Kniecap End Coachella set with propalestinian news according to censorship requirements

A week after they claimed that Coachella censored the pro-Palestinian news during their debut at the event, the Northern Irish hip-hop Group Kniecap ended their second festival date with strong anti-Israel feelings.

The Belfast trio performed on Friday (April 18) on the second weekend of the festival and closed their set by projecting strong news to support the Palestinians. “Israel commits genocide against the Palestinian people,” says the projected news. “It is made possible by the US government that Israel is poor and financed despite its war crimes. F – K Israel; Free Palestine.”

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The first weekend performance on April 11 was also presented, the news was also presented, although their feelings did not appear. The absent messages were made aware of the band’s attention after their singing, who celebrated the death of the former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 2013, was not broadcast during the live stream of the festival.

“Not the only thing that has been cut on the genocide in Gaza supported by the USA somehow never appeared on screens,” Kniecap wrote in response to the incident about socials. “Back next Friday coachella and it is sorted.” Accordingly diversityThe appearances of the Sonora Tent were not broadcast for the second weekend of the festival.

In addition to the promised return of the messages, the trio also increased its feelings for the second weekend. While their propalestine and anti-Israeli chants remained, the group also used their recent performance to tell the crowd that “the Irish under the British is not being persecuted so longer, but we were never underneath the F-King sky.”

This year’s edition of Coachella was not missing that artists who protest against Israel and share their support from Palestine. While Green Day has changed the texts to reflect the need of the Palestinian children, names such as Bob Vylan and Blonde Redhead have also shown Palestinian flags during their sets. In the latter case, the on-stage event of Audio from Mahmoud Khalil, the recorded doctoral student of Columbia University, was recorded in an immigration in an immigration authority in an immigration finding center.

However, the messaging of Kniecap has created the greatest awareness, with many artists and fans preparing the Coachella organizer Goldenvoice and parent company AEG to comment on the situation. The Hollywood reporter Notes that insider claimed that Paul Tollet, CEO of Goldenvoice, became “blind” actions of knee caps.

The CEO of Hybe America and former talent manager Scooter Braun, who previously organized exhibitions in Los Angeles and Israel on the attacks on October 7, 2023 in Israel, was in a contribution divided into social media.

“This is my friend Paul Tollet, the founder of @Coachella,” wrote Braun. “He is someone who lives and breathes the festival community. He fights for artists and fights for everyone. When I invited him to open the Nova music exhibition in Los Angeles, he was the first person from the industry to accept.

“He came to his time and spent five hours in the exhibition and then met with survivors from Nova and invited them to the festival this year. He cried with them and he was still for her.

“Don’t let us lose sight of who this man is and let us stand with him at that moment when a group exploited his festival without your knowledge and created hatred in a place that is full of love,” added Braun.

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