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Six items you need to take to Glastonbury to elevate your festival experience

From earplugs to good suncream, here’s how to party in style

Evening Standard

Kneecap’s Glastonbury performance not ‘appropriate’, says Keir Starmer

UK prime minister criticises band’s inclusion in festival lineup after Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh allegedly displayed flag supporting Hezbollah

The Guardian - UK

Starmer welcomes release of Belarusian opposition leader’s husband

Siarhei Tsikhanouski is a key dissident figure and the husband of exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.

Evening Standard

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OPINION - Kneecap are pulling the oldest punk trick in the book: offending you. And it's worked.

It’s been a while since we’ve had a musical ruckus on the scale of Kneecap-gate. Forget boring arguments about feuds (hello Taylor Swift) or fallings out: today, the Irish band have rocked up at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, accompanied by throngs of supporters, in support of band member Mo Chara (real…

Evening Standard

Kneecap's Mo Chara placed on unconditional bail as hundreds support star at court

Mo Chara has been placed on unconditional bail and will next appear at court on August 20.

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Huge crowds of Kneecap supporters rally outside court as Mo Chara appears on terrorism charge

Watch as huge crowds of Kneecap fans gather outside of Westminster Magistrates Court to support Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, better known by his stage name Mo Chara, as he appears accused of a terrorism offence.

The Independent UK

They did what? The biggest clashes at Glastonbury this year

Yes, of course Charli xcx and Doechii are clashing

Evening Standard

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Kneecap will no longer perform at TRNSMT festival amid police ‘safety concerns’

The Belfast rap trio have scheduled a date an O2 Academy in July, the band said.

Evening Standard

Kneecap at Wide Awake review: a fast, ferocious, two-fingered salute to the haters

4/5 Despite almost having their gig pulled, the band isn’t going anywhere

Evening Standard

Man, 58, denies inviting support for Hamas

Dylan Evans, of Hove, East Sussex, is charged with one count of inviting support for the proscribed organisation in October 2023.

Evening Standard

Estate agent ordered out of her historic £19m London mansion after losing battle with bank

Deborah Fiorentino, the former wife of both Italian aristocrat Giovanni Fiorentino and celebrity British divorce lawyer RaymondTooth, ran up massive arrears after taking out a £17.85m loan

The Independent UK

Legal body chief’s position ‘no longer tenable’, MPs warn

It follows ‘unpersuasive’ evidence from her on the CCRC’s challenges and response to public criticism in April, the committee said.

Evening Standard

Here's what to expect at the Army's 250th anniversary parade on Trump's birthday

The Army has started loading up some of the tanks that will take to the streets of the nation’s capital during the 250th anniversary celebration of the service next month

The Independent UK

The Kneecap furore: hip-hop v hypocrisy

Letters: Norman Miller wonders whether the music industry would like to hear a call to ‘kill your local bands now’. Plus, letters by Robert Bennett, Denis Jackson and Duncan Macgregor

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Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood forced to cancel UK shows over ‘credible threats’

Pro-Palestinian groups claimed the performances would have ‘whitewashed’ the war

Evening Standard

Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood cancels UK show with Israeli musician due to 'credible threats'

Pro-Palestinian groups campaigned for venues to cancel the dates, claiming the performances ‘would have whitewashed’ the war in the Gaza Strip

Evening Standard

Six injured after hypersonic missile from Yemen strikes Israel’s main airport

Dramatic images showed a smoking crater next to a road near Terminal 3 at Ben Gurion Airport

The Independent UK

The 14 best UK music festivals, from Glastonbury to Mighty Hoopla

SUMMER GUIDE 2025: Whether you’re seeking new music meccas to a pop paradise in London or tranquil retreats in the wilderness, The Independent’s culture team have you covered this summer

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Evening Standard

Pregnant Jesy Nelson shares update from hospital as she prepares to welcome twins

The singer has been in hospital since late March after she was diagnosed with twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS)

The Guardian - UK

Listen closely to the Kneecap furore. You’ll hear hypocrisy from all sides

The band’s rightwing critics are now cancel culture advocates, while defenders demand limitless free speech, says writer and podcaster Dorian Lynskey

The National (Scotland)

'F***ing hell': LBC journalist exasperated as caller brings up Gaza genocide

LBC presenter Shelagh Fogarty has come under fire after saying “f***ing hell” live on air during a discussion about Kneecap and Gaza ...

Evening Standard

Kneecap investigated by counter terrorism officers over ‘kill your MP’ video

The Belfast rap trio has had several gigs cancelled after video footage appeared to show one of them shouting ‘up Hamas, up Hezbollah’.

The Independent UK

Kneecap controversy: Counter-terrorism police investigating rap trio’s videos

One video allegedly showed a band member shouting ‘Up Hamas, up Hezbollah’

The Guardian - UK

Kneecap row: police assessing ‘kill MP’ and ‘up Hamas, up Hezbollah’ footage

News comes as artists including Pulp, Paul Weller and Primal Scream defend Irish rap trio from criticism

Evening Standard

Chancellor Rachel Reeves under investigation by standards watchdog over free National Theatre tickets

Rachel Reeves and three of her family members were given tickets to a show, believed to have been Ballet Shoes, on December 27 last year

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