Police taking no further action after investigation into Kneecap’s Glastonbury show | Ents & Arts News

Police are dropping their criminal investigation into Kneecap’s performance at Glastonbury.

Officers said they had investigated “comments about a forthcoming court case made during Kneecap’s performance” at the festival on 28 June.

However, after Crown Prosecution Service advice, they decided there isn’t enough evidence “to provide a realistic prospect of conviction for any offence”.

The Avon & Somerset force started investigating the Irish group’s show at the festival last month, as well as comments by punk-rap duo Bob Vylan.

It said they were looking at a possible public order incident.

Police said today the investigation into Bob Vylan’s performance was ongoing.

The London duo were widely criticised – and caused a BBC crisis – after leading on-stage chants of “death to the IDF” (Israel Defence Forces).

Kneecap posted a photograph on Instagram, which it said was an email from the force announcing “no further action”.

They said their Glastonbury set was a “celebration of love and solidarity” and reporting used “wildly misleading headlines”.

“Every single person who saw our set knew no law was broken, not even close… yet the police saw fit to publicly announce they were opening an investigation,” the group said.

They added: “There is no public apology, they don’t send this to media or post it on police accounts.”

The police statement on Friday said they had informed Kneecap of their decision to drop the case.

One of the group’s members appeared in court in June charged with a terror offence.

Liam Og O hAnnaidh is accused of displaying a flag in support of Hezbollah, a proscribed organisation in the UK, at a gig last year.