Kneecap ignited Glestonebury with anti-straw, censorship and political backlash between pro-Pilistine sets

The Irish Rap Triao Cacap gave a charge performance at the Glustonbury Festival on Saturday, using its biggest career stage to address the legal issues in Gaza, UK politics and war. His set on the West Holts Stage attracted a large crowd, which had reached the capacity of about an hour before Shotime, but was particularly absent BBCLive coverage, an omission that did not go uncontrolled during the performance.

During its energetic set, Kneecap led the crowd in the mantras of “F ** K Ke Keer Starmer” and “Free Pailstine”, which support the festivals of festivals waving Palestinian and Irish flags from the ocean waving. Member Moglai Father referred to the current legal case of fellow member Mo Chara in the UK, where he is facing allegations related to terrorism, allegedly stems from a video, showing him chanting the Hizbullah flag and chanting support for the restricted groups. “This is not the first time that there was a abortion of justice for an Irish person in the British justice system,” the Father said, loud cheers.

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While Kneecap did not clearly address BBCAccepting the strong political scenes from the audience, “BBC editor is going to have some F ** king job,” said the decision to exclude his set from Live Broadcast.

A few weeks after the group in Kchela to showcase messages condemning Israel’s military action in Gaza, a few weeks after the group made headlines and American support for it. Those tasks contributed to increasing the investigation in Britain, which led to the attendance of Mo Chara on 18 June. Despite the allegations, he was granted bail, allowing the group to perform in Glstonbury. The next court date has been scheduled for August 20.

The UK Prime Minister Kir Stmper weighed ahead of the festival, stating that The Sun He did not think that it was “appropriate” for the band, saying that “should not be threatened.” In response, Kneecap posted on Instagram, “You know what is not appropriate”?

Other political figures including Orthodox MP Kemi Badenoch were also called BBC To withdraw coverage of performance of kneecap. “As a publicly funded platform, the BBC should not reward extremism,” Bedenoch wrote. BBCIn a statement, it noted that its coverage would follow editorial standards and programming decisions will be made accordingly.

Despite the backlash, Kneecap received strong support within the music community. Artists such as Johnny Mara and massive attack defended their right to use the stage as a platform for political expression. Writing on social media, said, “The harassment is afraid of artistic expression … I respect all the musicians who use their platform to speak against injustice.”

During his set, the band member DJ Praviva told the crowd, “We understand colonialism and we understand how important it is to support each other at the international level, before the major mantras of” free, free Palestine “.”

Kneecap also supported the activist group Palestine Action, which the UK government is moving to classify as a terrorist organization. The group recently attracted attention after the brutality of military aircraft on the RAF base to protest the sale of weapons to Israel to Israel.