Kneecap at the 3Arena: Fairytale of New York, a rendition of The Auld Triangle, and a tribute to Manchan Magan - Belfast trio round out 2025 on a high

"DJ Próvaí, Móglaí Bap and Mo Chara played the first of two sold-out 3Arena gigs last night"

"Many viewers will have come out of Kneecap's 2024 film and googled "Kneecap movie true story?" That might seem absurd, until you see them live and discover they are exactly how they come across in Rich Peppiatt's film - brash, loud, and provocative."

"After a year spent on festival stages from Laois to Los Angeles - and the somewhat unlikely (but not entirely without precedence in recent pop history) venue of London's Westminster Magistrates' Court - Kneecap took to Dublin's 3Arena last night for the first of two sold-out shows and proclaimed: "Nothing beats coming home.""

Kneecap's lineup of DJ Próvaí, Móglaí Bap and Mo Chara performed the first of two sold-out 3Arena gigs in Dublin. Many viewers emerging from the band's 2024 film search whether the movie is a true story; the live show demonstrates the group are brash, loud, and provocative, matching their on-screen persona. The group spent a year on festival stages from Laois to Los Angeles and even played at London's Westminster Magistrates' Court. The Dublin performance was the first of two sold-out nights and featured the proclamation, "Nothing beats coming home."

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