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Casey Cooper-Fiske

BBC music boss reportedly steps back from duties after Bob Vylan set decision

Bob Vylan issued a statement on Tuesday claiming they were being ‘targeted for speaking up’ (Yui Mok/PA) - (PA Wire)

The BBC’s director of music Lorna Clarke has stepped back from her day-to-day duties after controversy over the broadcaster’s decision to show punk duo Bob Vylan’s Glastonbury Festival set live, according to reports in The Times.

It comes after singer Bobby Vylan, whose real name is reportedly Pascal Robinson-Foster, 34, led crowds in chants of “death, death to the IDF (Israel Defence Forces)” during their set on Saturday afternoon.

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