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Kneecap’s Eden Project gig cancelled after Hamas, Hezbollah and MP comments

A reason for the show’s cancellation was not given.

Evening Standard

Badenoch calls for Kneecap to be banned ‘full stop’ amid ‘kill your MP’ row

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch suggested the group should be pulled from the Glastonbury Festival line-up.

Evening Standard

DUP leader: Kneecap’s ‘balaclava has slipped’

DUP MP Sammy Wilson also described the rap trio as the ‘musical wing of Sinn Fein’.

Evening Standard

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Families of murdered MPs reject Kneecap’s ‘half an apology’

The rap trio said a video extract in which a band member appeared to voice support for killing MPs had been deliberately taken out of context.

Evening Standard

Kneecap issue defiant statement amid news that counter-terrorism police are analysing footage from two past shows, as calls for the Irish band to be removed from UK festival bills escalate

Kneecap react to condemnation of recent and historical live shows: "The real crimes are not in our performances; the real crimes are the silence and complicity of those in power."

Louder

Who Are Kneecap? Irish rap group member has terror charge dropped

Meet the Belfast band at the centre of a political firestorm

Evening Standard

Labour minister refuses to name Kneecap in Commons statement

A HOME Office minister has urged MPs not to name the band Kneecap after their "dangerous and irresponsible" alleged comments about killing…

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No 10 rejects Kneecap’s ‘half-hearted’ apology over alleged ‘kill MPs’ comments

Belfast rap group Kneecap rejected claims they would ‘seek to incite violence against any MP or individual’.

The Independent UK

Kneecap’s apology to murdered MPs’ families

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The Independent UK

Kneecap at Glastonbury ‘a matter for organisers’ says Cooper

Video has emerged of the group at a November 2023 gig appearing to show one member saying: ‘The only good Tory is a dead Tory. Kill your local MP.’

Evening Standard

Rap group Kneecap apologise to families for 'kill your MP' remarks

A clip of the band allegedly calling for the death of Conservative MPs is being investigated by the Metropolitan Police’s counter-terror unit. The daughter of a murdered MP has spoken out and the band has apologised. However, Kneecap said that they are facing a "co-ordinated smear campaign."

Euronews

Jo Cox family says Kneecap offering ‘half an apology’ over alleged call to kill MPs

Husband of murdered Labour MP says Belfast rappers’ talk of being unfairly targeted undermines their statement

The Guardian - UK

Human remains taken from Hawaiian burial caves repatriated from Northern Ireland

The remains are believed to have been taken from Hawaii island in 1840 and brought to Belfast.

The Independent UK

Kneecap apologises to families of murdered MPs after concert video clip furore

The Irish band said a video extract in which a band member appeared to voice support for killing MPs had been deliberately taken out of context.

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Kneecap is a ‘hate fest’ promoting division, says DUP leader

Gavin Robinson accused the band of performing in ‘a grotesque way’ and called them ‘totally inappropriate’.

Evening Standard

Festival urged to reconsider inclusion of rap group after ‘dead Tory’ comments

The Irish rap band Kneecap are due to perform at the Trnsmt festival in Glasgow in July.

The Independent UK

Irish PM demands Kneecap ‘urgently clarify’ concert call to ‘kill Tory MPs’

Ireland's prime minister (Taoiseach) Micheál Martin on Monday (27 April) called for Kneecap “urgently clarify” alleged comments attributed to the band about the killing of Tory MPs.

The National (Scotland)

John Swinney calls for Kneecap to be cut from major Scottish festival

SCOTLAND'S First Minister John Swinney has called for Kneecap to be removed from the TRNSMT line-up ...

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Evening Standard

Labour MP urges Glastonbury organisers to remove Kneecap from festival line-up

David Taylor said it would be ‘deeply troubling’ to see the band performing at the event after a member allegedly called for the death of Tory MPs.

The Guardian - UK

David Amess’s daughter urges Kneecap to say sorry for alleged ‘kill your MP’ call

Katie Amess, whose MP father was murdered, condemns Irish rap group’s alleged ‘dangerous, violent rhetoric’

The Independent UK

Taoiseach calls on Kneecap to ‘urgently clarify’ views amid concern clips furore

Micheal Martin said comments around the safety and security of people was a ‘different issue’ to artistic free speech.

The National (Scotland)

Kneecap to receive no more public funding, says Downing Street

IRISH language rap group Kneecap will not receive any further public funds, Downing Street has indicated ...

Evening Standard

Downing Street and Kemi Badenoch hit out at Kneecap over ‘dead Tory’ allegation

A member of the rap group allegedly said ‘the only good Tory is a dead Tory’, prompting condemnation in Westminster

The Independent UK

David Amess’s daughter demands apology after Kneecap’s alleged ‘kill your local MP’ call

A member of the rap group allegedly said ‘the only good Tory is a dead Tory’, prompting condemnation in Westminster

The National (Scotland)

Scottish Tories demand Kneecap are cut from major Scottish festival

SCOTTISH Tory MSPs have urged TRNSMT festival to drop Kneecap from its line-up.

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