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June 2024 2023

Kneecap on The Cover of NME (2024), photo by Joseph Bishop

Kneecap: giving peace, protest and partying a chance

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Kneecap – ‘Fenian’ review: headline-grabbing trio reach power and maturity

The Belfast rappers blast through all the noise with the energy of The Prodigy, Massive Attack and Burial on Dan Carey-produced second album to cement their place and reclaim their identity

Kneecap's Móglaí Bap on penning new song 'Irish Goodbye' about his late mother: "Suicide is such a complex thing. It's hard to confront the reality of what has happened”

The single features Kae Tempest, and aims to provide “some sort of relief” for those struggling with that “specific kind of grief”

Eurovision 2026: Paul Weller, IDLES, Massive Attack, Paloma Faith, Kneecap, Primal Scream, Sigur Rós lead 1000+ artists calling for No Music For Genocide boycott over Israel

A new open letter is asking the European Broadcasting Union to ban Israel from participating, as it did with Russia in 2022

UEFA Nations League 2026/28 League Phase Draw

Kneecap, The Mary Wallopers, Annie Mac and more back 'Stop The Game' campaign protesting Ireland v Israel game

"We will not take part in this competition against a country that is slaughtering humans in front of our very eyes with impunity"

Kneecap respond to Sharon Osbourne agreeing to attend Tommy Robinson anti-immigration march

Osbourne has previously called the trio “pathetic”, “uneducated” and “full of hate” and called for their US visas to be revoked

Kneecap "reclaim identity" with "good times had by all" on raucous single 'Fenian'

They described it as “an anthem to embrace our Fenian past, and to cure our colonial hangover”

Jim Jarmusch airs support for "badass" Kneecap: "I like their attitude"

The director spoke to NME about his new film and his love of the Irish trio

Watch Kneecap perform in Havana as they arrive in Cuba on Nuestra América Convoy with Jeremy Corbyn

"We have grown up our whole lives with an understanding of colonialism and oppression and also forced starvation"

Kneecap performing at Glastonbury 2025, photo by Andy Ford

Kneecap speak out against "real issue" of anti-Semitism, say they are “against discrimination in any form”

“When you’re playing a gig it’s impossible to be perfectly conscious all the time,” Mo Chara said. “And that’s not just from drink, that’s pure adrenaline”