The Belfast hip-hop trio Kneecap is continuing its European tour despite bans from Hungary, cancelled shows in Austria and Germany, and scrutiny by French authorities. The Irish-language group is scheduled to perform at Rock en Seine before an expected 40,000 spectators after France's interior ministry determined there is no longer a risk of serious public-order disturbance. The band agreed to and has followed a code of conduct after a previous festival ban. A French MP has called for a nationwide ban, accusing the group of promoting Islamist terrorism and inciting murder and hatred of Jews, and a local subsidy was withdrawn over the appearance.
The Belfast hip-hop trio Kneecap are ploughing ahead with their European tour despite a ban on entering Hungary, the cancellation of a string of concerts in Austria and Germany, and the intense scrutiny of authorities in France. The Irish-language group will this Sunday play in front an expected 40,000 spectators at the Rock en Seine festival west of Paris, one of France's biggest live music events of the year, just days after one of their members appeared at a London court on a terrorism charge.
Kneecap had agreed to abide by a code of conduct after facing a ban from playing the Eurockeennes festival at the Lac de Malsaucy Belfort nature reserve in July and had abided by that code since, said the interior minister, Bruno Retailleau, in a letter to the French MP Caroline Yadan. Yadan has called for the group to be banned from entering the country. Any excesses will be immediately prosecuted, Retailleau said.
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