Police launch criminal investigation into Kneecap and Bob Vylan's Glastonbury performances
Avon and Somerset police said the force had decided the performances have been recorded as a 'public order incident at this time'.
The force said that while enquiries are at an early stage, the investigation will 'consider all appropriate legislation, including relating to hate crimes'.
Bob Vylan performing on the West Holts Stage, during the Glastonbury Festival (Ben Birchall/PA)
A senior detective has been appointed to lead the investigation.
"We have received a large amount of contact in relation to these events from people across the world and recognise the strength of public feeling," the force said in a statement on Monday.
"There is absolutely no place in society for hate."
In issuing a statement on the matter, the force said was seeking to reassure the public on "how seriously we are treating Saturday's events".
"We politely ask the public refrain from continuing to report this matter to us because an investigation is already taking place," Avon and Somerset police added.
Earlier, it was confirmed that Bob Vylan have been banned from the US ahead of a tour later this year because of 'their hateful tirade at Glastonbury'.
According to the US deputy secretary of state Christopher Landau said, the decision to revoke the pair's US visas came after one half of the duo, rapper Bobby Vylan chanted 'death, death to the IDF (Israel Defence Forces)' at the Glastonbury festival.
The BBC has since expressed its regret at not pulling the live stream of the act's performance during Glastonbury on Saturday, saying the 'antisemitic sentiments' expressed by the group were 'utterly unacceptable'.
Bob Vylan played at Coachella in Calfornia earlier this year but will be unable to return to the US when they were set to perform in Chicago, Brooklyn and Philadelphia in the autumn.
The duo, formed in Ipswich in 2017, have released four albums addressing issues to do with racism, masculinity and class.
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