More consequences. Hope those new social media followers were worth it.
[IsraelTimes]
A German music venue says that a planned performance by rap duo Bob Vylan will not take place after its frontman led an anti-Israel chant at the Glastonbury festival.The group were due to open for the band Gogol Bordello on a European tour this autumn, but the venue in Cologne, the Live Music Hall, says in a post on its Instagram account: “The band ‘Bob Vylan’ will NOT perform as a support act on 13.09.2025!”
An employee at the venue who did not wish to be named tells AFP that “we decided together with local organizers that [Bob Vylan] will not perform here after the media uproar,” which followed their set at Glastonbury.
The concert by Gogol Bordello “will, according to our information, still take place,” she says.
Yesterday, British police said they were launching a criminal investigation into remarks made by Bob Vylan and fellow rap group Kneecap at the festival in southwestern England.
London-based Bob Vylan, who often tackle racism in their tracks, were slammed by international and British politicians after they led the crowds in chants of “Death to the IDF.” The BBC, which broadcast the festival, later apologized for not pulling the live stream of the band’s set.
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THE events at Glastonbury this past weekend should concern anyone who believes that anti-Semitism has no place in British public life. What unfolded on one of the country’s most iconic cultural stages wasn’t spontaneous rebellion or edgy political commentary: it was a deliberate and co-ordinated act of provocation. Worse, it was broadcast live to a national audience, under the watch of both the BBC and the festival’s organisers.
Kneecap are a band whose lead singer has previously been arrested under anti-terrorism legislation and who has openly threatened to use his platform to make anti-Semitic and anti-Israel statements, both on television and at Glastonbury. Despite this history, the band were not only invited to perform but reportedly informed by the BBC that their set would not be aired. In reality, what followed suggests a calculated workaround.
Just before Kneecap’s performance, the BBC aired the set of a lesser-known duo, Bob Vylan, with a troubling legal background and a documented history of anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist rhetoric. Bob Vylan, known associates of Kneecap, were given a prime broadcast slot directly before their set. This was no coincidence. Judging by the crowd’s reaction, many knew what was coming.
This wasn’t an act of creative expression. It was a co-ordinated stunt. A platform for hate, dressed up as art. This was not and is not free speech. This is hate speech, pure and simple.