Controversial Primal Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie had fans wincing when he made a sick joke about a Tory MP being stabbed to death.
The iconic Glaswegian addressed fans at a gig in Bristol on Wednesday saying 'What do you call a Conservative MP that's been stabbed to death? A beautiful f**king thing'.
His comments come weeks after extreme rightwing terrorist Thomas Mair was jailed for life for murdering Labour MP Jo Cox in June.
Gillespie, 54, was trying to fill a lull in the gig at the 02 Academy following a technical issue and addressed fans, saying 'I'm no comedian but should I tell a joke?'.
Fans barely batted an eyelid at the frontman's comments, who dazzled on stage wearing a distinctive pink jacket, over a black and white polka-dotted shirt.
One music fan called 'Spragger' wrote on a local newspaper website saying: "Ageing popster proposes murder in public Plod looks the other way. Good job it was not on Twitter."
Another music fan called 'Defcon' wrote: "Lets hope this hypocritical little Lefty is arrested immediately for inciting violence."
Other fans took to Twitter to share their disgust. Dave plenty @latemoning 13h Kingswood, England @BristolPost sick in the head The sick joke is the latest in a string of controversial comments made by the outspoken Gillespie who described the country as being f**ked earlier this year.
The Glasgow band was visiting to tour their 11th, and most recent record, Chaosmosis - and it was the third time they have performed in Bristol this year.
A spokesperson for Bobby Gillespie has been asked to comment.
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