#glastonbury-2025

#glastonbury-2025

The legal action alleges Ireland's national broadcaster defamed the group by claiming they led antisemitic chants at the festival last June. The group's lead singer, Pascal Robinson-Foster, known as Bobby Vylan, led a chant of death, death to the IDF, a reference to the Israel Defense Forces, making global headlines and prompting a British police investigation. RTE's allegation that the band made antisemitic chants were categorically denied and entirely untrue, Phoenix Law Solicitors, a Belfast-based firm hired by the band, said in a statement.

"The loudest feminist voice in the UK is currently transphobic... Dismantling systems of oppression lies at the very core of feminism, so transphobia is not fucking feminist."

During their performance, Bob Vylan led chants supporting Palestine, boldly confronting the BBC's attempt to avoid controversy by not livestreaming Kneecap's set.

I always have a little gargle before I go on: rum and Coke. Been drinking that 40 years. I never drink it any other time... The vocal cords need a lot of looking after. I mean, they're absolute gold.