on June 29, 2025, 1:38 pm, in reply to "Lots of knickers being twisted about Bob Vylan and Kneecap at Glasto"
This isn't a humblebrag of any kind, as it's not really my kind of music, but I did like a few of their early tracks and their energy on stage when I saw them in tiny little venues via a radio station that I was attached to at the time and who were pushing them quite strongly. I've dropped out of the music scene over the past few years and unfollowed a lot of stuff on social media, so I'm (pleasantly) surprised to see how big they've got - playing huge festivals and gigs around the world, including a US tour this year that also had 2 dates at Coachella!
As for the "controversy" - they're a punk band - that's what punk bands do? 
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not my kind of music so haven't heard the sets but it seems the most contentious thing has been encouraging chants of "death to the IDF". Strong stuff, yes, and not something I would have joined in with personally - once you start going down the road of saying calls to violence are justified in one particular case you are on a slippery slope.
But I think the idea was to increase publicity and scrutiny of what the IDF are actually up to Gaza, and in that sense it has worked.
The usual suspects are of course popping up to call it antisemitism, the definition of which seems to have changed from "hatred of Jews" to "anything critical of the Israeli state". I wish they'd stop with this disingenuous bullshit.
Keir Starmer saying it was "not appropriate" for Kneecap to perform probably boosted their popularity no end. Extra cool points there.
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