On Thursday night, Kneecap performed at Wembley, and Liam hAnnaidh and his band raped about Donald Trump and his state visit.
Belfast rap trio Kneecap slammed Donald Trump’s state visit to the UK – during a rousing gig at Wembley last night.
The band told fans music artists are “filling a void” left by politicians, taking aim at the US President hours after he left the UK for the US following his three-day trip. Mid performance, during a break between songs, one of the band members could be heard saying: “Is Donald Trump in f****** England? For f**** sake.”
A message read, “Starmer welcomed Isaac Herzog to this city like a king last week,” was displayed on the wall before the show in London. Trump, the one who authorized the slaughter, is present.
Mr Starmer met with Israel’s President at Number 10 last week, after which a Downing Street spokesperson described the Doha bombing by Israel as a ‘flagrant violation’, and also called out the ‘manmade famine’ in Gaza.
Kneecap’s performance at Glastonbury in the summer sparked controversy, and led to criticism from fans. Police launched a criminal investigation after they reviewed footage of Kneecap’s set, but eventually decided to take “no further action”.
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However, it didn’t cut it for Kneecap at Wembley, where Naoise O Caireallain, who performs under the stage name Moglai Bap, added “release the f****** files,” appearing to quote requests for the Trump administration to release all Jeffrey Epstein investigation documents.
The crowd was then led by Liam Og O hAnnaidh, also known as Mo Chara, in chants of “f*** the Royal Family” and “f*** Keir Starmer” as well.
The evening included a special audio-visual presentation from trip hop collective Massive Attack, followed by a speech from Ben Jamal, the director of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, supported by Irish post-punk band Gurriers and London artist Jelani Blackman.
The group, which also includes JJ O’Dochartaigh (DJ Provai), performed tracks like Grian Chatten, Sick In The Head, and Hood, which are from Fontaines, DC.
O hAnnaidh added in a separate address to the audience that “people like us, people like Massive Attack, and other acts that decide to talk about Palestine.” At the end of the day, all we’re doing is filling a void that politicians aren’t filling.
Because politicians won’t do it, the reason why musicians and artists are always the people who spearhead these kinds of campaigns and movements is.
Source: Mirror
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