Kneecap, a three-member band from Belfast, Northern Ireland, will appear outside Paris on Sunday evening despite objections from French Jewish organizations and government officials, France 24 reported.

Matthieu Ducos, director of the Rock en Seine music festival, told AFP , “We are confident that the group will perform in the correct manner.”

The group is set to perform at the annual festival in the western Paris suburb of Saint-Cloud, even though local authorities pulled a €40,000 (nearly $46,500) subsidy over the group’s scheduled appearance.

In rescinding the funds on July 3, the town council of Saint-Cloud said it was a direct response to Kneecap’s inclusion in the festival’s lineup.

The wider Île-de-France region, which includes Paris, also withdrew its funding for the 2025

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