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Sky News
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Sky News
Kneecap star arrives at surprise gig with tape over his mouth after terror charge
Irish-language rap group Kneecap have performed a surprise London show, with one of its members showing up with tape over his mouth after he was charged with a terror offence. Liam O'Hanna, or Liam Og O Hannaidh, was charged with displaying a flag in support of Hezbollah, a proscribed organisation, at a concert in London last November, the Metropolitan Police said on Wednesday. Just hours later, Kneecap announced on their Instagram account "we're back", adding they would perform at the 100 Club on Oxford Street, London, on Thursday night. The post also included a quote by former Sex Pistols vocalist John Lydon, who told ITV's Good Morning Britain the rap trio "maybe (...) need a bloody good kneecapping" after footage of the band allegedly calling for the deaths of MPs emerged. O'Hanna arrived at the 100 Club ahead of the gig and was later seen going on stage with tape covering his mouth. He also joked about being careful with what he said before thanking his lawyer. It came after at least three police officers were seen walking into the venue at around 7.35pm on Thursday evening. A short queue had formed outside before the doors opened five minutes earlier, including one man in a band T-shirt. The band said on X that the event sold out in 90 seconds, with 2,000 people on the waiting list. Kneecap apologised to the families of murdered MPs last month, but said footage of the incident at their concert had been "exploited and weaponised", adding that they "never supported" Hamas or Hezbollah. The rappers had gigs cancelled after the footage emerged and politicians pushed for Kneecap to be dropped from the Glastonbury Festival line-up, with Tory leader Kemi Badenoch calling for Kneecap to be banned. The group from Belfast in Northern Ireland is still set to headline Wide Awake Festival in south London on Friday. In response to the charge, the group said in a social media statement: "14,000 babies are about to die of starvation in Gaza, with food sent by the world sitting on the other side of a wall, and once again the British establishment is focused on us. "We deny this 'offence' and will vehemently defend ourselves, this is political policing, this is a carnival of distraction. "We are not the story, genocide is, as they profit from genocide, they use an 'anti-terror law' against us for displaying a flag thrown on stage. A charge not serious enough to even warrant their crown court, instead a court that doesn't have a jury. What's the objective?" The charge came after counter-terror police assessed a video said to be from a Kneecap concert. In the footage, O'Hanna is allegedly displaying a flag in support of Hezbollah at the O2 Forum in Kentish Town, London, on 21 November last year. Officers from the Met's Counter Terrorism Command were made aware of a video circulating online on 22 April and an investigation led to the Crown Prosecution Service authorising the charge, the force said. O'Hanna - who performs under the stage name Mo Chara - is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 18 June.
Yahoo
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Labrinth Turns Madness Into Magic in ‘S.W.M.F.' Video
Labrinth locks in on his latest single 'S.W.M.F.' The record arrives alongside an intense music video directed by Brendan Walter. The visual, which finds the musician coated in glitter in some scenes and slipping into madness in others, captures him in moments of inner turmoil that give way to bolstered resilience and personal victory. 'S.W.M.F. is about being the protagonist of your own misery and coming out alive and better for it,' Labrinth shared in a statement. 'I've been down that lonely road/I've been there and back for sure/Better give me my flowers for it/And I've been walking that tightrope/Pray I keep my head screwed on when the world decapitate,' he raps on the record. 'Yeah, I've been feelin' sorry for myself/Yeah, I've been too sorry for myself/Pity got me locked in/I've been way too hard on myself/I've been way too hard/Time to spring back on some king shit.' More from Rolling Stone Zendaya Says She Would Consider Releasing New Music: 'Maybe One Day' Sia Collaborates With Labrinth on Uplifting Single 'Incredible' Billie Eilish Brings Out Boygenius, Labrinth at London Show Fitting to its release date, 'S.W.M.F.' is an acronym for 'Star Wars, motherfucker,' the refrain Labrinth chants during the outro of the song. In the first verse, he spits: 'I'm a sinner, I'm a martyr/But I own it like a god, here we go/Watch me Luke Skywalker/Tell them bitches I'm alive, here we go.' 'S.W.M.F.' marks the first solo release from Labrinth since his third studio album, Ends & Begins, arrived in 2023. In the lead-up to the single, the musician shared a series of Instagram posts teasing his conceptual approach to this new era, all of which end in the reveal of an orange logo and the term 'Cosmic Opera.' 'I don't know shit about classical,' he says in one clip. 'I just know how to copy it. It's like Rolling Stones fucking with Muddy Waters. They didn't know nothing about the blues. But they fuck with the sound.' In other, he states: 'I'm coming home. I know it. I'm coming home. I'll be home soon.' Best of Rolling Stone The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
