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Kneecap – a band of cowards

The anti-Israel Irish punk band are a joke

10 May 2025

9:00 AM

10 May 2025

9:00 AM

It is one of life’s irksome axioms that if you court attention and controversy, you may well end up with more than you planned. You might even be faced with the prospect of being taken to court.

And so it has come to pass with Kneecap, an Irish punk-influenced hip-hop group that grabbed headlines after their performance at Coachella (one of the world’s largest music festivals) last month.

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