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Last month, the missing head of a statue of King George V made an unexpected appearance onstage at a concert of the touring Northern Irish rap band, Kneecap. The head had not been seen publicly ...
An Irish hip-hop band has sparked outrage after a member was photographed holding the severed head of a King George V statue during an Australian gig. Belfast-based Kneecap were playing a show at ...
At its show in Australia this weekend, the raucously political rap trio Kneecap brought what appeared to be the missing head of a King George V statue onstage. By Ali Watkins The irreverent ...
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Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Eighty-nine years after he died, King George V appears to be having the time of his life. Or, at any rate, his severed bronze head is.
The King George V statue was beheaded and covered in red paint on a bank holiday for King Charles’ birthday in June 2024. It was part of series of incidents involving attacks on colonial ...
The mystery of the decapitated head of a King George V statue has resurfaced after it surprisingly appeared during a Kneecap gig in Melbourne, Australia. Kneecap, the outspoken and political hip ...