Glastonbury fans praise 'iconic' JADE and declare 'we need more artists like her' as Little Mix star gives the middle finger to Reform and supporting genocide in expletive-laden set - in yet ANOTHER politically-charged show
The Little Mix singer, 32, was introduced on the Woodsies stage by Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa, making a bold entrance in a crop top emblazoned with the word 'Glasto'.
Flashing a glimpse of her toned midriff, JADE layered a khaki parka over her shoulders and donned an extravagant faux-fur hat, before delivering a high-energy set to the excited crowd.
She treated fans to tracks from her upcoming album That's Showbiz Baby! along with Little Mix favourites including Shout Out To My Ex, Woman Like Me, and Touch in a debut Glastonbury performance that Time Out labelled a 'coronation into pop royalty'.
And as well as belting out her hits, JADE also took the opportunity to make politically-charged statements, complete with a slew of expletives.
During her track, FUFN, she led the enthusiastic crowd in chanting 'f**k you' towards 'Reform, welfare cuts, transphobia, silencing protests, selling arms and justifying genocide'.
And taking to X, viewers were full of praise for the performance, branding her 'iconic', 'the next best thing' and 'always on the right side of history'.
They wrote: 'Jade getting the glastonbury crowd to shout 'f**k you' to welfare cuts, transphobia, selling arms, silencing protests and supporting genocide on the big BBC … Jade you will always be famous in my house babe'.
'Jade getting the glasto crowd to say f**k Reform I love her man'; 'JADE about to break a world record for most swear words said pre watershed omgggg'.
'JADE screaming 'FU to justifying genocide' to a sell out crowd at glastonbury is honestly so iconic and one of the many reasons she is my absolute favourite'.
'Kneecap, Bob Vylan, Helen from Wales and Jade all woke up today and decided to make history'; 'Jade dropping the word c**t at 15:52 on a sunny summer afternoon at Glasto? Like I said, ICON!!'
'only and i say ONLY JADE can get the glastonbury crowd to shout f**k you to welfare cuts transphobia selling arms silencing protests and supporting genocide on the BBC JADE YOU DESERVE TO BE THE NEXT BIG THING'.
'10/10 discography, insane vocalist, skilled dancer, always on the right side of history, she's making it so easy for you to make the right decision like it's about damn time we make Jade the global hit girl of the decade'.
'i'm so happy to see a pop star that uses her platform to create change and talk about issues that are being overlooked, we need more artists like jade'.
JADE was one a many artists who used their performances at the festival to make political statements on Saturday.
Irish band, Kneecap, led chants of 'F*** Keir Starmer' and urged crowds to riot in the Westminster courts during their headline set.
The group's lead rapper, Liam O'Hanna, 27, whose stage name is Mo Chara, is on unconditional bail after being charged with terrorism for supporting Hezbollah, a proscribed terrorist organisation.
Addressing the charges to more than 30,000 revellers at Worthy Farm, his band mate Naoise Ó Cairealláin, known as Moglai Bap, said: 'Mo Chara is back in court for a trumped up terrorism charge.
'It's not the first time there has been a miscarriage of justice for an Irish person in the British justice system. So now you know he's available on the 20th August at Westminster, support Mo Chara and let's start a riot in the courts.'
Later on in the hour long set, Mo said: 'The Prime Minister of your country, not mine, said he didn't want us to play so f*** Keir Starmer,' before leading a chant against him.
The band's third member DJ Provai, whose real name is J. J. Ó Dochartaigh, removed a red boiler suit to reveal a Palestine Action t-shirt - a group the government are preparing to ban under UK anti-terrorism laws.
As the trio walked onto the stage they played a compilation of their critics' voices over the speakers starting with a BBC broadcast announcing the terrorism charges against Mo.
And taking to X, viewers were full of praise for the performance, branding her 'iconic', 'the next best thing' and 'always on the right side of history'
On their Instagram, the band put out a statement which read: 'The crowd expected today is far greater than West Holts capacity so 'You'll need to be very early to catch us father… very early.'
The stage, which has a capacity for 30,000 people, was shut 47 minutes before the trio were due to perform to avoid severe overcrowding in the area.
They also hit out at the BBC in the same statement calling it 'the propaganda wing of the regime'.
To finish their set, the group led thousands in chanting 'Free, Free Palestine' and 'f*** Keir Starmer' as the massive crowd was filled with flags supporting Gaza.
Their charged-performance came right after rap punk duo Bob Vylan's equally explosive set, which caused Glastonbury to apologise on Sunday.
The performer Bobby Vylan led crowds on the festival's West Holts Stage in chants of of 'Free Palestine ' and 'Death to the IDF' - referring to Israel's military.
The singer from the band, who keeps his identity secret, also declared 'from the river to the sea Palestine… will be free' – claimed by some in the Zionist community to be a call for Israel 's elimination.
The entire performance was live-streamed on iPlayer and the corporation has since been lambasted for failing to cut the broadcast immediately after the anti-Semitic chanting.
In a statement released on Sunday morning, Glastonbury festival said it was 'appalled' by the comments on Saturday.
They added: 'Their chants very much crossed a line and we are urgently reminding everyone involved in the production of the festival that there is no place at Glastonbury for antisemitism, hate speech or incitement to violence.'
The incident prompted calls for the band members to be arrested over claims they had incited violence..
Avon and Somerset Police on Saturday night said they were examining video evidence and investigating if any offence had been committed.
Campaign against Antisemitism have also announced they are 'formally complaining to the BBC' over the incident, saying in a social media post: 'Now in the UK, the chants are indistinguishable from the chants in Tehran, broadcast by our state broadcaster.'
The broadcast plunged the BBC into a major crisis with Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy demanding 'an urgent explanation' from BBC director-general Tim Davie into 'what due diligence it carried out ahead of the Bob Vylan performance'.
A government spokesman said: 'We strongly condemn the threatening comments made by Bob Vylan at Glastonbury.'
Bob Vylan, who formed eight years ago in London, refuse to reveal their real names because of what they call the 'surveillance state'.
Instead the singer calls himself Bobby Vylan and the drummer Bobbie Vylan.
Addressing the crowd of around 30,000, Bobby said he had to be 'careful' because their performance was 'live on the BBC'. He then, however, led the 'free, free Palestine' chant, then changing it to 'death, death to the IDF'.
'Hell, yeah, from the river to the sea Palestine must, will be, Inshallah, it will be free,' he added.
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