The Northern Irish band Kneecap are at the center of a controversy after video emerged of a member saying: "The only good Tory is a dead Tory. Kill your local MP" at a gig in November 2023. The Irish-language rap trio formed in 2017, and reached a new audience when a semi-fictionalized film starring Michael Fassbender won a British Academy of Film Award and was shortlisted for an Oscar nomination. Multiple venues have canceled Kneecap's concerts, but the band's manager says that they are victims of a smear campaign because of their outspoken support for Palestine, most recently at the Coachella festival, where they described Israel's military action in Gaza as "U.S.-funded genocide." Here's more from @BBCNews.
flip.itKneecap: More gigs cancelled in Germany after 'kill your MP' controversyA ticket site for the Irish rap band's gigs in Hamburg, Berlin and Cologne confirms the summer shows are no longer going ahead.
