Kneecap bring Welsh cafe owner on stage at Green Man as they attack BBC
During their politically charged performance at the festival, the band from Belfast also addressed their ongoing support for Palestine and band member Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh's upcoming court appearance. Thousands of festival goers attended their set on the Far Out stage, with crowds spilling outside.
The trio welcomed Helen Wilson on stage, the Welsh cafe owner who live streamed their Glastonbury performance on TikTok, which attracted millions of viewers.
The band described Helen as their "hero". "Diolch," they told the crowd at Green Man.
"It's not a bad crowd for our first time playing in a festival in Wales."
They continued: "We recently played Glastonbury and the BBC wouldn't live stream our set. F*** the BBC."
They added: "So the BBC, they said that they wouldn't show Kneecap live... but there was one woman. Do you know who we are talking about?
"There was one hero who decided to TikTok live our gig, and she's from Wales. Can we have a massive round of applause for Helen?"
The cafe owner joined the trio on stage and was seen giving band member Móglaí Bap a big hug as the crowd gave a loud cheer.
In June, calls were made to pull their Glastonbury slot, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer saying the planned performance at Worthy Farm was not "appropriate", after band member Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, known as Mo Chara, was charged with a terror offence for displaying a Hezbollah-supporting flag during a gig in 2024.
Mo Chara has denied the offence, labelling the terror offence charge a "political" move designed to "silence" them.
Glastonbury organisers refused to pull the trio's slot on the West Holts stage at the festival. However, while the BBC decided not to live stream their performance, they later uploaded a largely unedited version of their performance on BBC iPlayer.
Welsh cafe owner Helen Wilson from Swansea live streamed Kneecap's performance on TikTok, which saw over two million people interact with the broadcast.
At the time the BBC said: "Whilst the BBC doesn't ban artists, our plans ensure that our programming meets our editorial guidelines.
"We don't always live stream every act from the main stages and look to make an on-demand version of Kneecap's performance available on our digital platforms, alongside more than 90 other sets."
On the Far Out stage at Green Man Festival, the band also addressed Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh's upcoming court appearance, saying that he would be back in court "next Wednesday", seemingly confirming that it would take place on Wednesday, August 20.
On stage, the rapper said that he was returning to the court "to beat the British government in their own court for the second time".
He later added that "they stole our funding two years ago, and we went to court and we won," which was in reference to the band winning a case against now Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch after she blocked an arts grant to the band in 2023.
Liam continued: "And this time, we are going back to their court and we're going to beat them again."
The band confirmed that this was their first time performing at a Welsh festival and referred to the crowd as their "Celtic brothers".
They said: "Celtic brothers have to stand together as we can't trust the British government". The band later said there was a need for "international solidarity" now more than ever.
"We are from west Belfast and Derry. Places that know colonialism all to well, as you know yourselves," they told the crowd.
The band also said that they would "not stop talking" about Palestine, describing it as a genocide and led the crowd to a "Free, Free Palestine" chant.
Green Man Festival concludes on Sunday, August 17.
The Bannau Brycheiniog event will see the likes of Underworld, Wet Leg, CMAT, Perfume Genius, John Grant, Wunderhorse, Gwenno and English Teacher perform this year.
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