The BBC Northern Ireland news website reported on the ‘performance’ of the Belfast rap (??) group ‘Kneecap’ at the Glastonbury ‘music’ gathering in Somerset, England.
The report reads:
“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 band have been in the headlines after rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, who performs under the name Mo Chara, was charged with a terrorism offence for allegedly displaying the flag of proscribed terrorist organisation Hezbollah at a gig last year. He has denied the charge.
Last week, Sir Keir said Kneecap’s appearance at the festival was ‘not appropriate’.
On stage, the band thanked Glastonbury for keeping them on the bill and told the crowd the ‘prime minister of your country, not mine, said he didn’t want us to play’.
Mr Ó hAnnaidh is on bail after a court hearing in London two weeks ago.
Towards the start of their set, the rapper – who was wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh – held his arms out to the crowd and announced, ‘Glastonbury, I am a free man!’
His bandmate Naoise Ó Cairealláin, who performs under the name Móglaí Bap, called the case “a trumped up terrorism charge”, adding that it was “not the first time there was a miscarriage of justice for an Irish person in the British justice system.”
He then implored fans to turn up to support Mr Ó hAnnaidh at his next court appearance at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in August.
The event is an example of how the hierarchy of the British political system can be mocked in their heartland by those who ‘perform’ under the stage name of ‘Kneecap’, named after an IRA method of punishment meted out to those who break ranks with its murder campaign or are deemed to have in any way disparaged any of its leaders, they who should ever be ‘worshipped’ as heroes! The members of this ‘group’ also endorse Hamas and Hezbollah and, according to Piers Morgan, urge their fans to murder MPs! (more…)
