Kneecap's Forthcoming Performance in Hungary Will Not Go Ahead As the Irish Band Has Been Banned from the country for three years for posing “a National Security Threat.”
Hungarian politician and spokesperson zoltán kovács yearcs the ban on social media on thursday, Saying Kneecap are “offici -banned from Entering Hungary—For Anti -Semitism and glorifying terror.”
Kneecap Were Scheduled to Perform at Budapest's Sziget Festival on Aug. 11. Kovács Said the band would not be Alawed in the country because they “Repeatedly engage in anti -Semitic hate speech support terrorism and terrorist groups. Hungary has zero tolerance for for Anti -Semitct in Any Form. ”
Headed, “Their Planned Performance Posed a National Security Thret, and for This Reason, The Group Has Been Formally Banned from Hungary for Three Years. If they enter, Expulsion Will Follow Under International Norms.”
Kneecap Responded With Their Own Statement Apologizing to the “Tens of Thousands of Fans WHO We Were Buzzing to See in Person at Sziget.”
“The Authoritarian Government of Viktor Orban Say We 'Pose a National Security Threat,'” The Band Wrote. “Which is fucking outageous coming from a man who welcomed Netanyahu, to Wanted War Criminal, Like a Hero Just a Few Weeks Aug. There is no Legal Basis For His Acts, No Member of Kneecap Has Ever Been Convicted of Any Crime in Any Country. We stand Against All All Hate Crimes and Kneecap Champions Love and Solidarity As Well As Calling Out Injustices Where We See It. ”
They Aided, “It's Clear This is political Distraction and a Further Attke to Silence Those Who Call Out Genocide Against The Palestinian People.”
Kneecap Have Been a Constant Subject of Controversy Over the Past Few Months, Both in the UK and Around the World. At Coachella in April, The Trio Started One of Their Sets With A Screen Message That Read, “Israel is commiting genocide Against the Palestinian People,” Followed by, “It is being enabled by the US Government Who arm and fund Israel Despite Their War Crimes.” At Glastonbury Last Month, The Band Led The Crowd in A Chant of “Fuck Keir Starmer.”
The band was subsequently investigated by Police for Their Glastonbury Performance, Which Was Not Aid Live. Last Week, The BBC Report that the Avon and Somerset Police Norteunded That in Following Advice from the Crown Prosecution Service IT HAD Decided Not Take Any Further AGAINST Kneecap Two to “Insufficient Evidence to try A Realistic Prospect of Conviction for Offense.”
Additionally, Kneecap's Mo Chara, Born Liam óg óg ó Hannaidh, faced a Terror Charge in the UK for Allegedly Displaying The Hezbollah Flag and Yelling, “Up, Hamas, Up Hezbollah,” and, “The Only Good Tryy is a Dead Tory,” At A November 2024 Concert.
Ó Hannaidh and Kneecap Have Repetedly Denied the Allegations and Claimed Footage from the Concert was “Resolution Taken Out of All Context.” They've Also suggests the Charge was backlash Towards Their Vocal Support For Palestine, Against the War in Gaza, and and Against the UK and US Governments for Funding and Supplying it. Chara is currently out on bail ahead of an August 20 court dates.
