#kneecap

[tierras]

Irish band kneecap opening their set at coachella weekend 2

since dawn, israel has killed at least 64 people in strikes targeting overcrowded homes and displacement tents — one of the deadliest mornings in Gaza since the genoc/de resumed last month.

[mysharona1987]

[theeyesofthestorm]

[anton-wyzek]

Coachella: let us get famously political rappers Kneecap to perform at our festival

Coachella when Kneecap get political: hey wait- no

[maykop1010]

[formulaonedirection]

what if we were childhood friends and started an irish language hip hop band and we got really high in our friend's garage and touched each other a lot while recording

Kneecap (2024)

[kropotkindersurprise]

They're right and they Should say it: The only good Tory is a dead Tory.

They could get done for this. Might need to have a whip round for the legal fund.

[turturros]

FAVORITE FILMS OF 2024

[durbikins]

Irish hip hop group, Kneecap, gets the Coachella crowd to chant "MAGGIE'S IN A BOX". April 11th, 2025.

[do-you-have-a-flag]

STOP someone brought the head of the king george statue to the Kneecap gig in Naarm/Melbourne, what a legend

[ayeforscotland]

The British government has blocked Belfast rap group, Kneecap, from receiving arts funding.

As Belfast residents they pay tax to the British government and are should have access to funds/grants regardless of their stance on the union.

Source.

[gordonstanheight]

VERY ironic that the academy shut out a film about the importance of preserving your own culture and being true to who you are to instead nominate a film from a guy who wrote about a different culture he refused to research at any point & doesn’t even respect the language its in

[lostinmac]

Kneecap (2024)

Dir. Rich Peppiatt

[werewolfetone]

[madeline-kahn]

@pscentral members’ choice — event 33: underrated tv & film

Music in Film: Kneecap (2024) dir. Rich Peppiatt

[sunbeamedskies]

"Why are some people so mad at Kneecap?? Criticism of Israel isn't antisemitic"

Criticism of Israel isn't inherently antisemitic- that's correct. But Kneecap has waved Hezbollah flags in the past, and coupled with the ambiguity of their statement plus the context of this happening at a music festival, it has sparked concern among a lot of Jews

Hezbollah is a terror group which is explicitly antisemitic. They view Israeli and Jewish civilians as legitimate targets and supported the October 7th attacks. They are also funded by the Islamic Republic of Iran- a fascist group which movements like the Woman, Life, Freedom Movement have begged people to stand against. They are not freedom fighters for Palestine, and the fact Kneecap believed they are is concerning

Anytime anyone says Fuck (insert country name here) there is always ambiguity. When a country's civilians have repeatedly been dehumanized to the point their deaths and assaults are justified, and many have argued that they are just as guilty as their government leaders no matter what they believe, there are reasons Fuck (country name) statements are going to cause concern and have their true intents and meanings questioned

Could Kneecap's statement be simply targeting the Israeli government? Possibly. If they had specifically said "Fuck Netanyahu" I would see no problem with it. I also have no issue with any artist shouting “Free Palestine” or waving a Palestinian flag. Though I wish more in the music community would also acknowledge Israeli and Jewish pain and not act like they have to “choose” between supporting either people, Palestinian pain deserves a multitude of empathy and global attention. But due to Kneecap’s past support of Hezbollah and that statement sometimes being used by others to mean Israelis as a whole, its meaning and intent are unclear 

If someone projected a screen that put “Fuck” before Palestine, had a history of supporting Kahanism (a violent right wing ideology which promotes murdering and enslaving Palestinians and other Arabs) and other people dismissed it as merely being a statement against Hamas, how would you feel? Would you trust it to not be talking about Palestinians as a whole?

The lack of outcry from the global festival community after the October 7th massacre has left Jews feeling alone. It has made us feel as though Jewish festival goers are not valued, our deaths and suffering shrugged at by others we trusted would care for us in our time of need. The inability to see nuance as to why many are hurt by Kneecap’s actions just compounds our pain