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Yesterday

3rd July 2025

Glastonbury

BBC will no longer broadcast Glastonbury performances that they deem to be 'high risk'

3 Jul

5.5k

This week

29th June 2025 - 4th July 2025

Glastonbury

Opinion: Rather than moral panic over musicians, where's the moral clarity on genocide?

Emma DeSouza

Updated 2 Jul

5.7k

no disco

'An opportunity missed': RTÉ will again not be televising any of Electric Picnic this year

1 Jul

24.4k

good news

Irishman cycles 2,000km from Spain to Glastonbury (and he's going to cycle home to Sligo too)

1 Jul

14.5k

Tim Davie

The BBC's boss is under front page pressure as the Glastonbury row rolls on

BBC director general Tim Davie visited the festival on Saturday afternoon and has come under scrutiny for how he reacted to being informed about Bob Vylan’s set.

Updated 1 Jul

15.7k

Glastonbury

UK police launch criminal investigation after viewing footage of Kneecap and Bob Vylan's Glastonbury sets

Earlier today, the US revoked Bob Vylan’s visas ahead of their autumn tour.

Updated 30 Jun

32.1k

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Woman who live-streamed Kneecap at Glastonbury to millions says fans 'had a right to see it'

30 Jun

133k

'This is going to be special': Kneecap added to Electric Picnic bill and will play main stage

30 Jun

19.3k

175

Glastonbury

Starmer condemns 'death to the IDF' chants at Glastonbury as Kneecap also investigated

Updated 29 Jun

40.6k

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Kneecap won't be prosecuted for 'Kill your local MP' call at this time, Met Police say

29 Jun

15.2k

Last week

22nd June 2025 - 28th June 2025

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Kneecap pack Glastonbury stage and lead chants of 'f**k Keir Starmer' to sea of Palestinian flags

Starmer had said that Kneecap should not be performing at the festival.

Updated 28 Jun

72.2k

The Daily Poll

Have you ever attended Glastonbury Festival?

28 Jun

10.9k

Glasto

Glastonbury 2025: Who's headlining, what Irish acts are playing, and where to watch

Over 3,000 acts will perform at this year’s festival, including 33 from Ireland – but TV coverage for Irish artists remains limited.

27 Jun

20.2k

Glastonbury

Varadkar on Kneecap row: Terrorism is bombs and guns, not music

27 Jun

11.5k

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Glastonbury founder says people who don't agree with festival's politics 'can go somewhere else'

26 Jun

41.0k

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Varadkar says Keir Starmer is wrong to criticise Kneecap's Glastonbury gig

Updated 22 Jun

29.5k

Last month

June 2025

Kemi Badenoch

UK Tory leader says BBC should not broadcast Kneecap's Glastonbury set

21 Jun

21.2k

fairview park

'I'm a free man': Kneecap's Mo Chara defiant in Dublin gig after UK court appearance

19 Jun

16.1k

a chairde

Inside and outside the Kneecap courtroom: Film directors, The Fields of Athenry, and a few police

Here’s what happened when hundreds of supporters of Kneecap’s Mo Chara convened on Westminster Magistrates’ Court.

Rónán Duffy

reports from London

18 Jun

24.7k

Westminster Magistrates’ Court

Kneecap's Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh released on unconditional bail as case in UK court is adjourned

The 27-year-old appeared in court charged with displaying a flag in support of Hezbollah, a proscribed organisation in Britain.

18 Jun

33.9k

London

Kneecap erect large billboards in London as band member Mo Chara due in court on terror charge

18 Jun

25.0k

Courts

Kneecap recruits prominent Irish lawyers ahead of band member's alleged terror offences trial

13 Jun

20.0k

Wembley Arena

'In the belly of the beast': Kneecap announce biggest English show to date at London arena

23 hrs ago

11.3k

May

May 2025

Glasgow

'Out of our hands': Kneecap will no longer perform at Scotland festival amid police 'safety concerns'

28 May

16.1k

Read all about it

'Exciting, funny, anarchic': The British press had some stellar reviews for Kneecap's London gig

26 May

23.2k

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‘They are trying to silence us’, Kneecap member facing terror charge tells crowd

23 May

12.5k

London

Mo Chara thanks his lawyer on stage at surprise Kneecap concert in London

22 May

21.5k

legal explainer

Kneecap: What's the terror charge 'Mo Chara' is facing, what's the defence and the sentence?

Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, who uses the stage name Mo Chara, is due in court in London in a month’s time.

22 May

14.2k

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'We will fight you in your court. We will win' - Kneecap slams 'political policing' after terror charge

22 May

13.8k

mo chara

One member of Kneecap charged with terrorism offence by London police

Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, who uses the stage name Mo Chara, is charged with displaying a flag in support of Hezbollah.

21 May

45.4k

wide awake fest

'Well well London': Kneecap confirm headline set at Brixton festival to go ahead next week

13 May

12.0k

Gaza

Radiohead musician says those supporting Kneecap 'determined' to restrict his own cancelled shows

6 May

30.7k

Unchartered

Kneecap being sent to the Arctic by RTÉ

3 May

31.8k

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Surrealing in the Years

Surrealing in the Years: Kneecap are NOT the story. And yet.

Carl Kinsella

3 May

6.3k

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CMAT and Brian Eno among latest acts backing 'freedom of expression' amid Kneecap controversy

1 May

12.3k

32m

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Kneecap: UK counter-terror police launch formal investigation after reviewing concert footage

Updated 1 May

19.7k

April

April 2025

Controversy

Christy Moore and Pulp among acts calling for ‘freedom of expression’ after cancelled Kneecap gigs

The open letter pointed to a ‘campaign to remove Kneecap from the public eye’ by Westminster and the British media.

Updated 30 Apr

40.0k

Apology

Kneecap has gig cancelled on foot of backlash for 'dead Tory' and 'up Hamas, up Hezbollah' comments

Footage of the Belfast rap trio at two separate gigs was sent to the Metropolitan Police last week.

Updated 29 Apr

45.4k

police investigation

Taoiseach says Kneecap must 'urgently clarify' views on Hamas and Hezbollah amid investigation

Updated 28 Apr

21.8k