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Kneecap Claim Their Pro-Palestine Message Was Cut From Coachella Livestream

The trio said their comments about Palestine, and a chant celebrating the death of Margaret Thatcher, did not appear on the Coachella livestream.

Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap have claimed they had their pro-Palestinian messaging cut from the recent livestream of this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. The trio – who have become known for their outspoken political views on and off the stage – made their debut appearance at Coachella on Friday (April 11), with their performance gaining a small amount of notoriety thanks to an onstage chant celebrating the death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Thatcher, who passed away in 2013 at the age of 87, has been a noted target of Kneecap, largely due to her outspoken conservative policies and her involvement in the signing of the Anglo-Irish Agreement, which aimed to put an end to the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

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