The London punk-rap duo Bob Vylan used their set at UK music festival Glastonbury to loudly protest Israel’s genocidal military campaign in Gaza, including a “death to the IDF” chant. Afterwards, Glastonbury released a statement equating the chant with antisemitism, saying the festival organizers were “appalled” and that Bob Vylan had “very much crossed a line.” The BBC, which livestreamed the performance, released its own statement describing the chant as “utterly unacceptable.” The US government rescinded Bob Vylan’s visas ahead of a scheduled fall American tour that seemingly isn’t going to happen, and booking agency UTA dropped the duo.
