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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Robyn Vinter North of England correspondent

Bob Vylan performance at Manchester festival cancelled amid Glastonbury row

Pascal Robinson-Foster with his arms raised on stage at Glastonbury
The band has said: ‘We are being targeted for speaking up.’ Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

Bob Vylan have been banned from playing a Manchester festival a day after they said they were being “targeted for speaking up” on Palestine during a controversial Glastonbury set.

The punk rap duo will no longer play the headline slot at Radar festival this weekend. The act is the subject of a police investigation for leading crowds in chants of “death, death to the IDF”, referring to the Israel Defense Forces.

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