KNEECAP have added an extra date ahead of their huge Dublin gig – and tickets are going on sale next week.
The Belfast group are set to perform two major gigs at the 3Arena this December.
The hip-hop trio originally planned to perform on December 17 this year, but due to high demand they have added another date.
Aiken Promotions announced the second date for Kneecap’s highly anticipated Dublin concert earlier today.
The Irish lads will now be taking to the stage on December 16 and 17 this Christmas.
Tickets for their second date go on sale this Thursday, February 6 at 10am from Ticketmaster.
While fans with a pre-sale code can nab tickets a couple of days early on Tuesday, February 4.
The band took to their Instagram today to share the exciting new with fans.
They wrote: “Dublin… HOLY F***! You’ve gone and SOLD OUT the 3Arena after 5 hours on general sale.
“So WE’VE ADDED A SECOND SHOW ON DEC 16th.”
Last week, Kneecap missed out on two Oscar nominations for their self-titled auto-biographical film.
The youngsters, who starred in the comedy flick, which is based off the origins of their career, were left disappointed after the Academy Award nominations were revealed.
The musicians were hopefuls in this years Best Original Song and Best International Picture category, but were unfortunately left with no joy.
The film, which stars Naoise O’Caireallain, JJ O Dochartaigh, and Liam Og O hAnnaidh as themselves, was set to become the second Irish language film to be nominated for Best International Film, after The Quiet Girl which which was nominated back in 2023.
However, after the official 2025 nominations were revealed in a live ceremony, the popular group were out by major films such as Emilia Perez, The Girl With The Needle and Flow.
Furious fans have since taken to social media to share their reaction to the news.
‘SNUBBED’
One fan wrote on Twitter: “Oscars snubbed Kneecap, they are not real.”
Bea said: “Nah they’ve been robbed.”
While Azra added: “The snub of Kneecap is easily the biggest miss of this award season.”
Stephen simply commented: “They were snubbed.”
And Shauna exclaimed: “No kneecap nomination… back to saying the Oscar’s are fixed and pretending I don’t care.”
