KNEECAP to tour Europe with Palestinian artists Fawzi and Smokaholic from November 6
KNEECAP will tour Europe with Palestinian artists Fawzi and Smokaholic on the FENIAN world tour, which begins November 6. The run includes a Dublin 3Arena show on December 16, described as KNEECAP’s final Irish performance of 2026.
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Key facts
- Palestinian artists Fawzi and Smokaholic will join KNEECAP on the European leg of the FENIAN world tour, which begins November 6.
- During a performance in Mexico City, KNEECAP invited Palestinian Ambassador Nadya Layla Rasheed onstage; she led chants of “Free Palestine.”
- Smokaholic released “SLV” with rapper Shabjeed in August, and Fawzi released “VISA” earlier in the year.
- Fawzi and Smokaholic are part of the BLTNM record label, based in Ramallah.
The brief
Palestinian artists Fawzi and Smokaholic are set to join KNEECAP on the European leg of the band’s FENIAN world tour, which begins November 6, according to Extra.ie. The tour’s announced schedule includes a performance at Dublin’s 3Arena on December 16. Extra.ie describes that date as KNEECAP’s final show in Ireland for 2026.
The pairing brings two Palestinian artists onto the European run with the Belfast band. Extra.ie identifies both artists as acts on BLTNM, a record label based in Ramallah, Palestine. The account does not give further European tour dates, beyond the November 6 start and the Dublin performance.
Fawzi has a prior connection to the tour’s namesake album: Extra.ie reports that he appears on FENIAN’s track “Palestine.” The outlet characterizes the song as combining Irish and Arabic lyrics and presenting international solidarity. Smokaholic’s cited recent release is “SLV,” made with rapper Shabjeed and released in August.
Extra.ie also says Fawzi released “VISA” earlier this year, a track it describes as exploring freedom, borders and global inequalities. The article links the tour announcement to KNEECAP’s recent appearance in Mexico City. It says the band invited Palestinian Ambassador Nadya Layla Rasheed onto the stage during that performance.
Rasheed joined the group and led the audience in chants of “Free Palestine,” with Irish, Mexican and Palestinian flags present.
The account also includes a brief appeal attributed to Rasheed: “Let’s keep going together with strength, love and hope that this genocide will end.” The quoted words accompany the Mexico City performance in Extra.ie’s account; the article does not identify any further setting or add detail to the statement.
For the European run, the specific confirmed details in Extra.ie’s account are the November 6 launch, Fawzi and Smokaholic’s participation, and the December 16 Dublin show.
The article’s additional information places Fawzi’s album contribution and both artists’ label affiliation alongside the tour announcement, while its Mexico City passage describes the band’s recent onstage appearance with Rasheed.
Why it matters
- Fawzi and Smokaholic’s participation gives two artists on Ramallah-based BLTNM a place on KNEECAP’s European tour.
- Fawzi’s appearance on FENIAN’s track “Palestine” connects one touring artist to the album named for the world tour.
- The scheduled December 16 3Arena date is identified as KNEECAP’s final Ireland show of 2026.
What to watch next
- Whether KNEECAP, Fawzi and Smokaholic begin the European tour on November 6.
- Whether the December 16 performance at Dublin’s 3Arena proceeds as the tour’s Irish date.
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Timeline
Developments from this story's sources, dated background we compiled and fact-checked, and our earlier coverage. Each row says which.- Belfast rap trio KNEECAP formed.Background · compiled and fact-checked by Updat3
- KNEECAP released its debut album, *3CAG*.Background · compiled and fact-checked by Updat3
- KNEECAP signed with Heavenly Recordings.Background · compiled and fact-checked by Updat3
- KNEECAP led chants including “Free Palestine” during its Glastonbury Festival set.Background · compiled and fact-checked by Updat3
- The group’s second album, *Fine Art*, was released on May 17, 2024, and brought its Irish-language music to a wider international audience.Background · from our historical context
- In August 2026, Smokaholic released “SLV” with rapper Shabjeed; Fawzi had released “VISA” earlier that year.Background · from our historical context
How we got here
KNEECAP’s collaboration with Palestinian performers followed the group’s earlier public support for Palestine: at Glastonbury Festival on June 28, 2024, the Belfast trio led chants including “Free Palestine” during its set. In August 2026, Smokaholic released “SLV” with rapper Shabjeed; Fawzi had released “VISA” earlier that year.
Fawzi and Smokaholic are part of BLTNM, a Ramallah-based Palestinian record label and music collective that emerged in the 2010s. KNEECAP formed in Belfast in 2017 and released its debut album, *3CAG*, in 2018, building its work around Irish-language rap.
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