Groups pull out of music festival after flag furore

A STRING of bands have pulled out of the Victorious music festival hours after Irish folk music band The Mary Wallopers claimed they were "cut off" for displaying a Palestinian flag.

- BY LAUREN DEL FABBRO

The Last Dinner Party, Irish band Cliffords and The Academic announced on Saturday that they would no longer be performing at the Portsmouth music festival following Friday's incident.

The organisers, who claimed the band had their set cut short for using a “discriminatory” chant, have since issued an apology and pledged to make “a substantial donation to humanitarian relief efforts for the Palestinian people”.

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