2 h. ago Tom Grennan stuns Radio 1 Big Weekend crowd with four huge guests including Spice Girl

Pop star Tom Grennan already won over the BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend crowd with his impressive vocals, but decided to call upon his famous friends to join him on stage

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12 h. ago TRNSMT announce new main stage act amid calls for Kneecap to be axed from festival

TRNSMT bosses have announced a new major act that will take to the stage in Glasgow Green on Friday, July 11 which is the same day controversial Irish rap trio Kneecap are currently set to perform.

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3 d. ago Bruce Springsteen lets rip at Trump after being called a 'dried out old prune'

Rock legend Bruce Springsteen has made his feelings on President Donald Trump very clear on stage at a recent concert after being called ‘highly overrated’ and a ‘dried out prune'

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9 d. ago Royal College of Psychiatrists condemns Assisted Dying Bill as Commons votes loom

The controversial legislation is due back in Parliament on Friday as MPs kick of the so-called 'report stage' of scrutiny.

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1 week ago Fans shocked as Hollywood actor Vin Diesel reveals his real name

Fans have been stunned to learn that Fast & Furious legend Vin Diesel isn't actually called Vin Diesel, with the story of his stage name dating back to his pre-fame years as a New York bouncer

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3 w. ago They shouted 'Up Hamas' on stage, called for Tory MPs to be killed and championed the IRA

The band has been accused of using IRA paraphernalia to make violent republicanism appear cool to a generation lucky enough to be born after the horrific slaughter of the Troubles.

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3 w. ago Listen closely to the Kneecap furore. You’ll hear hypocrisy from all sides | Dorian Lynskey

The band’s rightwing critics are now cancel culture advocates, while defenders demand limitless free speechDorian Lynskey is the author of 33 Revolutions Per MinuteEarlier this year, the Northern Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap appeared to be entering their respectable phase. Their self-titled film, a raucous semi-fictionalised biopic directed by Rich Peppiatt, won a Bafta for outstanding British debut, while Kemi Badenoch’s attempt to block a grant awarded by the British Phonographic Industry was overturned in court. As the film illustrates, Kneecap were accustomed to being denounced by unionist MPs but both sides reaped useful publicity. “We have a very dysfunctional, symbiotic relationship,” admitted rapper Naoise Ó Cairealláin.This process was dramatically derailed last week when Kneecap touched the third rail of Gaza and accused Israel of genocide on stage at Coachella festival in California. Cue fury from Fox News, calls for their visas to be revoked and, according to their manager...

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3 w. ago Girlfriends behind rap group Kneecap revealed as one of Ireland's 'most sought

Kneecap provoked condemnation in Parliament over footage of their gigs now probed by police - plus calls for them to be axed from this year's Glastonbury Festival .

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3 w. ago The infamous Britpop 1995 showdown between Blur and Oasis is coming to the stage

The chart showdown between the warring bands - when Blur released 'Country House' on the same day as Oasis's 'Roll With It' - will be played out on the stage in a piece called The Battle due to open in Birmingham next February

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3 w. ago Now Glastonbury is urged to axe rappers Kneecap who yelled Pro

The Belfast trio are facing growing pressure over a concert performance in which one of them said 'the only good Tory is a dead Tory'.

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3 w. ago Kneecap break silence after John Swinney demands they are axed from TRNSMT festival

The First Minister called for the Belfast rap trio to be banned from the festival after footage emerged appearing to show them calling for the deaths of Tory MPs.

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3 w. ago John Swinney demands Kneecap are axed from TRNSMT over 'dead Tory' comments

The First Minister condemned the reported comments and urged the event organisers to respond

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3 w. ago Calls for Irish rappers Kneecap to be axed from Glasgow's TRNSMT festival

It comes after video emerged of the Irish rap group allegedly saying "kill your local MP" and "the only good Tory is a dead Tory."

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