Man interviewed over Bob Vylan anti-IDF comments at Glastonbury
A unnamed man in his mid-30s attends voluntary interview after police review legal advice from the Crown Prosecution Service. A man in his mid-30s has been interviewed under caution for comments made on stage during a Bob Vylan performance at Glastonbury festival, police have said. Pascal Robinson-Foster, who’s stage name is Bobby Vylan and is […]
Glastonbury confirms Dates for 2027 & prize draw for first tickets
Glastonbury Festival have confirmed the dates of its 2027 Festival, as well as offering 25 tickets to the highly esteemed event in a prize draw in order to raise much needed to help support the work of Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF UK). Following its previously-announced fallow year in 2026, the Festival […]
Bob Vylan to headline Burn It Down Festival after controversy
The punk duo will headline the punk, alt, metal, and rock festival in Torquay, Devon. London punk band Bob Vylan have been announced as Burn It Down Festival’s Thursday headliner. Burn It Down takes over three grassroots venues in Torquay – The Foundry, Attic, and Apple & Parrot – from Thursday 28th to Saturday 30th August 2025. Bob Vylan tops the bill on […]
Bob Vylan top UK Hip Hop & R&B charts a week after Glastonbury
Bob Vylan’s 2024 album Humble As The Sun has reached number one on the UK’s Official Hip Hop and R&B albums chart. It follows backlash of the punk duo over the past week, following their Glastonbury performance, where frontman Bobby Vylan led the West Holts stage with chants of “free, free Palestine” and “death to the IDF”. In a post on Twitter, Bob Vylan wrote: “Ban Bob […]
Public Enemy’s Chuck D speaks on Bob Vylan, Trump and more
Public Enemy rapper Chuck D speaks on the Bob Vylan controversy, the US president, “fight for peace and love by any means necessary” and more in an exclusive interview with The Telegraph. Sarfraz Manzoor asked Chuck D about Bob Vylan‘s “Death, Death to the IDF” chant and the Hip-Hop pioneer said “When people say death […]
BBC to scrap “High risk” performances after Bob Vylan backlash
BBC have said that they will scrap ‘high risk’ performances after Bob Vylan Glastonbury backlash. The BBC said “We deeply regret that such offensive and deplorable behaviour appeared on the BBC”. The duo have been criticised by Israel supporters for leading the crowd in a chant of “death to the IDF [Israel‘s Defence Forces]” while […]
Chief Rabbi calls “vile Jew-hatred at Glastonbury” a “national shame”
The UK’s Chief Rabbi strongly criticised “the airing of vile Jew-hate at Glastonbury” after a live broadcast of Bob Vylan’s performance at the festival went out on the BBC, during which the band’s singer led the crowd in chants of “death, death to the IDF [Israel Defense Forces]”. Writing on Twitter, Sir Ephraim Mirvis wrote: […]
Bob Vylan dropped by talent agency after speaking ill about Israel
Bob Vylan has been dropped from United talent agency after criticising Israel‘s military according to variety, with their page no longer active on the agency’s website. The punk-rap duo led the crowd in several chants during their show on Saturday afternoon — right before Irish rap group Kneecap’s highly anticipated set on the West Holts […]
Glastonbury Festival releases statement regarding Bob Vylan set
Glastonbury Festival have released a statement regarding Bob Vylan’s controversial set before the Irish rap group Kneecap yesterday at the West Holts stage, where chants of ‘Death To The IDF’ were made during the set. “Glastonbury Festival was created in 1970 as a place for people to come together and rejoice in music, the arts […]
