Stolen king's head apparently surfaces at Melbourne hip-hop gig
A head stolen from a statue of King George V last year may have reappeared onstage during a hip-hop gig in Melbourne.
Northern Irish group Kneecap, known for their republican stance and Irish language lyrics, displayed a similar-looking head during a recent performance.
"Well well a chairde Gael," the group posted on X on March 15 – an apparent reference to the phrase "a chairde gaoil", meaning "my dear friends".
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A statue head apparently belonging to a figure of King George V appeared onstage during a hip-hop performance in Melbourne. Today
"Some madman dropped by with a huge King George's head so he could hear a few tunes for our last Melbourne show!
"Allegedly his head was cut off last year in the city..…anyways he was put on stage for a few tunes and then whisked away…remember every colony can fall".
The head was removed from the statue at the time of the King's Birthday public holiday last year.
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George V, grandson of Queen Victoria, reigned from 1910 to 1936.
He changed the royal house's surname to Windsor from Saxe-Coburg Gotha in 1917 due to anti-German sentiment in the First World War.
During his time on the throne, the British Empire reached its greatest territorial extent.
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