Anti-Israel band Kneecap to play in DC - on October 7

As they search for a new manager to secure them a new visa to the United States, the anti-Israel Irish band Kneecap has published its schedule of planned performances in the United States - and it includes one on October 7, the day of the Hamas massacre, at the Howard Theater in Washington, DC.

The band achieved notoriety over the war when they displayed a slogan saying "F--k Israel. Free Palestine" at the Coachella music festival. While many pro-Israel activists were outraged and Kneecap's manager quit, leaving them without a visa to go to the US to perform, Kneecap remained unrepentant, continuing to call the war in Gaza "genocide" and saying that young people see through Israel's "lies."

Some Reddit users discussed the possibility of protesting the planned performance in DC, taking place as it does on the second anniversary of the Hamas massacre in which over 1,200 Israelis were murdered and over 250 kidnapped and taken hostage.