Kneecap have cancelled their upcoming U.S. tour.
In a post on Instagram, the Belfast rap group group said the cancellations of tour dates were because band member Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, know as Mo Chara, had his next court hearing in London scheduled too close to the first of the planned U.S. tour dates.
“With every show fully sold out, to tens of thousands of fans, this is news we are sad to deliver,” Kneecap said on Instagram.
“But once we win our court case, which we will, we promise to embark on an even bigger tour...”
Mo Chara, is due in a London court on September 26 on charges of allegedly displaying a Hizbullah flag at a gig they played in London in November 2024. Ó hAnnaidh denies the offence.
Kneecap, the Irish Times reported, have consistently spoken out against genocide and the war in Gaza, proclaim solidarity with the Palestinian people, and characterise the charge against Ó hAnnaidh, which he denies, as political policing.
The group’s gigs in Vancouver and Toronto, Canada, will still go ahead as planned, the Times report stated.
