INDIO, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 20: (FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Damon Albarn of Blur performs at the Coachella Stage during the 2024 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at Empire Polo Club on April 20, 2024 in Indio, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Coachella)
In the past three weeks, Bob Vylan have gone from being relative unknowns to one of the most talked-about musical acts of the moment. On the off-chance that the British punk-rap duo is still unknown to you, a lot of that attention stemmed from their Glastonbury set last month, where vocalist Bobby Vylan led the crowd in a “death to the IDF” chant in solidarity with Palestine. Despite being dropped from a number of festival lineups and getting their US visas revoked, they’re still explicitly speaking out in support of Palestine, which is awesome. Some people don’t think that’s awesome, however, and Damon Albarn is among them.
