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Kneecap, three young men from Northern Ireland who rap in Irish, has risen to prominence in recent years, with controversy surrounding its shows and political statements.
The Saint-Cloud municipal authority has withdrawn a €40,000 subsidy for the Rock-en-Seine festival due to the booking of ...
The heat is off for Irish rap trio Kneecap after police dropped their criminal investigation into the group's controversial ...
The Paris suburb of Saint-Cloud has withdrawn a 40,000 euro subsidy for the Rock-en-Seine music festival due to booking Irish band Kneecap. The Paris suburb of Saint-Cloud, home of the annual ...
It's a direct response to the controversy surrounding member Mo Chara's run-in with the law and their Glastonbury performance ...
Kneecap are, regardless of where you stand on that aforementioned controversy, the perfect Glastonbury band: a trio of men who spit bars about substance use and partying, as well as colonialism ...
Shortly after Kneecap’s set, Israel’s Embassy in the United Kingdom, as well as some Jewish groups, accused Glastonbury of again promoting hate. This time, the complaints were not about Kneecap.
Kneecap's mix of political satire and radical activism has won fans — and now sparked an international backlash they didn’t expect DJ Próvaí, of Kneecap, performs onstage during Coachella on ...
All to say: art and politics (and humor) have been inextricably intertwined for Kneecap from the beginning. “The Recap,” which features drum & bass artist Mozey, is a good example of this. The song ...
Performing to a packed crowd of 40,000, Kneecap made Glastonbury’s other performers seem like makeweights in comparison - Anthony Devlin/Hogan Media/Shutterstock “Glastonbury, I’m a free man ...
Kneecap’s Coachella set was a rare slice of political bombast at a festival where pointed statements are rare. But the group claims that because of censorship, people watching back home didn’t ...
Kneecap, three young men from Northern Ireland who rap in Irish, has risen to prominence in recent years, with controversy surrounding its shows and political statements.