Kneecap thanks Eavis family for ‘standing strong’ and not cancelling showpublished at 16:38 British Summer Time 28 June
Music correspondent, reporting from Glastonbury
Mo Chara, DJ Provaí and Móglaí Bap of Kneecap
“Has anyone been watching the news anyway?” says
DJ Provai, before leading the audience in a chant of “free Mo Chara”.
Móglai Bap reminds the audience that Mo Chara is still
facing what he calls a “trumped up terrorism charge”, after being accused of
displaying a flag by the proscribed terrorist organisation Hezbollah at a
concert last November – a charge he denies.
“It’s not the first time there was a miscarriage of justice
for an Irish person in the British justice system,” he says.
The band thank the Eavis family, who organise
Glastonbury, for not cancelling their show this afternoon, despite pressure
from politicians and the music industry.
“The pressure that that family was under and they stood
strong,” says Mo Chara. “Fair play to them.”
“We had the prime minster of your country say he didn’t want
us to play,” he says – then starting an anti-Keir Starmer chant.
