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Glastonbury mixed pop and politics long before the Bob Vylan controversy
The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, to give it its full name, was founded by Michael Eavis in 1970 on ...
After outspoken Glastonbury performances, Bob Vylan and Kneecap face U.K. criminal investigation
During Bob Vylan’s set, the band’s singer Bobby Vylan (born Pascal Robinson-Foster) led Glastonbury crowds in chants of both ...
U.K. Culture Sec. condemns Bob Vylan Glastonbury performance, demands answers from BBC
The British culture minister condemned punk-rap duo Bob Vylan during a June 30 statement to Parliament that noted that ...
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After Glastonbury, Bob Vylan faces U.K. criminal investigation and U.S. visa revocation
British punk-rap duo Bob Vylan led chants against the Israeli military in a live BBC broadcast on Saturday. Irish-language ...
US revokes visas of British rap punk duo Bob Vylan after chant against Israel’s military
The US State Department has revoked the visas of members of Bob Vylan, a British rap punk group who led crowds to chant ...
UK police probe Bob Vylan’s festival chants against Israeli military, as US revokes band’s visas
British police have launched a criminal investigation into a performance by rap-punk duo Bob Vylan at the Glastonbury Festival on Saturday, when the group led chants of “death to the IDF,” or Israel ...
Bob Vylan dropped by UTA as Republicans attempt to ban duo from U.S. after pro-Palestine performance
Over the weekend, it was reported that the Department of Justice’s Task Force to Combat Antisemitism was seeking “to ...
Glastonbury 2025 live: Bob Vylan ‘stand by’ anti-IDF chants as artists weigh in on festival controversy
Rapper Bobby Vylan, of rap punk duo Bob Vylan, led crowds on the festival’s West Holts Stage in chants of: “Free, free ...