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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Inga Parkel

British folk artist speaks out after abandoning own concert because JD Vance was in attendance

British folk-rocker Dolly Mavies has addressed the recent debacle that ensued after she walked out of her own gig last month due to the presence of U.S. Vice President JD Vance.

The singer-songwriter, real name Molly Davies, was expected to play an event in Daylesford, a village in the Cotswolds. But, when she and her band arrived at the venue, they became “suspicious” when they saw a “lot of security around... and then a huge convoy of police motorbikes and very big cars,” she told the BBC.

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