Kneecap fans boo Rod Stewart as band target him with "older than Israel" jibe
Rod Stewart got a frosty reception during Kneecap 's Glastonbury gig with boos ringing out after he was name checked by the rappers.
Fans of the Belfast group jeered Rod's name as Kneecap were performing on the West Holt's stage.
Asked if they were going to see Rod's tea time slot at Glastonbury tomorrow, the question was met by jeers, which may have been a reaction to Rod's announcement that he is a big fan of Nigel Farage and the Reform Party.
The crowd also mocked Rod when one Kneecap member described him as 'Rod, the Prod' and 'older than Israel'.
Celtic fan Rod, who is 80, and spends most of his time in the US, spoke out in favour of Starmer and Reform in an interview with The Times newspaper.
He also moaned that Prime Minister, Keir Starmer was trying to reverse Brexit.
Rod said: 'It's hard for me because I'm extremely wealthy, and I deserve to be, so a lot of it doesn't really touch me,' Rod said. 'But that doesn't mean I'm out of touch.
'For instance, I've read about Starmer cutting off the fishing in Scotland and giving it back to the EU.
'That hasn't made him popular. We're fed up with the Tories.
'We've got to give Farage a chance. He's coming across well.
'What options have we got? I know some of his family, I know his brother, and I quite like him.
'Starmer's all about getting us out of Brexit and I don't know how he's going to do that. Still, the country will survive. It could be worse. We could be in the Gaza Strip.'
Rod is likely to have a much friendlier response from his own fans when he returns on Sunday to play the festival he previously headlined in 2002.
The British singer, songwriter and producer, who celebrated another number one album last year, will step out onto the Pyramid Stage for the first time in over 20 years on Sunday.
With his trademark raspy, soulful voice and armed with a huge back catalogue of hits, there's no doubt he will have the crowd singing along and swinging their hips to songs like Maggie May, You Wear It Well and Do Ya Think I'm Sexy? as he promises to entertain the Glastonbury teatime revellers.
Rod has said he is not happy with the "teatime slot" as it sounds like "pipe and slippers" though it should be anything but with former Faces bandmate and Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood expected to join him onstage.
But as the boos rang out at Glastonbury's Kneecap members laughed, asking, 'Have I missed something?' And adding, 'I mean the man's older than Israel. Rod, the Prod.'
Though it may have been a joke, London-born Rod who lives in the US, is actually older than modern state of Israel which was founded on April 18, 1948. Rod was born on January 10, 1945.
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