Noel Gallagher on seeing Kneecap at Glastonbury 2024: “I couldn’t believe how enjoyable it was”

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Noel Gallagher has opened up about seeing Kneecap at Glastonbury 2024 saying he “couldn’t believe how enjoyable it was”.Kneecap played two sets over the weekend at the event, and took part in a Q&A about their upcoming self-titled biopic.The Irish rap trio unveiled the official trailer film, which stars Michael Fassbender, earlier this month.

The film was also previewed at Glastonbury Festival’s cinema tent, Pilton Palais, last weekend.Speaking to Matt Morgan, Gallagher revealed that he’d caught one of Kneecap’s sets over the Glastonbury weekend and praised the band for their performance.He said: “We went to see this Northern Irish street kids called Kneecap…they’re kind of pro Republican rappers…“We get there and the tent is absolutely fucking smashed packed – you couldn’t get in.

These three lads walk out, one of them is in a balaclava and they rap in Gaelic. They’ve got a song called ‘Get Your Brits Out’.

There’s a lot of humour to it…I mean I couldn’t believe how enjoyable it was.“Being of Irish heritage I found that quite funny and they were really, really good.”On their socials, the band shared a picture of them meeting Gallagher, which you can see here:A post shared by KNEECAP (@kneecap32)Speaking about their new film to NME, the northern Irish rap trio said it was influenced by Danny Boyle’s Trainspotting.