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Evening Standard
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Alastair Lockhart

BBC to scrap 'high risk' performances after Bob Vylan Glastonbury backlash

The BBC has said it will no longer broadcast performances deemed “high risk” live after Bob Vylan’s controversial appearance at Glastonbury.

The punk rap duo have been widely criticised for leading the crowd in a chant of “death to the IDF [Israel Defence Forces]” while performing on the festival’s West Holts stage last week.

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