BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//360exp//Calendar//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:360exp REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b7dc68d6-8f36-44a7-8b19-069f1e3e1a5d@360exp.net SEQUENCE:29843188 DTSTAMP:20260930T141448Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260928T102808Z DTSTART:20261211T183000Z DTEND:20261211T223000Z SUMMARY:Kneecap LOCATION:Bradford Live DESCRIPTION:"I'll tell you what freedom is to me: no fear" - Nina Simone Ho w do you respond to a year that saw a lifetime's worth of chaos explode? C ourtroom dramas and blacklisting\, media madness and political policing\, prime ministers intervening in festival lineups\, attempts at censorship a nd stifling of expression? Kneecap aren't having any of that. There is fin er art to be made. So\, how do you respond? As the saying goes: is fearr l úbadh ná briseadh - it's better to bend than to break. Kneecap return in 2026 to bend genre\, language\, and rules. There will be no backing down. No reticence. No cowardice. No retreat. The most talked about artists in the world are turning the page. A new chapter\, new sounds\, new manifesto s. The Belfast-Derry trio are back with a blistering album that revels in darkness while bursting through the void with illuminated revery. This is FENIAN. Produced by Dan Carey (Fontaines D.C.\, Kae Tempest\, Wet Leg)\, F ENIAN upends expectations with an incredibly expansive sonic palate\, trav ersing acid house\, trip-hop\, dubstep\, and more\, re-announcing Kneecap as utterly authentic and exceptionally creative artists of their generatio n. Masters of rave and rap theatre\, FENIAN represents Kneecap's most soph isticated exploration of language and sounds. What began in 2017 as a DIY project with rudimentary hip-hop beats\, has grown into a global movement. With FENIAN\, Kneecap reclaim their creative territory developing massive ly along their own singular trajectory while the headlines were blasting a nd festival sound systems were blaring. Following their BAFTA and Sundance -award-winning self-titled biopic\, their critically acclaimed debut album \, Fine Art\, a Coachella performance that changed the culture and saw Kne ecap centred as artists at the fore of the Palestine solidarity movement\, a breathtaking Glastonbury performance\, and becoming the most talked abo ut rap group on the planet - never-mind the protests\, murals\, court appe arances\, countless front pages\, relentless global media coverage\, and m assive shows around the world - Kneecap have resolved to do what they do b est: make incredible tunes that bring thousands upon thousands of fans tog ether to tear the place up. More darkness. More confrontation. More craic. More energy. More solidarity. More absolute bangers. And more fuel for th e unrelenting engine that powers this unstoppable force. For their remarka ble second album\, Kneecap have come out fighting. Beginning with a rallyi ng call for the Irish language in 'Éire go Deo'\, then comes 'Smugglers & Scholars'\, smashing open the doors of the album. This is a sonic balacla va\, loaded with menace and fearlessness. Then it's off to the 'Carnival' \, a middle finger to the political\, media\, and police distraction tacti cs that saw a spotlight shine on Kneecap in the midst of a genocide\, all while concocting an immediate earworm of a chorus. 'Palestine (feat. Fawzi )' is potentially Kneecap's most powerful track to date\, a blistering and incredibly moving expression of transnational solidarity that rips the op pressive force of colonialism apart and unites those who suffer under it a s victors within the same struggle. If anyone is mad enough to think Kneec ap would buckle under the pressure exerted by the British political establ ishment\, then listen to 'Liars Tale'. This riotous punk-rave track evisce rates Kier Starmer's craven attempts to silence and suppress Kneecap's mov ement. This is followed by the album's title track\, an immediate Kneecap anthem\, with a fists-in-theair hook bound to rattle the walls of stadium- sized raves. The urgent acid house of 'Big Bad Mo' flips from euphoria to a relentless chase of beats\, before landing in the chaos of Headcase\, a brilliantly hectic track about imploding masculinity\, addiction\, and the dangers of taking the road to nowhere. 'An Ra' subverts what you think th e track might be about: in this case\, the RA is actually Ríocht Aontaith e (Irish for the United Kingdom). Building on the Irish legacy of piercing the vacuousness of British colonialism\, Kneecap's blistering satire take s aim at British neoliberalism\, and its far-right and authoritarian refle xes as expressed through toxic capitalism and imperialist oppression - all of that in an absolute bop. Cold at the Top' takes that satirical impulse and redirects it inward with a rollicking selfdeprecating tale about the narcissism of fame and the hedonism that inevitably follows celebrity. The n we're in the 'Occupied 6'\, laying low under the cover of darkness\, the violence of the British occupation of the six counties conjured with cine matic genius. Here\, the trauma of war seeps to the surface - a haunting h ardness cut with the grit of the kind of bleak humour it takes to survive. 'Gael Phonics' is a lesson in the Irish language like no other\, while 'C ocaine Hill' ascends the woozy anxiety of the grip of cocaine-induced inso mnia. FENIAN ends with 'Irish Goodbye'\, an unexpectedly tender tribute to the weight of love that grief contains. Throughout\, the sirens and alarm s ring\, and the chorus's blast. Revolutionary and rebellious\, confrontat ional and impossibly catchy\, inescapably intelligent and brilliantly rend ered\, FENIAN doesn't just represent the next phase in Kneecap's trajector y but stands as a remarkable record that thrills as much as it surprises. The mayhem of their breakout year is a memory now. But Kneecap are neither dwelling on that nor merely persevering through it. In FENIAN they excel \, reaching a new peak that is undeniable in its mastery. Closing 2025 wit h two sold out nights in front of 24\,000 Fenians at Dublin's huge 3Arena \, and beginning the year with a tour of Japan\, 2026 will see Kneecap pla y their biggest headline show to date at Crystal Palace Park in London\, a s well as multiple festival headline slots. Pressure makes diamonds\, and FENIAN glistens with Kneecap's uncut gems.\n\nBoletos: https://dice.fm/eve nt/oe9xwm-kneecap-11th-dec-bradford-live-bradford-tickets URL;VALUE=URI:https://360exp.net/events/b7dc68d6-8f36-44a7-8b19-069f1e3e1a5 d STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR