Belfast-Derry hip-hop trio Kneecap play the Swansea Building Society Arena on their FENIAN tour, with a 14+ audience.
Kneecap play the Swansea Building Society Arena on Monday 7 December, as part of their FENIAN tour. They're touring the new album, Fenian, which they've billed as their most sophisticated exploration of language and sound to date.
The trio — Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap and DJ Próvaí — come from Belfast and Derry. They started back in 2017 as a DIY project built on rudimentary hip-hop beats, and they've since grown into what they describe as a global movement. It hasn't been a quiet climb: they've been condemned by politicians, blacklisted, kicked out of their own gigs, and have faced courtroom proceedings and political meddling in festival line-ups. They frame their response as creative expansion rather than retreat, and they've earned a reputation as masters of rave and rap theatre.
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The venue is the Swansea Building Society Arena, a 3,500-capacity multi-purpose indoor space that opened in March 2022 as part of the Copr Bay regeneration project. It's the one with the gold-coloured facade that carries the UK's largest digital display. Doors open at 18:30, and the night is strictly 14+, with under-16s needing an adult aged 18 or over.
