Just weeks after being banned from Hungary for posing a “national security threat,” Irish outfit Kneecap have shared a message with their fans at the country’s Sziget Festival.

On July 24, it was announced by Hungarian politician and spokesperson Zoltán Kovács that Kneecap’s planned Aug. 11 appearance at the Budapest festival would not be going ahead, with the group receiving a three-year ban from the country “for antisemitism and glorifying terror.”

“Kneecap’s members repeatedly engage in antisemitic hate speech supporting terrorism and terrorist groups,” Kovács explained. “Hungary has zero tolerance for antisemitism in any form.

“Their planned performance posed a national security threat, and for this reason, the group has been formally banned from Hungary for three years. If they ent

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