A controversial Irish republican rap trio have threatened to sue leading music industry figures after they allegedly called for them to be ditched from this year’s Glastonbury Festival lineup.
Kneecap - named after the paramilitary punishment of maiming traitors by shooting them in the knee - are currently being investigated by police after footage emerged of them shouting ‘up Hezbollah, up Hamas’ and ‘kill your local MP’ at music events in 2023 and 2024 was revealed by The Mail.
The Met Police confirmed that a man was interviewed under caution at a police station in Belfast on Sunday as part of a wider counter-terrorism investigation into the band.
Now music agents have allegedly written to Glastonbury founder Emily Eavis and two other festival organisers, urging them to ban the hip-hop group from the iconic music festival.
The email exchange - marked ‘private and confidential’ and circulated with over 30 individuals - was apparently leaked to Kneecap.
