Tom Dunne: Kneecap put Belfast back on the map as a great place for gigs

My daughter's trip north last weekend ensured she was one of 90,000 people who saw Kneecap play between the Vital festival and Electric Picnic  

Music fans at the Kneecap gig at Belfast Vital. Picture: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Kneecap’s triumphs at the weekend both at the Electric Picnic and Boucher Road Belfast were the stuff of dreams. Or nightmares, depending on which side of the historic divide you play the drums for. Surreal at the very least, if not unreal and just a tad “batshit crazy”.

As the lads themselves said of their EP performance “Our biggest ever gig…50,000 sound Fenians in a field.” In total they played to 90,000 “sound Fenians” in two days. Although I’m not sure they were all Fenians. My daughter was there and wouldn’t know a Fenian from a Free Presbyterian.