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Kneecap release statement following Coachella controversy: "We have faced a coordinated smear campaign"

Kneecap have released a new statement following their performance at Coachella 2025, which has generated controversy the past week.

In an X/Twitter post shared today (April 25), the trio attached the statement with a clip of their manager clarifying their views on RTE Radio 1. Kneecap called the controversy “a coordinated smear campaign” against their efforts in “exposing the ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people”. “The recent attacks against us, largely emanating from the US, are based on deliberate distortions and falsehoods,” they said, adding that they are “taking action against several of these malicious efforts”.

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