BBC will NOT show Kneecap's Glastonbury set live after Keir Starmer called for them to be axed over terror charge
CONTROVERSIAL hip hop group Kneecap's Glastonbury set today will not be shown live on the BBC, the broadcaster has confirmed.
Festival bosses warned
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Naoise O Caireallain (left) and Liam Og O hAnnaidh of Irish band Kneecap on stage
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Og O hAnnaidh sits in a taxi after he left Westminster Magistrates' Court on June 18
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Calls have been made for O Caireallain, JJ O Dochartaigh and Og O hAnnaidh to be banned from Glastonbury
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And now the Beeb has said it will "make an on-demand version" available while the band itself posted that their set will be on "iPlayer later this evening".
It comes after PM Sir Keir Starmer said the rappers should not be allowed to perform at all amid frontman Liam Og O hAnnaidh's
He allegedly displaying a flag in support of proscribed terrorist group Hezbollah while saying "up Hamas, up Hezbollah" during a gig in November in Kentish Town, north London.
BBC spokesperson said: 'As the broadcast partner, the BBC is bringing audiences extensive music coverage from Glastonbury, with artists booked by the festival organisers.
"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."
The band themselves addressed a post on X to "a chairde Gael" - which means "Gaelic friends" in which they said they'd been contacted by the "propaganda wing of the regime".
The post added: "They WILL put our set from Glastonbury today on the I-player later this evening for your viewing pleasure.
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"The crowd expected today is far greater than West Holts capacity so "you'll need to be very early to catch us father....VERY EARLY".
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