Bands boycott festival after Mary Wallopers ‘cut off’ over Palestine flag

(left to right) Abigail Morris, Georgia Davies, Aurora Nishevci, Emily Roberts and Lizzie Mayland of The Last Dinner Party (Ian West/PA)

A string of bands have pulled out of the Victorious music festival hours before they were due to perform after Irish folk music band The Mary Wallopers claimed they were “cut off” for displaying a Palestinian flag.

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