Kneecap: Several of the band’s gigs cancelled in Germany

Three extra concert events by way of the band Kneecap are not going forward in Germany.

It comes after information that photos of the band allegedly calling for MPs to be killed is being assessed by way of counter-terrorism police.

A price ticket website for the gigs in Hamburg, Berlin and Cologne states that the occasions were cancelled.

Quite a few politicians were calling for the band to be uninvited from some UK gigs, with Tory MP Mark Francois pronouncing the gang must now not be allowed to play Glastonbury in mild of the continued police investigation.

Scheduled appearances at Hurricane and Southside gala’s, additionally in Germany, have been cancelled final week.

A gig on the Eden Project in Cornwall has additionally been cancelled.

On Tuesday, an Eden Sessions Limited spokesperson stated: “Ticket purchasers will be contacted directly and will be fully refunded.”

Speaking on RTÉ’s Prime Time on Tuesday, the band’s supervisor stated “moral hysteria” had taken grasp and that the band are being held to the next ethical usual than politicians.

Daniel Lambert claimed a “concerted campaign” towards the gang is “solely about de-platforming artists”.

“It’s about telling the next young band both through the music industry and through the political class that you cannot speak about Palestine,” he stated.

On having gigs cancelled, he stated: “It’s not for us to worry, it’s for us to have the strength of conviction that we did the right thing.”

He added that going to Coachella was once the precise factor to do, and “all of this has emerged from that”.

The band are set to beef up Fontaines DC at Boucher Playing Fields, Belfast, in August.

Speaking to BBC Radio Ulster’s The Nolan Show, councillor Jim Rodgers stated “serious consideration should be given” on whether or not the live performance must cross forward.

“I’ve already spoken to some of the council officers and I’m hoping that the necessary action will be taken. We have to lead by example,” he stated.

“We can’t allow people to go on our land and do whatever they like.

“We can be sending out the unsuitable message if we have been to permit this crew to head forward with their tournament.”

A Belfast City Council spokesperson said: “Use of the venue for those occasions is controlled by way of a prison settlement between the council and the promoter. Events programming stays an issue for the organisers.

“Any matter that an elected member wishes to raise would be considered by the relevant committee and full council.”

Kneecap are an Irish-speaking rap trio who’ve courted controversy with their provocative lyrics and products.

The crew was once shaped in 2017 by way of 3 buddies who cross by way of the level names of Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap and DJ Próvaí.

Their upward thrust to repute impressed a semi-fictionalised movie starring Oscar-nominated actor Michael Fassbender.

The movie gained a British Academy of Film Award (Bafta) in February 2025.

Last week, a video emerged of the west Belfast trio at a November 2023 gig showing to turn one particular person from the band pronouncing: “The only good Tory is a dead Tory. Kill your local MP.”

The daughter of the Conservative MP David Amess whose father was once stabbed to demise at a constituency surgical operation referred to as for Kneecap to apologise.

In a commentary on X, the band stated that “an extract of footage, deliberately taken out of all context, is now being exploited and weaponised, as if it were a call to action”.

They also known as one of the crucial backlash a “smear campaign” and stated it was once: “a transparent effort to derail the real conversation” clear of their messages of “love” and beef up for Palestine.

They added: “To the Amess and Cox families, we send our heartfelt apologies, we never intended to cause you hurt.”

On Tuesday, the husband of murdered MP Jo Cox referred to as on Kneecap to offer a “real apology”.

Brendan Cox, whose spouse was once killed in June 2016, stated this was once “only half an apology”.

TV persona Sharon Osbourne referred to as for the band’s US paintings visas to be revoked after their efficiency on the Coachella track pageant in California previous this month, the place they described Israel’s army motion in Gaza as a US-funded genocide.