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Kneecap say terror charge is part of ‘witch-hunt’ to prevent Glastonbury gig
Northern Irish rappers say charge is ‘political policing’ to stop them speaking out about ‘genocide in Gaza’
The Northern Irish rap trio Kneecap have claimed a campaign is being mounted to prevent their performance at Glastonbury this summer, at a surprise gig staged a day after one of its members was charged with a terror offence. On Wednesday, Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, 27, who performs under the stage name Mo Chara, was charged with a terrorism offence for allegedly displaying a flag in support of Hezbollah at a gig in London last November. The poster for Thursday’s surprise concert featured a recent quote from the former Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon, who said the trio “need a bloody good kneecapping” in response to the controversy around them.
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