Sharon Osbourne urged the feds to yank the US visas of an Irish rap group that launched into an anti-Israel tirade on the Coachella stage Saturday earlier than a backdrop studying “F–okay Israel Free Palestine.”
The British TV persona, 72, slammed the West Belfast group Kneecap for projecting “hate speech” and supporting “terrorist organizations” on the common Southern California music pageant – the place the previous “X Issue” choose stated “aggressive” political rhetoric doesn’t belong.
“Kneecap, an Irish rap group, took their efficiency to a special degree by incorporating aggressive political statements,” Osbourne stated in a protracted rant posted Tuesday to X, the place she cited music as a supply of unification and “an escape” throughout a time of “vital unrest.”
“Their actions included projections of anti-Israel messages and hate speech, and this band brazenly help terrorist organizations. This habits raises considerations in regards to the appropriateness of their participation in such a pageant and additional exhibits they’re booked to play within the USA,” Osbourne, the spouse of rocker Ozzy Osbourne, continued.
“I urge you to hitch me in advocating for the revocation of Kneecap’s work visa.”
Throughout their set, Kneecap – which brazenly supported the “Palestinian wrestle” a day after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 invasion of Israel that killed about 1,200 individuals, together with 364 who have been slaughtered on the Nova music pageant – carried out in entrance of a backdrop that learn, “F–okay Israel Free Palestine.”
The band, which additionally supported a e-book celebrating Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, led “Free, free Palestine” chants as band member Mo Chara sported a keffiyeh scarf – an emblem of Palestinian identification.
“They’re bombing them from the skies. In the event you’re not calling it genocide, what the f–okay are you calling it?” Mo Chara stated to raucous cheers, whereas a display screen behind the band learn, “The US authorities arms and funds Israel regardless of their battle crimes.”
Whereas Nova survivors voiced their outrage, grief and devastation to The Submit over the hateful outburst, Osbourne additionally blasted pageant organizer, Goldenvoice, for permitting Kneecap to carry out every week after the band led anti-Margaret Thatcher chants on stage in the course of the pageant’s first weekend.
The band’s live-stream was reportedly lower after they initiated the gang of their political jeering’s.
“Experiences point out that Goldenvoice was unaware of Kneecap’s political intentions after they have been booked,” Osbourne stated.
“Nevertheless, after witnessing their efficiency in the course of the first weekend, permitting them to carry out once more the next weekend suggests help of their rhetoric and an absence of due diligence.”
Watchdog teams beforehand instructed The Submit they tried to warn Coachella homeowners from platforming the problematic pro-terror band – who reportedly name themselves “republican hoods” and waved a yellow Hezbollah flag on stage throughout a November 2024 London live performance.
Osbourne additionally slapped again at claims Goldenvoice was “blindsided” by Kneecap’s efficiency.
“I do know for a undeniable fact that sure individuals within the business had written to Goldenvoice, airing their considerations across the reserving of Kneecap,” Osbourne alleged in her X put up.
“Coachella 2025 will probably be remembered as a pageant that compromised its ethical and non secular integrity. Goldenvoice, the pageant organized, facilitated this by permitting artists to make use of the Coachella stage as a platform for political expression.”
Reps for Kneecap and Goldenvoice didn’t instantly reply to The Submit’s request for remark.
