Overview

• Bodycam footage shows an officer citing a PSPO banning amplifiers and threatening to "lock him up" unless the performance stopped.
• The 17-year-old was detained on August 24 during a targeted operation and de-arrested minutes later after giving his details, with no ongoing charge.
• GMP superintendent Phil Spurgeon met the family and said the officer accepted discretion could have been used and that the actions were not proportionate or necessary.
• Bury Council’s PSPO prohibits amplifiers within the town ring road and is scheduled for review in 2026, and the teen later received a formal notice to refrain from anti-social behaviour.
• Bystanders criticised the response as excessive, and the singer has since travelled to London for an in-person Britain’s Got Talent audition.