Kneecap hit out at Rod Stewart and Kier Starmer at defiant Glastonbury 2025 set

    Kneecap have delivered an incendiary set at Glastonbury 2025 – check out everything that went down below.

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    On Saturday (June 28), Irish rap trio Kneecap amassed a massive crowd to the West Holts stage. Earlier in the day, the BBC walked back its plans to stream the rap group’s performance on iPlayer. Just hours before they took the stage, the BBC said in a statement that while the group were still welcomed to perform, the set wouldn’t be streamed live and would instead be made available as an on-demand version after the set’s end.

    Crowds at the West Holts stage as Kneecap perform at Glastonbury 2025. Credit: Andy Ford for NME

    Over a half hour ahead of Kneecap’s set, Glastonbury announced on social media that access to the West Holts stage had been cut off, signalling an already full-capacity crowd.