Kneecap chants ‘f*** Keir Starmer' in another foul rant just days after sparking police probe at Glastonbury

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RAPPERS Kneecap called out Keir Starmer for saying the group should be banned from Glastonbury Festival.
The hip-hop group, from Belfast, Northern Ireland, spoke at London's Finsbury Park today - a week after performing at Glastonbury Festival.
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Kneecap chanted 'f*** Starmer' on stage in London's Finsbury Park on Saturday
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'They tried to stop us playing Glastonbury, and they f*****g couldn't,' Kneecap said
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A big crowd attended the gig
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PM Keir Starmer said the Irish trio should be banned from performing at Glastonbury
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It came after the PM told The Sun on Sunday last month that the Irish trio should be banned from the music festival after a band member was charged with a terror offence.
Rapper Liam Og O hAnnaidh told the crowd yesterday: 'Keir Starmer gave an interview with The Sun saying we shouldn't be playing Glastonbury - so f**k Keir Starmer.'
'F**k Keir Starmer - you're just a s**t Jeremy Corbyn.'
Bandmate Naoise O Caireallain added: 'We appreciate all of this f*****g mad energy that we are getting in Finsbury Park.
'Look, they tried to stop us playing Glastonbury, and they f*****g couldn't.
'They tried to stop us playing in Cornwall, and they f*****g couldn't stop that either."
Sir Keir Starmer told The Sun last month that it was 'not appropriate' for the Irish group to cash in at the festival.
Og O hAnnaidh, 27, who goes by the stage name Mo Chara, appeared in court last month, accused of displaying a flag in support of banned terror group Hezbollah at a gig.
He was bailed until later in the summer — leaving him free to play at Glastonbury.
Asked by The Sun on Sunday if he thought Kneecap should play at Glastonbury, the PM said: 'No I don't.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer calls for Glastonbury to axe Kneecap from the line-up
'I think we need to come down really clearly on this. I won't say too much, because there's a court case on, but I don't think that's appropriate.'
During Kneecap's performance at Glastonbury, the group took to the stage and led a "free Palestine" chant before leading five chants against the Prime Minister.
Meanwhile, Bobby Vylan - frontman of English punk-rap duo Bob Vylan - chanted "death, death to the IDF" and other alleged anti-Semitic slurs on the West Holts stage last Saturday.
The BBC were slammed for broadcasting performance on live TV, including by PM Keir Starmer himself.
Avon and Somerset Police confirmed on Monday that cops are investigating Kneecap and Bob Vylan after video and audio footage was examined.
Posting on X, the force said: "Video footage and audio from Bob Vylan and Kneecap's performances at Glastonbury Festival has been reviewed.
"Following the completion of that assessment process we have decided further enquiries are required and a criminal investigation is now being undertaken.
"A senior detective has been appointed to lead this investigation.
"This has been recorded as a public order incident at this time while our enquiries are at an early stage."
The force confirmed that it had received a "large amount" of contact from across the world about the controversial performances.
The Sun has contacted Avon and Somerset Police.
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Fans during Kneecap's gig in London
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