Glastonbury organisers ‘appalled’ by Bob Vylan’s anti-IDF remarks during performance

‘Sometimes we have to get our message across with violence,’ said Bobby Vylan of the duo, who performed on the West Holts stage on Saturday. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

The organisers of Glastonbury have said they are “appalled” by comments made by Bob Vylan after the punk duo appeared to incite violence, something the festival said went against its ethos of “hope, unity, peace and love”.

At the West Holts stage on Saturday afternoon, the London group led a chant of “death, death to the IDF”, referring to the Israel Defense Forces.