The band landed in trouble over anti-Israel statements, and a member faces a terrorism charge. But at Britain’s biggest music festival, tens of thousands cheered it.

Irish-language rap group Kneecap is performing Saturday at the Glastonbury Festival despite criticism from British politicians

Irish-language rap group Kneecap has performed at the Glastonbury Festival in front of tens of thousands of fans chanting “Free Palestine”, defying United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer who said he did not think it was “appropriate” for the band to appear.

After much discussion and controversy, Kneecap played Glastonbury Saturday, hitting out at British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Rod Stewart.

Kneecap played the biggest set of their career thus far at Glastonbury Festival on Saturday, with the West Holts stage hitting capacity nearly an hour before the Irish rap trio’s set. After the BBC opted not to air the show live due to their growing controversy in the U.

The BBC cut Irish trio Kneecap from the broadcaster’s live coverage of the Glastonbury music festival Saturday after the group began chanting “F–k Keir Starmer,” a reference to the British Prime Minister, during their set.