After their Italian debut last June, Kneecap have announced their return to our country with two new concerts scheduled for November.
The Belfast trio, protagonists of a first Italian tour that touched Milan, Bologna, Rome and Bari, will once again present live the songs from “Fenian”, the album published last April 24th by Heavenly Recordings. The new dates are set for November 24, 2026 at Alcatraz in Milan and November 25 at the Teatro Cartiere Carrara in Florence.
Tickets will be available from 10am on Friday 3 July.
Kneecap – already record of the month on OndaRock with their debut “Fine Art” – are one of the most discussed and influential bands on the new Irish scene, capable of fusing hip-hop, electronics and punk attitude in a direct and provocative language. The Belfast group accompanied the release of the album with a statement that reflects the tone of the work: “They tried to stop us by labeling us as 'terrorists', canceling concerts and with speeches from the Prime Minister himself. But we are still here. 'Fenian' is our response: darker, more challenging, more triumphant. An album for those who speak truth to power.”
This one setlist generally proposed by the Northern Irish band on the Italian dates.
Intro: Favorite (Fontaines DC)
Éire go Deo
Smugglers & Scholars
Carnival
Better Way to Live
Sick in the Head
Gaelphonics
Cold at the Top
An Ra
Get Your Brits Out
Guilty Conscience
No comment
Sayonara
Your Sniffer Dogs Are Shite
I bhFiacha Linne
Fine Art
Rhino Ket
Liars Tale
FENIAN
Big Bad Mo
Parful
HOOD
THE RECAP
Outro: Hello beautiful
Produced by Dan Carey, already working with Fontaines DC, Kae Tempest and Wet Leg, “Fenian” is the band's third studio album and comes after 2024's “Fine Art”, the album that helped consolidate their international fame. Among the most representative songs are “Liars Tale”, an explosive mixture of punk and rave born as a response to censorship attempts, and pieces such as “Éire Go Deo”, “Palestine” and the title track “Fenian”, which combine adrenaline, satire and political denunciation.
Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap and DJ Próvaí describe the album as the direct result of the pressures they suffered: from accusations of terrorism for their statements against the Israeli government to concert cancellations, up to institutional stances. A context which, they explain, strengthened their determination. “Fenian” was in fact born as a clear and conscious response to those who tried to silence them, and was created together with Dan Carey, a producer already working with Squid.
In recent years Kneecap have also attracted attention for their positions on political and social issues, in particular on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Their notoriety was further amplified by the BAFTA and Sundance Film Festival-winning biopic “Kneecap,” which helped transform the trio from a phenomenon to underground to realities of international importance.
The tour represents the first opportunity for the Italian public to attend a concert by the band, with a setlist that spans the entire repertoire of the group, from the beginning to the most recent songs contained in “Fenian”.
Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM
