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Kneecap rapper Liam Og O hAnnaidh told Glastonbury helium is simply a "free man" arsenic the Irish rap set played to a immense assemblage - the biggest of their career, they said.
The trio were defiant connected signifier aft calls from immoderate politicians for them to beryllium chopped from the line-up.
They were greeted by cheers of support, and dozens of Palestinian flags waving successful the crowd, arsenic good arsenic Irish flags and a fewer "Free Mo Chara" T-shirts.
On stage, the set told fans their ineligible lawsuit had been stressful, but emphasised it was thing compared with what Palestinians are going through.
Kneecap played the West Holts stage, which has a capableness of astir 30,000, and the country was closed by information astir 45 minutes earlier their set.
They started with a montage of quality readers covering O hAnnaidh's charge. "Has anybody been watching the news?" bandmate Naoise O Caireallain joked.
They besides thanked Glastonbury organisers Michael Eavis and girl Emily for not bowing to unit to region them from the bill.
Earlier connected Saturday, the BBC confirmed they would not beryllium live-streaming the acceptable but said the show is apt to beryllium made disposable on-demand later.
It is understood the show volition request to beryllium reviewed beforehand.
Liam Og O hAnnaidh, besides known arsenic Liam O'Hanna - oregon by his signifier sanction Mo Chara, was charged with a panic offence successful May and appeared astatine Westminster Magistrates' Court earlier this month.
Outside the court, helium and bandmates Naoise O Caireallain and JJ O Dochartaigh were cheered by hundreds of supporters.
O hAnnaidh is accused of displaying a emblem successful enactment of the proscribed radical Hezbollah astatine a gig successful London past November, aft video footage circulated online.
He was released connected bail up of a 2nd tribunal quality successful August.
One of the band's lawyers said they would ever "defend not lone their rights, but the rights of artists and radical each astir the world".
On societal media, O hAnnaidh and the set denied enactment for Hezbollah aft the complaint was announced, but the trio are unwavering successful their enactment for Palestinians and speaking retired against the war successful Gaza.
But arsenic the set were removed from different festivals, determination were calls from immoderate for them to beryllium taken disconnected the measure astatine Glastonbury, excessively - with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer saying helium thought they should beryllium axed.
Conservative Party person Kemi Badenoch besides said the BBC "should not beryllium showing" the trio's acceptable successful a station connected societal media past week.
Kneecap have the enactment of dozens of musicians including Massive Attack, Pulp, Primal Scream and Paul Weller, who signed an unfastened missive successful May saying determination had been a "concerted effort to censor and yet de-platform" the group.
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Kneecap released their archetypal azygous successful 2017 and built a loyal fanbase successful the pursuing years.
They roseate to wider prominence successful 2024 pursuing the merchandise of their debut medium and award-winning eponymous movie - a fictionalised retelling of however the set came unneurotic and their combat to prevention the Irish language.
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