Hungary banned Kneecap, a three-member band from Belfast, Northern Ireland, from entering the country, saying it constituted a national security risk.

The trio had been scheduled to perform on Aug. 11, the closing day of the annual Sziget Festival (Aug. 6-11), one of the largest music festivals in Europe.

In a post to X, Hungarian government spokesman Zoltán Kovács said that the decision to ban the hip-hop group was due to “antisemitic hate speech and open praise for Hamas and Hezbollah.”