KNEECAP Announce Massive World Tour
By KNEECAP
Worldwide headline tour starting in October, including pre-Christmas return to the 3Arena in Dublin.
Recent praise for FENIAN:
Their day has come – NME
One of the most important hip hop groups since Public Enemy – DJ
Starkly emotional – New York Times
Triumphant, tetchy and tortured new album – ‘Album of the Week’ The Guardian
Takes in rave, rap and a touch of eighties electro in a joyful fashion – ‘Album Of The Week’ The Sunday Times
FENINAN is a triumph – Hot Press
Songs of depth and substance – MOJO
Fresh from playing to over 20,000 fans at their Crystal Palace Park headline show in London in late June, Belfast trio KNEECAP have today announced headline U.K, EU, Australian, NZ and América Latina shows starting in October, which includes a pre-Christmas return to the 3-Arena in Dublin.
They released their critically acclaimed new album, FENIAN, in early May on Heavenly Recordings. The Dan Carey produced album hit the number one spot in Ireland and number two in the U.K.
The album featured singles ‘FENIAN’, ‘Liars Tale’ and the deeply moving ‘Irish Goodbye’ which features Kae Tempest and was accompanied by a beautiful 12-minute film directed by Thomas James.
Without doubt one of the festival highlights of the summer appearing at the likes of Primavera, Roskilde, Boomtown and Reading /Leeds, the full list of forthcoming shows is as follows:
15.10.26 Pabellón Oeste, Ciudad de México, México
17.10.26 Bonfire, Bogotá, Colombia
19.10.26 C Art Media Buenos Aires, Argentina
21.10.26 Club Chocolate, Santiago, Chile
23.10.26 Sáo Paulo, Brazil
06.11.26 Rockhal, Esch-Sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
07.11.26 Forest National, Brussels, Belgium
09.11.26 B-K, Stockholm, Sweden
10.11.26 Sentrum Scene, Oslo, Norway
11.11.26 Plan B, Malmo, Sweden
12.11.26 KB Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
14.11.26 Inside Seaside, Gdansk, Poland
16.11.26 De Oosterpoort, Groningen, Netherlands
17.11.26 013, Tilburg, Netherlands
18.11.26 AFAS Live, Amsterdam, Netherlands
20.11.26 – Le Zénith, Paris, France
21.11.26 Les Docks, Lausanne, Switzerland
24.11.26 Alcatraz, Milan, Italy
25.11.26 Teatro Cartiere, Florence, Italy
26.11.26 Alhambra, Geneva, Switzerland,
28.11.26 The Guildhall, Southampton, England
29.11.26 The Prospect Building, Bristol, England
01.12.26 The Halls Civic, Wolverhampton, England
03.12.26 Depot Mayfield, Manchester, England
04.12.26 O2 City Hall, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
05.12.26 Connexin Live, Hull, England
07.12.26 Swansea Arena, Wales
09.12.26 OVO Arena, Glasgow, Scotland
10.12.26 Mountford Hall, Liverpool, England
11.12.26 Bradford Live, Bradford, England
12.12.26 Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham, England
16.12.26 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland
09.02.27 Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand
10.02.27 TSB Arena, Wellington, New Zealand
Tickets for the U.K. headline dates go on sale at 10am BST Friday 4th September.
Tickets for all headline shows available HERE.
The last 18-months saw the Belfast trio from perform one of the most talked about Glastonbury sets in recent years on West Holts stage in June of 2025, play headline slots at Wide Awake, 2000 Trees & Green Man festivals the same summer, make the jump to arena level headliners with shows at the 3Arena in Dublin, Wembley Arena and OVO Hydro in Glasgow later in the year, find themselves in the middle of a media and political maelstrom for vocally advocating for peace and Palestinian freedom at last year’s Coachella, release three stunning stand-alone singles, ‘THE RECAP’ ft. Mozey, ‘Sayōnara’ a collaboration with Paul Hartnoll of Orbital and ‘No Comment’, featuring DJ / producer Sub Focus and release FENIAN, their latest much-acclaimed new album.
More darkness. More confrontation. More craic. More energy. More solidarity. More absolute bangers. And more fuel for the unrelenting engine that powers this unstoppable force, FENIAN, saw Kneecap sharpen their sound and expand their vision, delivering a record that is darker, more confrontational, and more assure
This summer has seen them continue their whirlwind ascent playing to more people than ever confirming Kneecap as not just as provocateurs, but as artists operating at the height of their powers.