Followers of the Belfast group jeered Rod’s identify as Kneecap have been acting at Glastonbury.

Rod Stewart bought a frosty reception throughout Kneecap‘s Glastonbury gig with boos ringing out after he was identify checked by the rappers.

Followers of the Belfast group jeered Rod’s identify as Kneecap have been acting on the West Holt’s stage.

Requested in the event that they have been going to see Rod’s tea time slot at Glastonbury tomorrow, the query was met by jeers, which can have been a response to Rod’s announcement that he’s a giant fan of Nigel Farage and the Reform Social gathering.

The group additionally mocked Rod when one Kneecap member described him as “Rod, the Prod” and “older than Israel”.

Celtic fan Rod, who’s 80, and spends most of his time within the US, spoke out in favour of Starmer and Reform in an interview with The Instances newspaper.

He additionally moaned that Prime Minister, Keir Starmer was attempting to reverse Brexit.

Rod mentioned: “It’s arduous for me as a result of I’m extraordinarily rich, and I should be, so loads of it doesn’t actually contact me,” Rod mentioned. “However that doesn’t imply I’m out of contact.

“As an example, I’ve examine Starmer slicing off the fishing in Scotland and giving it again to the EU.

“That hasn’t made him fashionable. We’re fed up with the Tories.

“We’ve bought to provide Farage an opportunity. He’s coming throughout properly.

“What choices have we bought? I do know a few of his household, I do know his brother, and I fairly like him.

“Starmer’s all about getting us out of Brexit and I don’t understand how he’s going to do this. Nonetheless, the nation will survive. It may very well be worse. We may very well be within the Gaza Strip.”

Rod is more likely to have a a lot friendlier response from his personal followers when he returns on Sunday to play the competition he beforehand headlined in 2002.

The British singer, songwriter and producer, who celebrated one other primary album final yr, will step out onto the Pyramid Stage for the primary time in over 20 years on Sunday.

Along with his trademark raspy, soulful voice and armed with an enormous again catalogue of hits, there’s little question he may have the gang singing alongside and swinging their hips to songs like Maggie Might, You Put on It Nicely and Do Ya Suppose I’m Attractive? as he guarantees to entertain the Glastonbury teatime revellers.

Rod has mentioned he isn’t pleased with the “teatime slot” because it seems like “pipe and slippers” although it must be something however with former Faces bandmate and Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wooden anticipated to affix him onstage.

However because the boos rang out at Glastonbury’s Kneecap members laughed, asking, “Have I missed one thing?” And including, “I imply the person’s older than Israel. Rod, the Prod.”