Police within the UK say they’re assessing video footage of Kneecap’s and Bob Vylan’s respective units at Glastonbury on Saturday to “decide whether or not any offences could have been dedicated that might require a prison investigation.” Each acts voiced their help for Palestine and condemned Israel’s actions.

Throughout their set, Kneecap led the group in chants of “Fuck [UK Prime Minister] Keir Starmer” and “Free, free Palestine.” In addition they informed the group to “begin a riot outdoors the courts” throughout band member Mo Chara’s upcoming hearings within the UK, the place he faces a terror cost. They later clarified: “No riots — simply love and help, and help for Palestine.”

In the meantime, Bob Vylan led chants of “Free Palestine” and “Dying to the IDF.” At one other level of their set, the duo displayed a message on the display screen behind them that learn: “Free Palestine. The United Nations have referred to as it a genocide. The BBC calls it a ‘battle.’” Satirically, whereas the BBC selected to not broadcast Kneecap’s set in hopes of avoiding controversy, they aired Bob Vylan’s as an alternative.

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The UK’s Tradition Secretary, Lisa Nandy, shortly condemned each Bob Vylan’s and Kneecap’s performances at Glastonbury, and has reportedly obtained assurances that Bob Vylan’s set gained’t be out there for rebroadcast on the BBC’s iPlayer. In its personal assertion, the Israeli embassy in Britain stated it was “deeply disturbed by the inflammatory and hateful rhetoric expressed on stage on the Glastonbury Competition”.

In a social media submit, Avon and Somerset Police stated, “Video proof will likely be assessed by officers to find out whether or not any offences could have been dedicated [by either act] that might require a prison investigation.