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UK counterterror police say they will investigate comments by Irish rap group Kneecap

British counterterrorism detectives will investigate comments by Irish hip-hop group Kneecap

The Independent UK

Counter-terror police to launch investigation into Kneecap videos

Counter-terror police will investigate online videos allegedly showing Northern Irish rap trio Kneecap calling for the death of British MPs and…

The National (Scotland)

Kneecap investigated by counter terrorism officers over ‘kill your MP’ video

The Belfast rap trio has had several gigs cancelled after video footage appeared to show one of them shouting ‘up Hamas, up Hezbollah’.

Evening Standard

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Kneecap controversy: Counter-terrorism police investigating rap trio’s videos

One video allegedly showed a band member shouting ‘Up Hamas, up Hezbollah’

The Independent UK

Kneecap investigated by counter-terror police over 'kill your MP' rap gig video

Officers are also looking at video from a London gig appearing to show a member of Kneecap shouting ‘up Hamas, up Hezbollah’

Evening Standard

Kneecap row: police assessing ‘kill MP’ and ‘up Hamas, up Hezbollah’ footage

News comes as artists including Pulp, Paul Weller and Primal Scream defend Irish rap trio from criticism

The Guardian - UK

'Gaza is the story': Musicians rally around Kneecap after ‘kill your MP’ footage

Pulp, Paul Weller and Primal Scream are among the notable music names who have defended Kneecap after one of the rap group’s members appeared to…

The National (Scotland)

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Musicians rally around Kneecap after row over ‘kill your MP’ footage

Video has emerged from a November 2023 gig appearing to show one member of the Irish trio saying ‘kill your local MP’.

Evening Standard

Massive Attack defend Kneecap after row over ‘kill your MP’ footage

Video has emerged from a November 2023 gig appearing to show one member of the Irish group saying: ‘Kill your local MP.’

Evening Standard

David Amess’ daughter accuses Kneecap of ‘making excuses’ as they apologise for ‘kill your local MP’ comments

Sir David Amess’ daughter has said she rejects an apology from Belfast band Kneecap, after video from November 2023 appeared to show a member saying: “The only good Tory is a dead Tory. Kill your local MP.”

The Independent UK

David Amess’s daughter calls for police investigation into Kneecap ‘kill your MP’ comments

The organisers of Glastonbury festival are facing growing calls to remove Kneecap from the lineup

The Independent UK

Kneecap’s Eden Project gig cancelled after Hamas, Hezbollah and MP comments

A reason for the show’s cancellation was not given.

Evening Standard

Badenoch calls for Kneecap to be banned ‘full stop’ amid ‘kill your MP’ row

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch suggested the group should be pulled from the Glastonbury Festival line-up.

Evening Standard

DUP leader: Kneecap’s ‘balaclava has slipped’

DUP MP Sammy Wilson also described the rap trio as the ‘musical wing of Sinn Fein’.

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Jarvis urges Glastonbury to think carefully about line-up after Kneecap comments

Conservative former minister Mark Francois said it would be ‘unconscionable’ for the Irish rap trio to perform at the festival.

Louder

Kneecap issue defiant statement amid news that counter-terrorism police are analysing footage from two past shows, as calls for the Irish band to be removed from UK festival bills escalate

Kneecap react to condemnation of recent and historical live shows: "The real crimes are not in our performances; the real crimes are the silence and complicity of those in power."

Evening Standard

Who Are Kneecap? Irish rap group member charged with terror offence

Meet the Belfast band at the centre of a political firestorm

The Independent UK

No 10 rejects Kneecap’s ‘half-hearted’ apology over alleged ‘kill MPs’ comments

Belfast rap group Kneecap rejected claims they would ‘seek to incite violence against any MP or individual’.

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Evening Standard

Kneecap at Glastonbury ‘a matter for organisers’ says Cooper

Video has emerged of the group at a November 2023 gig appearing to show one member saying: ‘The only good Tory is a dead Tory. Kill your local MP.’

Euronews

Rap group Kneecap apologise to families for 'kill your MP' remarks

A clip of the band allegedly calling for the death of Conservative MPs is being investigated by the Metropolitan Police’s counter-terror unit. The daughter of a murdered MP has spoken out and the band has apologised. However, Kneecap said that they are facing a "co-ordinated smear campaign."

The Guardian - UK

Jo Cox family says Kneecap offering ‘half an apology’ over alleged call to kill MPs

Husband of murdered Labour MP says Belfast rappers’ talk of being unfairly targeted undermines their statement

The National (Scotland)

Kneecap break silence amid calls to prosecute and cut from TRNSMT line-up

Rap trio Kneecap said condemnation from Downing Street and Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch is an “effort to derail the real conversation”…

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Kneecap apologises to families of murdered MPs after concert video clip furore

The Irish band said a video extract in which a band member appeared to voice support for killing MPs had been deliberately taken out of context.

The Independent UK

Kneecap apologises to murdered MPs’ families after ‘dead Tory’ clip

‘Kneecap’s message has always been — and remains — one of love, inclusion, and hope’

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