GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND - JUNE 28: Bobby Vylan of Bob Vylan performs on the West Holts Stage during day four of Glastonbury festival 2025 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 28, 2025 in Glastonbury, England. Established by Michael Eavis in 1970, Glastonbury has grown into the UK's largest music festival, drawing over 200,000 fans to enjoy performances across more than 100 stages. In 2026, the festival will take a fallow year, a planned pause to allow the Worthy Farm site time to rest and recover. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
The London punk-rap duo Bob Vylan used their set at UK music festival Glastonbury to loudly protest Israel’s genocidal military campaign in Gaza, including a “death to the IDF” chant. Afterwards, Glastonbury released a statement equating the chant with antisemitism, saying the festival organizers were “appalled” and that Bob Vylan had “very much crossed a line.” The BBC, which livestreamed the performance, released its own statement describing the chant as “utterly unacceptable.” The US government rescinded Bob Vylan’s visas ahead of a scheduled fall American tour that seemingly isn’t going to happen, and booking agency UTA dropped the duo.
