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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lauren Del Fabbro

BBC will no longer live stream ‘high risk’ music acts after Bob Vylan Glastonbury row

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

In a statement issued on Thursday, the corporation apologised for the group’s “deplorable behaviour” after frontman, 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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