THE controversial Irish rap act Kneecap have issued a new statement in the light of their call to kill MPs and back Hezbollah, reading simply ‘Oh shit’. 

The band, set to be the latest favourite of people who prefer politics to music on the festival circuit this summer, have suddenly discovered shouting controversial stuff has certain consequences.

Fan Oli O’Connor, who was previously bang into Sleaford Mods, said: “What are Kneecap worried about? I thought they were tough and uncompromising, like me on Twitter.

“Apologising for saying ‘kill your MP’ just because it’s offended the families of murdered MPs? That’s not the band I play loudly on the bus to show everyone how radical my politics are.

“They’re tough, cool, definitely not the kind of guys who’d weasel out of saying ‘Up Hamas, Up Hezbollah’ by saying it was taken out of context. Unafraid of getting their Glastonbury slot cancelled or losing their sell-out US tour. It would be a badge of honour for them.”

A spokesman for the band said: “In addition to ‘Oh shit’, the boys would like to add ‘f**k, f**k, f**k’ and ‘we thought we’d get away with it by rapping in Irish’.”