What to Know About Bob Vylan, the Band at the Center of a Scandal
Now, after leading chants of 'Death, death to the I.D.F.' in reference to Israel's army at the Glastonbury festival in England, it has become punk rock's latest notorious act.
On Monday, British police opened a criminal investigation into the chant, shortly after Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Jewish groups condemned it as hate speech.
In the United States, the deputy secretary of state, Christopher Landau, said that the State Department had revoked visas for Bob Vylan's members, meaning the band can no longer play a planned U.S. tour.
Despite all the attention now focused on the group, many people had never heard of it before. Here's what you need to know.
Who is in Bob Vylan and what's its music like?
A British punk-rap duo known for fast-paced, politically provocative songs, the group uses pseudonyms and deliberately obfuscates other biographical details. The singer goes by Bobby Vylan and the dummer by Bobbie Vylan
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