band allegedly calling for...
PA Media Kneecap posted a statement on X on Monday evening Belfast-based Rap group Kneecap have apologised to the families of murdered MPs Sir David Amess and Jo Cox. The statement posted on X follows the emergence of footage of the group at a concert in November 2023, where one of the band members appears...
Getty Images Kneecap say they have “faced a co-ordinated smear campaign” Footage of rap group Kneecap allegedly calling for the death of British MPs is being assessed by counter-terrorism police. A video has emerged of the west Belfast trio at a November 2023 gig appearing to show one person from the band saying: “The only...