Police within the UK say they’re assessing video footage of Kneecap’s and Bob Vylan’s respective units at Glastonbury on Saturday to “decide whether or not any offences could have been dedicated that will require a legal investigation.” Each acts voiced their assist for Palestine and condemned Israel’s actions.
Throughout their set, Kneecap led the crowd in chants of “Fuck [UK Prime Minister] Keir Starmer” and “Free, free Palestine.” In addition they instructed the group to “begin a riot outdoors the courts” throughout band member Mo Chara’s upcoming hearings within the UK, the place he faces a terror cost. They later clarified: “No riots — simply love and assist, and assist for Palestine.”
In the meantime, Bob Vylan led chants of “Free Palestine” and “Loss of life to the IDF.” At one other level of their set, the duo displayed a message on the display screen behind them that learn: “Free Palestine. The United Nations have known as it a genocide. The BBC calls it a ‘battle.’” Sarcastically, whereas the BBC selected to not broadcast Kneecap’s set in hopes of avoiding controversy, they aired Bob Vylan’s instead.
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The UK’s Tradition Secretary, Lisa Nandy, shortly condemned each Bob Vylan’s and Kneecap’s performances at Glastonbury, and has reportedly acquired assurances that Bob Vylan’s set gained’t be accessible for rebroadcast on the BBC’s iPlayer. In its personal assertion, the Israeli embassy in Britain mentioned it was “deeply disturbed by the inflammatory and hateful rhetoric expressed on stage on the Glastonbury Pageant”.
In a social media put up, Avon and Somerset Police mentioned, “Video proof will probably be assessed by officers to find out whether or not any offences could have been dedicated [by either act] that will require a legal investigation.
