Sharon Osbourne has urged US authorities to revoke work visas for Kneecap after the Irish language rap group used a performance at Coachella to denounce Israeli attacks on Gaza.
The TV presenter accused the band of hate speech and supporting terrorist organisations and said it should not be allowed to perform in the US. “I urge you to join me in advocating for the revocation of Kneecap’s work visa,” she exhorted followers on X on Tuesday.
Fox News commentators also condemned the band and accused it of bringing “Nazi Germany” sentiments to America.
Kneecap scorned the Fox News comments and posted supportive messages from fans, saying it had received thousands of such endorsements as well as “hundreds of violent Zionist threats”. Almost all the concerts of a US tour scheduled for October have sold out, it added.
The trio, Móglaí Bap and Mo Chara from Belfast and DJ Próvaí from Derry, have built a following in the US with a mix of Irish republican totems, punk spirit and a film that stormed last year’s Utah film festival.
During their set last weekend at Coachella, the California desert music festival, Mo Chara said Britain had persecuted Irish people but not bombed them from the skies. “The Palestinians have nowhere to go.”
The performers led the audience in chants of “free, free Palestine” and screened pro-Palestinian messages on to screens. “Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people,” said one. “It is being enabled by the US government who arm and fund Israel despite their war crimes,” said another. The last used an expletive against Israel.
Osbourne, a judge on the TV show America’s Got Talent, said the festival had “compromised its moral and spiritual integrity” by allowing Kneecap and Green Day to denounce Israel over the 18-month war.
“Music’s primary purpose is to unite people. It should not be a venue for promoting terrorist organisations or spreading hate”, she said, singling out Kneecap’s “aggressive” political statements.
“This band openly support terrorist organisations. This behaviour raises concerns about the appropriateness of their participation in such a festival and further shows they are booked to play in the USA.”
Fox News commentators compared the band’s comments to Nazi Germany, with one saying the band should be removed from “authority positions” and that the “values of education” should be re-instilled.
Kneecap posted a clip of the segment and said the commentator’s admission that she had not previously heard of the band was the “only part of this shite that made any sense”.
The group said they had planned to denounce “US-backed genocide in Gaza” at an earlier performance in Coachella, on 11 April, but that the comments did not appear on the screen. The band also complained that the festival’s livestream did not carry a chant celebrating the death of Margaret Thatcher.
Fox News commentators also condemned the band and accused it of bringing “Nazi Germany” sentiments to America.
The hypocrisy is baffling. As if Fox
NewsPropaganda hasn’t been bringing fascism to the US for decades.How about we clean up the trash, and send it back to England…?
The Osbournes need to fuck all the way off.
Who gives a fuck what Sharon Osbourne thinks?
“Music’s primary purpose is to unite people.
Against you, you fascist thundercunt.
She ruined the only opportunity I had to see Iron Maiden.
They dropped off the Ozzfest tour that year because Sharon was a cock-juggling-thunder-cunt right before they got to my town.
Shut the fuck up, Sharon.
My mother’s best friend’s name is Sharon. Finally, someone else said it! /j
but also, what’s up with these rock n roll people, meant to be sticking it to the man, sucking the man’s dick?
I like to think of Steven Tyler. Big time rocker. Smooth. In the 70s. Then went on to host a singing show while being the lamest. Somewhere along the line they sellout and abandon former coolness. Like a 180! Don’t even deserve the title.
Seems to be around about the time they start showing signs of becoming the Cryptkeeper
Which Aerosmith show was this from? 😉
Nobody is cool asa middle aged parent but some think they are entitled to be considered such because they were cool as kids.
Love being lectured on “music’s true purpose”
Talk about a fucking high horse. I’ve never seen one so big! WHAT DOES IT EAT?
Meanwhile “War Pigs” is playing loudly in the back of my head.
It must be corn, it’s the only grass I can think of that grows tall enough for that horse’s lofty station.
Sharon Osborne can fuck off. She’s only notable because she rode Ozzy’s coattails, and only then because of rubbish reality TV.
Bat heads
Sharon Osbourne is a terrible person and her family line should not be given aplatform for anything.
Uhhhhhh… has she never listened to the song sung by her husband ‘War Pigs’?
For anyone unfamiliar:
War Pigs by Black Sabbath
Generals gathered in their masses Just like witches at black masses Evil minds that plot destruction Sorcerer of death’s construction
In the fields, the bodies burning As the war machine keeps turning Death and hatred to mankind Poisoning their brainwashed minds Oh, Lord, yeah
Politicians hide themselves away They only started the war Why should they go out to fight? They leave that role to the poor, yeah
Time will tell on their power minds Making war just for fun Treating people just like pawns in chess Wait 'til their judgement day comes, yeah
Now in darkness, world stops turning Ashes where their bodies burning No more war pigs have the power Hand of God has struck the hour
Day of judgement, God is calling On their knees, the war pigs crawling Begging mercy for their sins Satan laughing, spreads his wings Oh, Lord, yeah
The song was originally titled Walpurgis and they had to change the title.
“Walpurgis is sort of like Christmas for Satanists. And to me, war was the big Satan”, said bassist and lyricist Geezer Butler. “It wasn’t about politics or government or anything. It was Evil itself. So I was saying ‘generals gathered in the masses / just like witches at black masses’ to make an analogy. But when we brought it to the record company, they thought ‘Walpurgis’ sounded too Satanic. And that’s when we turned it into ‘War Pigs’. But we didn’t change the lyrics, because they were already finished.”
No.
The video from Coachella
She is just mad the truth is coming out. And all she can do is try and kick people out of the country she doesn’t like who aren’t spouting the approved messages. Sharon and her gang (I’d say likes to see, but I feel they bury their heads) like the high number of dead–dead babies, children, mothers, women, aid workers, journalists, and the destruction of schools and hospitals. It’s why they stand in the way of truthful reporting. All while claiming everyone is a terrorist and everything is antisemitic. These people have no shame! They are the liars.
She’s still alive?
Bet she rejoiced during Bloody Sunday.
