Noel Gallagher has turn out to be a fan of West Belfast hip-hop trio Kneecap, after seeing the band storm Glastonbury competition on the weekend.
Kneecap – rappers Mo Chara (Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh) and Móglaí Bap (Naoise Ó Cairealláin), plus DJ Próvaí (JJ Ó Dochartaigh) – performed two units at Worthy Farm final weekend, acting at 11:30am on The Woodsies stage, and at 1:30am the next morning on the Shangri-La stage, the place Gallagher was noticed in attendance, alongside former Physician Who actor Matt Smith.
Talking on his good friend Matt Morgan’s podcast (for Patreon subscribers), Gallagher was filled with reward for the Irish trio’s efficiency
“We went to see this Northern Irish road youngsters known as Kneecap… they’re form of professional Republican rappers,” he instructed Morgan. “We get there and the tent is completely fucking smashed packed – you couldn’t get in. These three lads stroll out, considered one of them is in a balaclava and so they rap in Gaelic [sic]. They’ve obtained a music known as Get Your Brits Out. There’s plenty of humour to it… I couldn’t consider how pleasurable it was.”
“Being of Irish heritage I discovered that fairly humorous and so they have been actually, actually good.”
Reviewing the band’s Woodies set on Saturday morning, Louder‘s Stephen Hill wrote, “In a yr the place plenty of the massive attracts are pretty mainstream, family-friendly and cuddly, Kneecap carry a way of reputable hazard and aggression to Glastonbury. The fast-rising West Belfast trio are, unquestionably, the lairiest band you’ll see at this yr’s competition… This appears like the start of one thing very particular.”
In Might, talking on Morgan’s podcast, Gallagher additionally enthused a few current journey to see the ABBA Voyage present presently taking part in in London, and urged that he can be “bang up” for signing off on an analogous present preserving Oasis at their ’90s peak.
Hailing the ABBA Voyage present as “fucking unbelievable”, Gallagher continued, “It was nice – an hour and a half gig. It was very, very spectacular. I genuinely thought at one level that the folks on the stage, which have been holograms, have been… they appeared that actual that I assumed they have been actors. The way in which they stroll to the stage is so practical. When you ever get the possibility to go, it’s effectively value it. I used to be very impressed by it to be trustworthy.”
Probably talking considerably tongue-in-cheek, Gallagher added, “If anyone needs to do an Oasis one, give us a shout. I’d be bang up for it. I’d say, Nice, converse to that man over there after which provide you with a determine after which he’ll relay it to me and I’ll say both sure or no.”