West Belfast and Derry trio KNEECAP have today announced their biggest headline show to date, taking place at London’s Crystal Palace Park on Saturday 27th June 2026. They’ll be joined on the day by special guests THE MARY WALLOPERS, FAT DOG, BIIG PIIG, GURRIERS and MADRA SALACH for what is set to be one of the largest gatherings in the 2026 London Irish calendar.
Back to the belly of the beast for our biggest ever headline show. Our last wee venture into London was to beat the government in court…again. This time it’ll be even better: 25,000 sound heads in a park together. We’re delighted to have some of our best mates and best bands around to join us. This is one we can’t wait for – Kneecap
KNEECAP is now the most talked-about group in the world, mobilising a generation in moshpits and on dancefloors, in fields and in clubs, and online and off. At the core of this, are undeniably exhilarating tunes. This is hip-hop at its most exciting – a potent and revolutionary force, smashing bans, barricades, censorship, and the occasional bottle of Buckfast. Their fiercely intelligent breakthrough concept album, Fine Art (2024), produced by Toddla T, catapulted them into the mainstream, in tandem with their BAFTA-winning feature film, Kneecap, starring Michael Fassbender, which was short-listed for an Academy Award.
Whether they’re rolling up to Sundance in a police Land Rover, encouraging tens of thousands of young people to learn Irish, breaking box office records, storming festivals with epic main stage sets, annoying politicians the world over, or earning support and solidarity from the likes of Noel Gallagher, Annie Mac, Elton John, Amyl & the Sniffers, Paul Weller, Primal Scream, Massive Attack, on banners in football stadiums, Kneecap’s message and mode of unity, community, collective action and the power of raving, punk, and rap, is all underscored with a revolutionary sound, and blistering live performances that have built a global wave of fans unified in the joy of solidarity and the shared sweat that flings from fine art like no other.
Fresh off the back of yet another sold out UK tour, and new single ‘No Comment’ featuring Sub Focus, the KNEECAP movement continues to grow as they play their biggest headline show to date at London’s Crystal Palace Park next summer.
THE MARY WALLOPERS are a rabble-rousing Irish ballad group who started out traveling the length and breadth of the country singing and collecting songs. Their early live performances exuded a raw energy that could be best described as Dead Kennedys meets The Clancy Brothers.
After becoming one of the first bands to host a livestream during Covid on St Patrick’s Day 2020, the Wallopers expanded to a seven-piece, including bass, drums, accordion and tin whistle. When lockdown restrictions lifted, the band picked up where they left off, playing to ecstatic audiences of thousands at the prestigious Vicar Street in Dublin before blazing a trail through the UK. Now they bring their captivating show to Crystal Palace Park in June.
Also joining the bill today are genre-bending, mind-melting five-piece FAT DOG, unique modern pop purveyor BIIG PIIG, industrial post-punk outfit GURRIERS and rising experimental folk band MADRA SALACH, for one of the most anticipated outdoor shows of 2026.
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