Controversial Kneecap to SVT: "Have the right to be angry"

In a short time, the band has gone from being a more or less local affair in Northern Ireland and Ireland to becoming world famous.

They have always mixed English and Irish in their lyrics, always fought for the importance of the language and had an anti-colonial stance against the British rule, but it was when they fought for the Palestinian cause that they received the great attention and criticism.

One of the band members was accused of praising Hamas and Hezbollah, labeled as terrorists in Britain, from the stage and was taken to court last year. A trial that was then dropped due to the statute of limitations having expired.

Re-debated Way out west gig

The group has repeatedly denied supporting Hamas and Hezbollah or violence against civilians. But several concerts have been canceled and there have been calls for more to be stopped - for example before the concert in Stockholm on Monday.

In 2025, Kneecap was booked for Way out west in Gothenburg. The Jewish Central Council then demanded that the festival cancel the group, as it considered them to be a threat to Jews and Israelis. But they were also supported by the network "Judiskt Uprop", which welcomed the band to Sweden. The gig was then carried out as planned.

See the interview with Kneecap in the clip.