Overview
- The Saint-Cloud municipal authority announced on July 3 that it would withdraw the €40,000 cultural subsidy originally earmarked for this year’s Rock-en-Seine festival.
- Kneecap remain on the lineup for the festival’s closing night on August 24 despite the loss of city funding.
- In May, lead singer Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, known by his stage name Mo Chara, was charged under Britain’s Terrorism Act and must face court proceedings days before the performance.
- British counterterrorism officers are probing videos from Kneecap concerts that allegedly feature calls for the murder of UK lawmakers.
- The Belfast-based trio rejects allegations of supporting proscribed groups and maintains its pro-Palestinian visuals as artistic protest, even as other European festivals have removed them from their bills.