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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Entertainment
Anna Betts

Kneecap cancel all US tour dates over clash with court hearing in London

three men performing
The Northern Ireland hip-hop trio Kneecap perform on stage at the Rock en Seine music festival, in Saint-Cloud, near Paris, on Sunday. Photograph: Guillaume Baptiste/AFP/Getty Images

The Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap have cancelled their scheduled US tour dates in October, citing the proximity to a court hearing in London involving band member Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh’s alleged mid-performance display of a Hezbollah flag.

Ó hAnnaidh, who performs under the stage name Mo Chara, was charged with a terrorism offence in the UK in May after being accused of displaying a flag in support of Hezbollah during a concert in London last November.

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