Kneecap have shared a video reaffirming their pro-Palestine stance forward of their set at Glastonbury 2025 this weekend.
The Irish hip-hop trio shared the video, which takes the type of a public service announcement, on social media at 6pm right now.
It appeared with the caption, “Kneecap will not be the story. Genocide in Gaza is.” The group then defined in one other publish that the video, referred to as ‘See It. Say It. Censored.’ is an “artist-led different PSA offered by Kneecap that calls for pressing motion to cease the genocide unfolding in Gaza.”
The group, who shared a brand new single, ‘The Recap’, earlier this week, added: “Created by a coalition of artists and powered by the testimony of medics and activists, the movie builds on stories from Amnesty Worldwide, Human Rights Watch and UN businesses, to put out the info and name for important motion.”
The trio, who teased an “essential message” earlier within the day, are set to carry out at Glastonbury 2025, with their set scheduled for the West Holts stage on Saturday (June 28) at 4pm – some followers speculated that the message could have been concerning a transfer to a bigger stage or a secret set.
Following a police investigation into Kneecap members after they allegedly displayed a Hezbollah flag at a present final November and made controversial feedback about members of parliament on stage, quite a lot of MPs – together with Prime Minister Keir Starmer – have spoken out in opposition to their scheduled Glastonbury look.
Nonetheless, Glastonbury co-organiser Emily Eavis stated yesterday (June 25) that “everyone seems to be welcome” in response to the calls. Her father, the competition’s founder Michael Eavis, has stated: “Folks that don’t agree with the politics of the occasion can go someplace else!”
The incident in November led to member Mo Chara – actual identify Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh – being charged with a terror offence, for which he appeared in courtroom final week and was launched on unconditional bail.
Amongst these to have spoken out in assist of Kneecap have been their fellow musicians, together with Johnny Marr and Fontaines D.C.’s Grian Chatten, who claimed that the phobia cost introduced in opposition to Mo Chara was “a witch hunt”. Marketing campaign group Love Music Hate Racism has additionally expressed assist, saying on social media: “Anybody attempting to silence them, or get them pulled from exhibits, is on the flawed aspect of historical past.”
In the meantime, the BBC has beforehand stated it’ll proceed with its deliberate protection of the band’s set at West Holts, though it could be edited to coincide with editorial pointers.
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