Overview
- ‘Fenian’ opened at Number Two on the UK Albums Chart in its first week, the best-ever showing for an Irish-language release.
- The record also led UK vinyl purchases for the week and topped the Official Vinyl Albums Chart.
- Kneecap missed the overall top spot to Michael Jackson’s hits set The Essential Michael Jackson, which drew new interest after a biopic release.
- The group said all album earnings will go to the Palestine Solidarity Campaign in London plus Belfast groups Glór na Móna and Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich.
- In March, High Court judges upheld the dismissal of a charge against rapper Mo Chara over an alleged Hezbollah flag at a 2024 London gig.