#Latest news with #UpHamasTimes02-05-2025EntertainmentTimesKneecap: have Ireland's rap provocateurs finally gone too far?Not since the Sex Pistols delivered a volley of swear words on live television in 1976 has a band generated so much moral outrage for what it says rather than what it sings. The Pistols became targets of cancel culture decades before the term was coined as venue after venue refused to host their Anarchy in the UK tour. Now the Irish language rap trio Kneecap is facing a similar backlash after their 'F*** Israel' graphics at the Coachella festival in California led to a trawl of social media that unearthed videos of a band member shouting 'Up Hamas', telling fans to 'kill your local MP' and brandishing a Hezbollah flag. A gig at the Eden Project in Cornwall has been cancelled, as
Times02-05-2025EntertainmentTimesKneecap: have Ireland's rap provocateurs finally gone too far?Not since the Sex Pistols delivered a volley of swear words on live television in 1976 has a band generated so much moral outrage for what it says rather than what it sings. The Pistols became targets of cancel culture decades before the term was coined as venue after venue refused to host their Anarchy in the UK tour. Now the Irish language rap trio Kneecap is facing a similar backlash after their 'F*** Israel' graphics at the Coachella festival in California led to a trawl of social media that unearthed videos of a band member shouting 'Up Hamas', telling fans to 'kill your local MP' and brandishing a Hezbollah flag. A gig at the Eden Project in Cornwall has been cancelled, as
02-05-2025
