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“Horrified,” said the organizers of the busy Glastonbury Festival in the United Kingdom after being the Punk Vylan music duo headed chants that asked for the “death” of the Israel army.
The events, which occurred on Saturday, were also convicted of the government of the European country, which announced a police investigation into the action.
In an official statement, the festival organization indicated that “it does not tolerate any kind of hate speech or incitement to violence by its artists.”
Glastonbury is celebrated every year in Pilton, Somerset, in southwest England and brings together about 150,000 people. This year personalities such as Lorde, Charli XCX and Olivia Rodrigo were presented.
The performance was transmitted by the BBC, which described the comments as “deeply offensive.” The media added that he issued a screen warning about “very strong and discriminatory language.”
The incident cannot be seen again on its BBC IPlayer streaming platform.
Meanwhile, a British government spokesman said that the Secretary of Culture, Lisa Nandy, spoke with the general director of the BBC, Tim Davie, to request an “urgent explanation about the due diligence” that the station carried out before issuing the show.
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For its part, the Israel Embassy published its deep dismay in X for which it considered a incendiary and hate rhetoric.
The Israel government maintains an offensive against the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, after Hamas's forces, a Palestinian military group, launched an attack on Israeli soil in which they killed 1,200 people and took 251 hostages.
Since then, as a result of the Israeli operation, more than 56,000 people have died in Gaza. Israel also makes a blockade in the territory that, according to organizations such as the United Nations, keeps the Gazatí population in famine.
The songs
Bob Vylan is a British duo that merges Grime, Punk Rock and Hip Hop in their performances.
The members call themselves Bobby and Bobbie Vylan to keep their names privately.
It was rapper Bobby who headed the songs of “Palestine Free” and “Death, Death to the Defense Forces of Israel”.
The performance of Bob Vylan on the West Holts stage of the festival occurred before the Hip Hop Kneecap trio, which has monopolized headlines in recent months after the accusation of terrorism against its member of Liam Iog or Hannaidh, who acts under the name of Mo Chara.
He is accused of exhibiting the flag of Hezbollah, an organization considered a terrorist by the United Kingdom government, in a concert last year. He has denied the accusations.
Kneecap also headed songs of “free Palestine” during Glastonbury.
After the actions of Bob Vylan and Kneecap, the Police of the Avon and Somerset region announced that it will review the recordings of the comments made by the artists on stage to determine if any crime was committed that requires criminal investigation.
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Kneecap also responded to the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer after he previously described the band's performance at the festival as “inappropriate.”
Or Hannaidh is released on bail after a judicial hearing in London held two weeks ago.
“With almost 4,000 performances in Glastonbury 2025, there will be inevitably artists and speakers in our scenarios whose opinions we do not share, and the presence of an artist here should never be interpreted as a tacit approval of his opinions and beliefs,” said Glastonbury's organization on his Instagram account.
“Its songs far exceeded the line and we urgently remember all those involved in the production of the festival that in Glastonbury there is no place for anti -Semitism, incitement to hatred or incitement to violence,” they added.
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