{"id":468574,"date":"2026-05-26T22:57:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T22:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/468574\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T22:57:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T22:57:14","slug":"kneecap-at-the-savoy-review-rappers-recap-in-cork-to-keep-chanting-fans-happy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/468574\/","title":{"rendered":"Kneecap at the Savoy review: Rappers recap in Cork to keep chanting fans happy"},"content":{"rendered":"

The boys from Belfast visited the Savoy<\/a> on Tuesday evening for two performances as part of the launch campaign for their latest album, ‘Fenian’<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It follows a fine tradition of double gigs at the recently-reopened Leeside venue, with such luminaries as the Rolling Stones<\/a> previously playing two sets on the same stage.<\/p>\n

Presented in association with local promoters the Good Room and Togher record store, Musiczone, tickets for both gigs were offered with various CD or vinyl add-ons, and sold out soon after being announced in early May.<\/p>\n

Doors for the first set of the night opened at 6.30pm, with Mo Chara, M\u00f3gla\u00ed Bap, and DJ Pr\u00f3va\u00ed taking to the stage at about 7.15pm.<\/p>\n

A shout of ‘Chorca\u00ed!’ drew the first of many cheers as Smugglers & Scholars Carnival launched proceedings. The new song\u2019s refrain of \u2018Free free Mo Chara\u2019 refers to the failed legal case<\/a> taken against the rapper in British courts for waving a Hezbollah flag on stage.<\/p>\n

Not surprisingly, the rest of the 45-minute set was mostly comprised of a whistle-stop tour through the new album.<\/p>\n

\n Fenian hit the Irish charts at number one, and was only pipped to the top slot in the UK hit parade by a Michael Jackson compilation album. The group thanked the Cork crowd as apparently sales around this gig pushed the album to No 1 in Ireland. T\u00e1 f\u00e1ilte romhaibh.<\/p>\n

\"MoMo Chara, DJ Pr\u00f3va\u00ed, and M\u00f3gla\u00ed Bap of Kneecap launching their new album Fenian in concert at The Savoy, Cork. Picture; Eddie O’Hare<\/p>\n

About half an hour in, they did break from the new material for fan favourite H.O.O.D, from 2019.<\/p>\n

And it wasn\u2019t all an evening of Brit-bashing. Apparently our near neighbours should be thanked for giving us brown sauce, and \u2018when\u2019 we get a united Ireland, we should definitely hang on to the free health care.<\/p>\n

Mo Chara also encouraged fans to share videos of the \u2018Free Palestine!\u2019 chants, as he said they do get seen in the West Bank and Gaza.<\/p>\n

From here, the trio have a busy summer on the festival circuit at such events as Primavera in Barcelona, Roskilde in Denmark, and All Together Now in Waterford, even squeezing in a return to Cork for a full-scale gig at the Marquee on July 6<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Out and about at Kneecap at the Savoy\u00a0<\/p>\n

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