Irish rap trio Kneecap have canceled their entire upcoming U.S. tour dates set for October, mere months after the band used a Coachella performance to display slogans on stage, including “Fuck Israel, Free Palestine” and “Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people.”

The band did say its two Canadian shows, one in Vancouver and another in Toronto, are still on. Kneecap blamed the U.S. tour dates cancellation on a scheduling conflict involving band member Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh’s London court hearing over a terrorism charge for allegedly displaying a Hezbollah flag mid-performance.

“Due to the proximity of our next court hearing in London to the first date of the tour” they have to “cancel all 15 tour dates in October,” the band said, noting that every show had been “fully so

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