Glastonbury 2019: BBC to show Stormzy set ‘uncensored’ despite ‘f*** Boris’ threat Glastonbury show will be broadcast live on BBC2 post-watershed with’ appropriate language warnings’

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The BBC will broadcast Stormzy’s Glastonbury headline set live and uncensored – even if the grime star repeats an f-word laced assault on Boris Johnson.

Stormzy’s opening night performance is set to be one of the highlights of this month’s festival.

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BBC2 will screen the London MC’s entire show live and without any delay for bad language, the corporation pledged.

‘F*** Boris’

Stormzy’s hits are littered with use of the “f” and “n” word. ITV had to apologise after Stormzy used an offensive Jamaican slang expression live at last year’s Brit Awards.

The BBC is risking political controversy too. Stormzy takes on the Tories in his latest chart-topping track Vossi Bop, rapping: “F*** the government and f*** Boris.”

Stormzy could choose to mark the second anniversary of the Grenfell fire, a fortnight before Glastonbury, by repeating his Brit awards accusation that members of the government are “criminals”.

post-watershed

A BBC spokesman said: “Stormzy’s set on Friday night at Glastonbury will be broadcast live on BBC2 post-watershed with the appropriate language warnings, in accordance with the BBC’s editorial guidelines.”

With Stormzy taking the stage at 10.15pm, well after the 9pm “adult viewing threshold”, the BBC believes the likely audience will be inured to any offensive language.

Kanye complaints

Some viewers complained when the BBC broadcast an expletive-laden set by Kanye West in 2015.

BBC2 will broadcast headline sets from Stormzy, The Killers and The Cure during the Glastonbury weekend, which begins on Friday June 27.

Jo Whiley, Lauren Laverne, Mark Radcliffe and Zoe Ball will lead more than 100 hours of coverage across the BBC’s channels and its Sounds app.

Presenters will deliver several “strong language” warnings before Stormzy takes the stage with on-screen captions also being used to alert sensitive viewers.