MX23RW : Friday, March 29 06:07:21| >> :600:824129:824129:

Line of Duty's Martin Compston denies singing along to IRA chant

Line of Duty's Martin Compston denies singing along to IRA chant
© BBC
Line of Duty star Martin Compston emphatically denies claims that he was involved in chanting along to lyrics about the IRA.

Line of Duty actor Martin Compston has emphatically denied singing any lyrics relating to the IRA while on a night out.

In footage circulated on social media, the 38-year-old is seen partying in his Celtic T-shirt in Las Vegas, where he lives, as members of the crowd chant 'I-R-A' to the Hoops' fan-favourite song 'Beautiful Sunday'.

Compston, who films Line of Duty in Northern Ireland, subsequently received torrents of abuse on Twitter while he slept, and when he woke up he issued an angry statement.

"Not best pleased to wake up to a story 8 hours ahead of me before I've had the right to reply," he wrote.

"Let me be absolutely clear, I unequivocally did not sing ANY sectarian songs. I've worked in Belfast too long to see damage done to think this stuff is a laugh.

"If people want to change the lyrics to a song that's sung at Celtic Park, weddings, Still Game, wherever that's up to them I'm not the lyric police.

"If it was an IRA song and I was on stage bobbing along I would understand the story but I'm pretty sure Daniel Boone had nothing more than Beautiful Sundays in mind when he wrote the song and that's what I was singing."

The incident took place at a party during the North American Federation of Celtic Supporters Clubs conference in Vegas.

ID:488237:1false2false3false:QQ:: from db desktop :LenBod:collect1998:

Follow us on X/Twitter and like us on Facebook for the latest entertainment news alerts.

Media Mole Easter Offer: Get Sky Cinema, Sky Stream & Netflix for just £23 a month + £0 upfront fee for 18 months!
Prices may change during this period. Ends 2nd April 2024


Click here for more stories about Martin Compston

Click here for more stories about Celtic

Collect / Create New Data
Share this article now:
Martin Compston as Steve Arnott in Line of Duty
Read Next:
Martin Compston promises "a lot of payoffs" in Line of Duty finale
>
rhs 2.0
New TV Picks header

Thursday, March 28


The Hotel Inspector: Channel 5, 9pm
She's back! Alex kicks off a new series by aiding a struggling tearoom in Somerset

The Apprentice: BBC One, 9pm
The remaining candidates must pick and sell items live on a TV shopping channel

EastEnders: BBC One, 7.30pm and iPlayer, from 6am
Callum tries to do what he can as the fallout from Ben's arrest continues...