‘Israel is committing genocide’ beamed on screen at Fontaines DC gig

So you want to be Irish?

As London’s latest heatwave finally broke on Saturday afternoon, with rain-sodden clouds creeping across Finsbury Park’s horizon, I found myself squirming through a 45,000-person-deep crowd. The event, Kneecap and Fontaines DC live, was every North London boy with an earring’s wet dream and every Conservative parent’s nightmare: a chance to role-play as Irish for the night. Ever since Paul Mescal’s upper lip wobbled on the small screen in 2020, …

Fontaines DC beam 'Free Palestine' and 'Israel is committing genocide' onto screens at gig

Fontaines D.C. display Gaza messages at sold-out London concert

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Fontaines DC display words ‘Israel is committing genocide’ on screen at sell-out gig

Fontaines DC played to a crowd of 45,000 people in London

‘Israel is committing genocide’ beamed on screen at Fontaines DC gig

The Irish band performed to tens of thousands of people in Finsbury Park, London, on Saturday night.