Welsh cafe owner's TikTok live broadcast of Kneecap gets more than one million views
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Nearly two million people interacted with a live broadcast of Kneecap from Glastonbury shared by a cafe owner from Wales.
Helen Wilson, whose Instagram bio describes her as a vegan chef and yoga teacher, said she decided to broadcast the Irish rap trio's performance on the West Holts stage because the BBC were refusing to show it live. A screenshot of her live broadcast on TikTok shows that some 1.8m people had liked it.
Helen filmed a second live to thank everyone who watched and had messaged her after her epic live broadcast.
She said her phone had overheated and she had been forced to abandon two pints of cider during the broadcast.
She said: "I knew it wasn't going to be on the BBC so I thought I am just going to do this. My phone overheated and I abandoned two pints of cider.
"My arm is hurting a bit. My feet are filthy. I'm pretty battered".
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Helen, whose is the co owner and chef of Ground Swansea, a vegan cafe in Brynmill, Swansea, has been offered free tickets to any gig by Kneecap who posted on her Tiktok, "Helen you're a legend. Tickets to any show just giz a shout! Grma"
She said she had taken part in a pro Palestine march before starting her live broadcast.
She said: "I took part in a pro Palestine march at the stone circle. I had the idea to go live, got a couple of pints and went live. Very quickly I had 1,000 watching and it grew and grew and grew so I then thought I can't stop now and people were saying we need to see more so I got back in the pit"."
A screenshot of her broadcast shared by Guardian journalist Lisa O'Carroll shows that there were 1.8m likes on the live broadcast suggesting nearly two million people had interacted with it.
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People replied saying "true hero'" and "well done".
Helen said of Glastonbury: "It's the world's best festival. It is the place where free speech is welcome and there's no reason why the BBC shouldn't have shown that set."
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