Tax exiles U2 face 'spectacular' Glastonbury protest

U2's Glastonbury set will be interrupted by an "unmissable" protest against the band's alleged "tax dodge", campaigners vowed.

Direct action group Art Uncut is plotting a "visual spectacular" during the Irish band's headline appearance on the Pyramid Stage.

The protest is expected to involve a giant inflatable let off by the group. Placards will also be held up declaring "Bono tax dodger" and "Bono pay up".

The group is staying tight-lipped over details of the protest but campaign member Anna Walker, 32, said: "Everyone there will see it.

"If the BBC do not broadcast it, there is little doubt that it will have been an editorial decision."

Fellow campaigner Charlie Dewar added: "U2's multimillion euro tax dodge is depriving the Irish people at a time when they desperately need income to offset the Irish Government's savage austerity programme.

"Tax nestling in the band's bank account should be helping to keep open the hospitals, schools and libraries that are closing all over Ireland.

"Bono is well known for his anti-poverty campaigning but Art Uncut is accusing him of hypocrisy."