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Kneecap defiant at first major gig since terror charge

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Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh was charged with a terror offence at a gig last year .

He allegedly displayed a flag in support of proscribed Lebanese organisation Hezbollah .

The Irish -language hip-hop trio denied the offence, calling it "political policing" and "a carnival of distraction" The rapper urged fans to be "on the right side of history".

Kneecap described Israel 's military action in Gaza as a US -funded genocide last month .

They have been called antisemitic and "terrorist sympathisers" in the wake of the controversy.

Liam Óg Óh Ó hAnnaidh joked with fans that they would have to write to him in jail.

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