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BBC News NI speaks to students in west Belfast about whether their views on the rap trio Kneecap have changed.
Amid the backlash over Kneecap's Coachella performance, several artists including Pulp and Paul Weller have shared their support for the Irish rap group.
On her first all-new record in more than a decade, Vega laments the corrosive email of social media - but it feels like a ...
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the band is also hugely controversial. Kneecap have been condemned for, among many other censures, ...
Now, the open letter has been signed by more than 100 names with new additions including Tom Morello, Brian Eno, Baxter Dury, Antony Szmierek, CMAT, Mystery Jets, For Those I Love, Nadine Shah, ...
Kneecap's mix of political satire and radical activism has won fans — and now sparked an international backlash they didn’t ...
The frontman of Dexys Midnight Runners has said people trying to "shut down" Kneecap is an "overreaction". Kevin Rowland, ...
A ticket site for the Irish rap band's gigs in Hamburg, Berlin and Cologne confirms the summer shows are no longer going ...
Belfast DJ David Holmes has thrown his support behind Kneecap amid a police probe. More than 200 artists have now signed an ...
Fontaines D.C. and Kneecap‘s huge Belfast show for this summer has sold out within half an hour, despite calls from the DUP to have it axed. Tickets went on sale on Friday (April 25), and it has ...
Politicians and pundits laying into Kneecap over controversial on-stage remarks is now resulting in shows being cancelled.
They may not be the Avengers (or even the Guardians of the Galaxy, X-Men, Fantastic Four or Eternals) but Marvel has a new ...