The O2 arena has apologised after two women who separately attended a Lorde concert on Sunday night had their FC Palestina football shirts confiscated by staff who alleged they contravened venue policy.
Francesca Humi, 30, and Chloe Grace Laws, also 30, were each stopped by venue security and told they would have to remove their shirts – which bore the word “Palestine” – or be ejected. Staff members claimed it was against policy to wear garments bearing the names, flags or emblems of individual countries, and that it could cause offence to other gig-goers.
Humi said that she saw a man wearing an Irish Gaelic football jersey, which was not confiscated.
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