BBC to drop ‘high risk’ live performances after Bob Vylan Glastonbury set Broadcaster admits making mistakes before and during punk duo’s show in which they chanted ‘death to the IDF’ The Guardian - UK · Jul 3, 2025
Bob Vylan dropped from multiple European music festivals over Glastonbury chant Punk duo led Glastonbury crowd in chants of ‘Free, free Palestine’ and ‘Death, death to the IDF’ during their set on 28 June The Independent UK · Jul 3, 2025
Cheat the Week: Wimbledon dumps its line judges, and more Here’s what the papers are saying about this week’s stories... Evening Standard · Jul 3, 2025
‘There are innocent people being hurt. Badly. Needlessly’: U.S. contractors horrified at colleagues shooting starving people in Gaza Now Americans are joining in on IDF cruelty. We Got This Covered · Jul 3, 2025
Did Glastonbury Just End Bob Vylan's Tour? Radar Festival, US Venues Pull Out After Anti-Israel Chant Bob Vylan face cancelled shows, legal investigations, and visa issues after chanting 'Death to the IDF' at Glastonbury, sparking backlash and political fallout. International Business Times UK · Jul 3, 2025
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack review – this crucial film is the stuff of nightmares. But the world needs to see it The film the BBC refused to air shows the targeting, detainment and torture of medics in Gaza. Its relentless timeline of horrors will never leave you The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2025
Israeli Official Dodges Question on Why Journalists Are Not Allowed in Gaza: 'When the War Is Over You'll Know Everything' On "Piers Morgan Uncensored," Israeli Minister May Golan defended Israel's actions in Gaza, while Morgan pressed her on the journalist ban and rising civilian and press deaths. Latin Times · Jul 2, 2025
Police investigate Bob Vylan over ‘death to IDF’ call at gig before Glastonbury The Met Police are investigating comments ‘allegedly made during a concert at Alexandra Palace earlier this year’. The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2025
Police investigate Bob Vylan over ‘death to IDF’ call at London gig before Glastonbury Metropolitan Police investigate comments ‘allegedly made during a concert at Alexandra Palace earlier this year’ Evening Standard · Jul 2, 2025
BBC boss offers to meet Jewish staff over Bob Vylan performance Tim Davie tells staff that comments during Glastonbury show streamed live by BBC were ‘deeply offensive and totally unacceptable’ The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2025
Israeli military used 500lb bomb in strike on Gaza cafe, fragments reveal Exclusive: Experts say use of heavy munition in Monday’s strike that killed dozens may constitute a war crime The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2025
Why is everyone talking about Bob Vylan? Glastonbury festival's biggest controversy explained London punk-grime duo Bob Vylan are the subjects of a criminal investigation following their set at Glastonbury. This is the story behind the biggest talking point of this year's festival Metal Hammer · Jul 2, 2025
Bob Vylan performance at Manchester festival cancelled amid Glastonbury row Punk rap duo dropped as headliners for Radar festival as police investigate anti-IDF chant at Glastonbury The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2025
Bob Vylan dropped from festivals in UK, France and US after Glastonbury chant sparks backlash and visa ban The embattled group have lost a number of gigs following their controversial performance Evening Standard · Jul 2, 2025
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Evening Standard · Jul 2, 2025 BBC broadcast of Bob Vylan's 'death to the IDF' chant was 'chilling violation', says relative of October 7 victim The pair’s performance at the festival led to a police assessment and condemnation from festival organisers, as well as MPs and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer
The Guardian - US · Jul 2, 2025 Who are Bob Vylan? The British punks who had their US visas revoked for anti-IDF chants The group’s ‘death to the IDF’ chant at Glastonbury ignited a firestorm – and prompted action from the US state department
The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2025 ‘Beyond anything imaginable’: dozens killed at busy Gaza seafront cafe Witnesses describe explosion, flames and smoke plumes as airstrike transforms peaceful scene at al-Baqa into a horror
The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2025 Welcome to Britain 2025: where a musician’s words cause more outrage than the murder and horror in Gaza The issue of what happened at Glastonbury is obscuring the outrage about real bombs and actual death, and I think that is deliberate, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2025 Witnesses describe grim aftermath of Israeli strike on busy Gaza cafe Women, children and elderly people among at least 24 killed by attack that turned beach spot into scene of carnage
Evening Standard · Jul 1, 2025 Why isn't Doechii's Glastonbury set on iPlayer? We unpack Fans of the rapper are getting increasingly frustrated the BBC still hasn’t made her stand-out set available to watch
Pedestrian.tv · Jul 1, 2025 Bob Vylan’s US Visas Revoked Following Anti-Israel Glastonbury Festival Chant British rap duo Bob Vylan have had their US visas revoked after they brutally slammed the IDF during their Glastonbury Festival set.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2025 Twelve days in Gaza: what happened while the world looked away? One of the consequences of Israel’s 12-day conflict with Iran was a drop-off in attention paid to the war in Gaza, where a terrible humanitarian situation deteriorated even further. This is a timeline of what happened
The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2025 BBC boss Tim Davie was at Glastonbury during Bob Vylan set Tim Davie was reportedly meeting staff elsewhere at Worthy Farm during the set
Evening Standard · Jul 1, 2025 BBC boss Tim Davie under mounting pressure in Glastonbury 'hate chant' row after it emerges he didn't pull livestream BBC Director General was at Glastonbury when Bob Vylan chanted ‘death, death to the IDF’ and was consulted on what to do about broadcaster’s coverage