Police have said they will take no further action over Kneecap’s performance at Glastonbury.
Officers said they had investigated « comments about a forthcoming court case made during Kneecap’s performance » on 28 June.
However, after advice from the Crown Prosecution Service, they decided there isn’t enough evidence « to provide a realistic prospect of conviction for any offence ».
The Avon & Somerset force started investigating the Irish group’s show at the festival last month, as well as comments by punk-rap duo Bob Vylan.
It said they were looking at a possible public order incident.
Police said today that the investigation into Bob Vylan’s performance was still going on.
The London duo were widely criticised – and caused a BBC crisis – after leading on-stage chants of « death to the IDF » (Israel Defence Forces).
Kneecap posted a photograph on Instagram on Friday, which it said was an email from the force announcing « no further action ».
They said their Glastonbury set was a « celebration of love and solidarity » and reporting used « wildly misleading headlines ».
« Every single person who saw our set knew no law was broken, not even close… yet the police saw fit to publicly announce they were opening an investigation, » the group said.
They added: « There is no public apology, they don’t send this to media or post it on police accounts. »
The police statement on Friday said they had informed Kneecap of their decision to drop the case.
