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 might have been dedicated that may require a felony investigation.” Each acts voiced their assist for Palestine and condemned Israel’s actions.
Throughout their set, Kneecap led the group in chants of “Fuck [UK Prime Minister] Keir Starmer” and “Free, free Palestine.” Additionally they advised the group to “begin a riot exterior 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 “Demise 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 referred to 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 as an alternative.
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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 obtained assurances that Bob Vylan’s set received’t be accessible for rebroadcast on the BBC’s iPlayer. In its personal assertion, the Israeli embassy in Britain stated it was “deeply disturbed by the inflammatory and hateful rhetoric expressed on stage on the Glastonbury Competition”.
In a social media publish, Avon and Somerset Police stated, “Video proof shall be assessed by officers to find out whether or not any offences might have been dedicated [by either act] that may require a felony investigation.
