Kneecap could also be dropped from lineup at Wythenshawe Park in Manchester

The Irish hip-hop band Kneecap could also be dropped from the lineup at Wythenshawe Park in Manchester, the place they’re as a consequence of help Fontaines DC in August.

It’s understood that talks are in progress between Manchester metropolis council, which runs the park, and the live performance’s promoter about whether or not the band must be pulled from the lineup, apparently over “safety concerns”.

The council is being tight-lipped in regards to the persevering with discussions however stated it was talking to “key stakeholders” to make sure “the event can take place safely”.

The gig is because of happen on 15 August, with the Leeds-based band English Instructor additionally on the lineup. The same live performance final weekend, the place Kneecap supported the Dublin band Fontaines DC in Finsbury Park in north London, handed with out incident.

“As with any major event being held in one of our parks, we are in regular discussions with the key stakeholders involved to ensure the event concerned can take place safely and effectively,” a Manchester metropolis council spokesperson stated.

Earlier than Kneecap’s Glastonbury look, Keir Starmer stated it was “not appropriate” for the band to play the pageant, after one among its members, Mo Chara, was charged with a terror offence, accused of displaying a flag at a gig in help of the banned terror group Hezbollah.

“I think we need to come down really clearly on this,” Starmer informed the Solar. “I won’t say too much, because there’s a court case on, but I don’t think that’s appropriate.”

Nonetheless, the Eavis household, who run Glastonbury, didn’t pull the band, and Kneecap performed to a packed-out crowd on the West Holts stage on the Saturday afternoon, with the world closed off 45 minutes earlier than the set started owing to crowd numbers.

The group had been as a consequence of play on the TRNSMT pageant in Glasgow this weekend, however had been pulled from the lineup following considerations raised by police. The trio as a substitute performed a alternative gig on the metropolis’s O2 Academy earlier this week, which bought out in 80 seconds.

One other band, Bob Vylan, had been pulled from the Radar pageant in Higher Manchester earlier this month after main chants of “death to the IDF” throughout their Glastonbury set.

“We didn’t want to pull them, it was out of our hands, sometimes things are bigger than you are,” one of many pageant’s co-organisers, Catherine Jackson-Smith, stold the podcast 2 Promoters, 1 Pod.

It’s understood that the band’s look on the pageant had been mentioned at a gathering of the council’s security advisory group, which additionally contains representatives from the police and different emergency providers.

“Council officers were involved in discussions with police and the venue about concerns surrounding the planned performance of Bob Vylan at Victoria Warehouse,” a spokesperson for Trafford council stated. “We were advised that the promoter cancelled the act and we believe that this was the right decision.”

This week, an advert from Kneecap showcasing their Wembley Enviornment present in September was banned from operating on the Transport for London (TfL) community.

In a put up on Instagram, the band stated: “We’ve been banned from advertising on the London tube. How petty can political policing and interference get. After using the tube to advertise loads of times for gigs, records and our movie, all without issue.”

The put up added: “Speak out against genocide and they’ll use every single angle they can to silence you.”

TfL confirmed that the banned advert featured solely the band’s identify and brand – a face carrying a balaclava – alongside the date and venue of the gig.

“All adverts submitted for display on our network are reviewed on a case-by-case basis,” a TfL spokesperson stated. “Having given this very careful consideration, this advert was rejected as it was deemed that running it would likely cause widespread or serious offence to reasonable members of the public.”