New Zealand musician Silicon, a.k.a. Kody Nielson, brother of Unknown Mortal Orchestra frontman Ruban Nielson, claims to have been kicked off the Laneway Festival tour for kissing a police officer’s gun during his set at Laneway Adelaide on Friday.

Taking to Twitter, Nielson wrote, “I just got kicked out of [Laneway Festival] and fined for kissing a cops gun during our set. Your guns are useless. Peace! Our show is nothing but love and positivity yet I always get treated like a criminal for being unpredictable.”

“Sorry to our fans but we’ve been pulled from [Laneway Festival] because of this stupid gun incident. Fuck Lameway festival and fuck the police,” he later added, before offering “nothing but love for my fans friends and family”.

Speaking to Music Feeds, Nielson said he has been removed from the remaining dates of the Laneway 2016 tour and fined $560 by police. Nielson also claimed festival organisers did not want his removal from the lineup to go public.

“Sometimes I perform part of our set from the audience,” he recounted. “There was a gang of six armed officers in the crowd and I started dancing with them. At one point I kissed an officer’s gun. I don’t believe guns are even necessary at all.”

“Another officer then attempted to restrain me and I broke free continuing our set. I said to them, ‘Peace, throw your guns in the sea.’ I was singing while all this was happening. Our set was cut short later on not because of the police, but because I had climbed up onto the stage roof.”

“The cops were acting unprofessionally, calling me names, insulting my appearance and nearly ripping my passport in half. I feel the organisers should’ve stood up for me in that situation considering the circumstances.”

Nielson claimed that after his set was cut short, Laneway organisers “stood there in silence while six armed and angry officers threatened and intimidated” him. Nielson said he would not perform at Laneway again, having “completely lost respect for the organisation”.

“They said they ‘didn’t want this to go public’ but I feel like at the very least our fans deserve an explanation as to why we just vanished from the lineup.” SA Police did confirm to Music Feeds that a 33-year-old NZ man was evicted from Laneway and issued an expiation notice for disorderly behaviour.

Laneway organisers are yet to officially confirm Silicon’s status. However, the musician’s set has been removed from the official Laneway app when one browses the timetables for the upcoming Melbourne and Fremantle legs of the festival.

With Nielson now back in New Zealand, triple j are reporting that the musician’s slot will be replaced for the remainder of the Laneway tour and that an official word from festival organisers is forthcoming.

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