Kneecap chants ‘f*** Keir Starmer' in another foul rant just days after sparking police probe at Glastonbury
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.
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'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."
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.
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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
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Meanwhile, Bobby Vylan - frontman of English punk-rap duo Bob Vylan -
The BBC were
Avon and Somerset Police confirmed on Monday that
Posting on X, the force said: "Video footage and audio from Bob Vylan and Kneecap's performances at Glastonbury Festival has been reviewed.
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"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.
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The Sun has contacted Avon and Somerset Police.
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Fans during Kneecap's gig in London
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Kneecap performing at Glastonbury
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