Idles lead huge crowd chant of ‘f*** the King’ during headline set on BBC at Glastonbury

Every other person you follow on Instagram seems to be knee-deep in the best weekend of their lives. And good for them.

But for the rest of us, we’re just having to watch Glastonbury through social media and the coverage on BBC.

Although, it seems we really are getting to see a fair bit as the broadcaster covered the Idles and their not so typically BBC-friendly huge crowd chant - yet it was past 10pm, so I guess, anything kind of goes.

When the punk band took to the Other Stage last night (28 June), while Dua Lipa was performing on Pyramid Stage, they asked for ‘the benefit of the people at home’ if the audience would ‘like to learn the new British national anthem’. And, well, let’s just say it’s not exactly ‘God Save the King’.

Instead, as the cameras showed the enormous crowd gathered to watch the Bristol band, the band led: “F**k the King!”

This was then of course chanted back by the Glasto-goers at Worthy Farm who took the opportunity to yell it directly at the BBC cameras.

Yep, one big mega crowd all shouting ‘F**k the King!’ during the Idles’ headline set.

As they all chanted that, lead singer Joe Talbot carried on with the lyrics of their hit song ‘I’m Scum’.

He sang: “I don’t care about the next James Bond, he kills for country, king and God.

“We don’t need another murderous toff. I’m just wondering where the high street’s gone. ‘Cause I’m Scum, I’m Scum.”

Joe Talbot lead the crowd in the chant. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Obviously, the crowd absolutely lost it as the band kicked into the banger’s chorus and fans online called them the ‘Kings of Glastonbury’.

And while one joked: “Why he hate Elvis so much?” Another said: “Well, there goes his Knighthood.”

But let’s be honest, I don’t think Talbot is particularly interested in that.

Of course, there’s users online calling them things like ‘lefty middleclass’ and ‘really pathetic’.

The huge crowd were more than happy to join in. (BBC)

Yet someone else commented: “That new English national anthem is fierce catchy.”

Some were shocked that they’d managed to do it ‘live on BBC’ as they applauded the band and said: “Didn’t know I could like Idles anymore than I did but here we are.”

While Talbot sang out some of their other hits, the stage had a backdrop reading ‘Ceasefire now’.

A BBC spokesperson told LADbible: “We are bringing audiences extensive music coverage from Glastonbury across the weekend, including over 90 hours of live performance from the five main stages on BBC iPlayer and 90 hours of radio broadcasts live from the festival, plus more on TV and BBC Sounds. Like in previous years, our live streams and programming reflect the artists’ performances as they happen.”