Culture 3 min read By Trevor Kendall
Kneecap announce 'Fenian' world tour with 2026 UK and Ireland arena dates
Belfast rap trio Kneecap have announced a massive world tour supporting their new album 'Fenian', including UK and Ireland arena dates this November and December, with tickets going on sale Friday.
Belfast rap trio Kneecap have announced a sprawling world tour in support of their new album «Fenian», with the run including a string of UK and Ireland arena dates later this year. The tour kicks off in Mexico City on October 15 and will take the group across Latin America, Europe, and the UK before wrapping up at Dublin's 3Arena on December 16.
The UK and Ireland leg begins at the O2 Guildhall in Southampton on November 28, followed by shows in Bristol, Wolverhampton, Manchester, Newcastle, Hull, Swansea, Glasgow, Liverpool, Bradford and Nottingham. The run concludes with a headline slot at Dublin's 3Arena on December 16. Tickets go on sale this Friday, September 4, at 10am BST.
The announcement comes fresh off the trio's performance at Reading and Leeds festivals, where they earned a four-and-a-half star review. Critics praised the group's live show as an «arena-busting» experience blending the electro-punk energy of The Prodigy with the political fire of Public Enemy, all wrapped in a high-production visual spectacle.
The band's new album «Fenian» has also received strong reviews, with critics calling it a «spraypainted brick wall of consistency» that hops between genres while maintaining the group's signature blend of party energy and political commentary. The record arrives amid ongoing controversy over its title, which the band has embraced as a reclamation of a historically charged term.
Beyond the tour, Kneecap are set to appear on Tom Morello's upcoming album «Everyone Gets Everything They Want», due out September 25. The Rage Against The Machine guitarist has described the trio as «clearly the Rage Against The Machine of now», praising their willingness to «speak truth to power» through their art. The endorsement sparked a public feud with Disturbed frontman David Draiman, who called Morello «shameful» for the comparison, prompting a blunt response from Kneecap.
The full tour itinerary includes Latin American stops in Bogotá, Buenos Aires, Santiago and São Paulo, followed by European dates in Luxembourg, Brussels, Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen, Gdansk, Amsterdam, Paris, Milan and Geneva. The band will also play two New Zealand shows in February 2027, at Auckland's Spark Arena and Wellington's TSB Arena.
Kneecap have built a reputation as one of the most politically outspoken acts in contemporary rap, using their platform to address issues around Irish identity, language rights and social inequality. Their rise from underground Belfast performers to international arena headliners has been marked by a series of high-profile collaborations and a growing global fanbase.
