Overview

• The Canadian government announced Friday that Kneecap has been deemed ineligible to enter for concerts scheduled next month.
• Vince Gasparro, the official leading federal crime reduction efforts, said the trio has publicly supported terrorist organizations and promotes violence and hate.
• Gasparro added that political violence, glorification of terrorist groups, and hateful symbols targeting the Jewish community are not protected expression.
• Kneecap rejected the allegations as false and deeply malicious, said it will pursue legal action, and vowed to keep denouncing what it calls genocide by Israel in Gaza.
• Band member Liam O’Hanna, known as Mo Chara, faces a UK counter‑terrorism case tied to a Hezbollah flag at a November 2024 London show and is due back in court late September, as earlier cancellations and visa refusals in Europe and a scrapped U.S. tour continue to constrain travel.