{"id":250589,"date":"2025-07-09T11:12:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T11:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/250589\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T11:12:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T11:12:12","slug":"kneecap-show-theyve-no-intention-of-shutting-up-at-glasgow-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/250589\/","title":{"rendered":"Kneecap show they’ve no intention of shutting up at Glasgow show"},"content":{"rendered":"

It takes about\u00a020\u00a0minutes and a particularly well-received rendition of \u201cFenian Cunts\u201d for the boys to address the elephant in the room. \u2018It wasn\u2019t TRNSMT\u2019s fault\u2019 Mo Chara tells us, referencing that cancellation. Whose fault it was is not clear \u2013 TRNSMT claim it was due to worries about safety from the police, while the police maintain the final decision lies with the festival itself \u2013 but that doesn\u2019t matter now. As\u00a0M\u00f3gla\u00ed\u00a0Bap puts it, \u201cYou can\u2019t keep Kneecap from playing in Glasgow!\u201d<\/p>\n

If anywhere is going to\u00a0get\u00a0Kneecap outside of their home turf, it\u2019s going to be Glasgow, and they know it. Both Mo Chara and\u00a0M\u00f3gla\u00ed\u00a0Bap declare Glasgow is \u2018the best place on Earth to play a gig\u2019 multiple times, but it\u2019s more than the city\u2019s ability to\u00a0gie\u00a0it\u00a0laldy\u00a0that ties it to the group.\u00a0<\/p>\n

One fan who has been following the trio since 2018 tells me that things have always been different here: \u201cEven years ago, when it was hundreds of people not thousands, the Glasgow concerts always sold out. Now everywhere sells out, but they\u2019ve always been big here.\u201d Why? According to the band, \u201cGlasgow knows a little something about religious differences itself.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Belfast and Glasgow may be alike in the depths of their sectarian divides, but what\u2019s more important, Mo Chara stresses, is that \u2018we all understand that the real fight is the fight of the working class\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And, of course, the fight for Palestine. It\u2019s Mo Chara who speaks most about the situation in Gaza<\/a> \u2013\u00a0and about politics in general \u2013 as he tells the crowd that \u2018they\u2019re bombing [the Palestinian] people, and they\u2019ve got nowhere to go\u2019. He\u2019s careful to add that his anger towards Israel has \u2018nothing to do with the citizens\u2019, and everything to do with the government. The crowd seems to agree \u2013 it becomes hard to hear the band\u2019s words over chants of \u2018Free\u00a0free\u00a0Palestine\u2019 at some points. The energy in the room is frenetic and angry; it\u2019s urgent. There\u2019s just as much support in the O2 tonight for Kneecap\u2019s politics as there is for their music.<\/p>\n

The band leave the stage to an old Irish rebel song, which goes so well among this audience that it singing\u00a0continues\u00a0as we file out, only interrupted by the odd \u2018Free Palestine\u2019. It\u2019s a striking image: thousands of people peacefully singing a decades old protest song from\u00a0one\u00a0nation, while chanting for another.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Like them or loathe them, Kneecap\u00a0are\u00a0no longer on the fringes. They\u2019re shaping the culture of today with every headline they\u2019re in, and they\u2019ve got no intentions of slowing down or shutting up.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Do you have a story to tell or opinions to share about this?\u00a0Get in touch and tell us more<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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