The Irish rap group Kneecap has canceled all of its upcoming tour dates in the U.S. due to a scheduling conflict with a band member’s court date in London over a terrorism-related charge.
Kneecap announced the news Monday in a social media post, saying that all 15 of its October shows in the U.S. had to be axed “as the British government continues it’s witch-hunt.”
“With every show fully sold out, to tens of thousands of fans, this news is sad to deliver,” Kneecap wrote. “But once we win our court case, which we will, we promise to embark on an even bigger tour to all you great heads.”
neecap found itself in legal trouble in May, after police in London accused one member of the group, Liam O’Hanna, 27, of violating part of a U.K. terrorism law that bans people from displaying flags “in such a way or in such circumstances as to arouse reasonable suspicion that he is a supporter” of groups the country considers terrorists.
The Metropolitan police at the time said it had launched an investigation into O’Hanna — whose name in Irish is Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh and who performs as Mo Chara in the hip-hop trio — after it saw a video online of the singer displaying the flag of Hezbollah at a venue north of London last Nov. 21.
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Author: Joe Weber
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