The UK Tradition Secretary has made her emotions identified on whether or not the BBC ought to broadcast Kneecap’s efficiency at Glastonbury this weekend, saying the band “thrive on the oxygen of publicity.”
“Personally I don’t need to see that on TV screens,” mentioned Lisa Nandy when questioned over whether or not the BBC ought to cowl the band’s set.
Talking on the BBC’s Politics Stay present yesterday, Nandy harassed “it’s an unbiased matter for the BBC” however mentioned she agrees with Prime Minister Keir Starmer “very strongly,” whose view is that Kneecap’s Glastonbury efficiency shouldn’t be “applicable.”
Glastonbury, and longstanding broadcasting companion the BBC, have been feeling the warmth over whether or not they need to be platforming the trio, considered one of whom is at the moment bailed on a terror cost after displaying a flag at a London gig in assist of Hezbollah – a proscribed terrorist group within the UK. This got here just a few months after counter-terrorism police mentioned they had been assessing movies of a bandmember allegedly telling followers at a gig: “The one good Tory is a lifeless Tory. Kill your native MP.” The alleged remarks are significantly charged on condition that two UK MPs have been killed of their constituencies over the previous decade.
Nandy mentioned: “It is a band that has thrived on the oxygen of publicity. And in addition to the terrorist offences, there have been very, very severe feedback that they’ve made, encouraging assaults on elected Members of Parliament. Not from my very own occasion, however it’s my job to face up in opposition to that. It’s horrific.”
Nandy has beforehand made her displeasure of the band identified. A number of weeks again she ordered a overview of a government-backed programme supporting rising musicians after it awarded £15,000 ($20,000) to Kneecap.
Because it stands, Kneecap stay on the invoice for his or her Glastonbury slot at 4 p.m. GMT (8 a.m. PT) on the West Holts stage, one of many smaller phases on the annual pageant within the South West of England, which is by a distance the UK’s largest music fest and considered one of largest on the planet.
The BBC, which exhibits wall-to-wall protection of Glastonbury, has mentioned “selections about our output will probably be made within the lead as much as the pageant.”
There’s a probability that the BBC may monitor Kneecap’s efficiency for something untoward earlier than importing the set to iPlayer, we revealed yesterday, in an identical vein to how the BAFTA awards are proven ‘as dwell’.
The Irish hip-hop trio hit new heights of fame final 12 months after their hit semi-autobiographical indie film grew to become an awards darling.
