Glastonbury 2014

Watch MIA perform ‘Paper Planes’ at Glastonbury

Contrary to the artist’s tweets, the Beeb hadn’t refused to broadcast her set.

28th June 2014

“BBC won’t broadcast my Glastonbury show,” tweeted MIA last night, “coz my t-shirt is too political”.

The star was wearing a shirt with the message “stop Tamil deportation”

BBC WONT BROADCAST MY GLASTONBURY SHOW / COZ MY T SHIRT IS TOO POLITICAL. BOOOOO
— M.I.A (@MIAuniverse) June 27, 2014

Thing is, it wasn’t true. The live stream was on, the broadcast went out.

“Don’t know where M.I.A. gets her info from,” retorted BBC 6 Music presenter and writer Stuart Maconie, “but we fully intend to broadcast her set. And we’re streaming it.”

And it’s MIA at her most visceral (what else?!) that can be viewed below, it’s the Clash-sampling ‘Paper Planes’.

Don't know where M.I.A gets her info from but we fully intend to broadcast some of her set. And we're streaming it.
— Stuart Maconie (@StuartMaconie) June 27, 2014