The controversial Irish hip-hop group Kneecap has cancelled 15 American tour dates in October due to conflicts amidst an ongoing British criminal investigation into the group.
“Due to the proximity of our next court hearing in London to the first date of the tour, as the British government continues its witch-hunt, we will have to cancel all 15 US tour dates in October,” the band wrote in a Monday statement.
At Kneecap’s performance at Glastonbury music festival, the band led “Free Palestine” chants and yelled “F–k Israel.” Kneecap rapper Naoise Ó Cairealláin, who goes by the stage name Móglaí Bap, told festival attendees, “The Prime Minister of your country, not mine, said he didn’t want us to play, so f–k Keir Starmer.”
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