Kneecap join Chappell Roan and Hozier to headline Electric Picnic
Eva Osborne
Kneecap have joined a star-studded Electric Picnic line-up and will take to the festival's main stage in August.
The Belfast rap trio joins Chappell Roan, Hozier, Fatboy Slim, Kings of Leon, Sam Fender, and Becky Hill on the Stradbally festival's list of headliners.
The Co Laois festival will return from Friday, August 29th until Sunday, August 31st, this year.
Other acts performing across the weekend include Conan Gray, Kingfishr, Amble, The Kooks, Lord Huron, and Barry Can’t Swim.
This will not be Kneecap's first performance at Electric Picnic. The group played at the 2024 festival.
Their upgrade to the main stage is undoubtedly thanks to extensive coverage of the group's political statements and member Mo Chara's (Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh) charge last month after allegedly displaying a flag in support of Hezbollah at a gig.
A day after appearing in court in London, Ó hAnnaidh joined his bandmates to play a sold-out gig in Dublin's Fairview Park.
