Overview

• Racoon Live Entertainment GmbH canceled Kneecap’s September 1 show at Gasometer Vienna after authorities cited “acute safety concerns.”
• During their August 8 set at Øyafestivalen in Oslo, the group displayed an English-language message accusing Norway’s oil fund of financing Israeli military suppliers and facilitating genocide.
• Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, performing as Mo Chara, faces a terrorism charge for allegedly waving a Hezbollah flag at a November 2024 London concert and returns to court on August 20.
• The Vienna cancellation follows the trio’s recent removals from TRNSMT in Glasgow, the Eden Project in Cornwall and a three-year performance ban in Hungary ahead of Sziget Festival.
• Kneecap has denounced the shutdowns as politically motivated attempts to silence their pro-Palestinian advocacy and has vowed to continue using their platform for protest.