Laneway Festival Removes Silicon From Tour For ‘Kissing A Cop’s Gun’

Laneway performer Silicon, aka Kody Nielson, has been kicked off the tour following an incident on stage in Adelaide yesterday where he reportedly kissed a police officer’s gun.

As theMusic.com.au’s Ben E Webb witnessed, Nielson – who is the brother of Unknown Mortal Orchestra's Ruban Nielson  - kissed a hand gun attached to a police officer’s belt, which is illegal.

Nielsen then took to Twitter to break the news he had been removed from the rest of the tour.

“I just got kicked out of Laneway and fined for kissing a cops gun during our set. Your guns are useless. Peace!” he said.

“Our show is nothing but love and positivity yet I always get treated like a criminal for being unpredictable.”

Laneway Festival is going down in Brisbane now before hitting Sydney tomorrow and Melbourne and Fremantle next weekend. 

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Read the full review of Laneway Adelaide right here.

I just got kicked out of @lanewayfest and fined for kissing a cops gun during our set. Your guns are useless. Peace!

— S I L I C O N (@S_I_L_I_C_O_N) February 5, 2016

Our show is nothing but love and positivity yet I always get treated like a criminal for being unpredictable

— S I L I C O N (@S_I_L_I_C_O_N) February 5, 2016

Sorry to our fans but we've been pulled from @lanewayfest because of this stupid gun incident. Fuck Lameway festival and fuck the police

— S I L I C O N (@S_I_L_I_C_O_N) February 5, 2016