02-07-2025
Bob Vylan's Manchester gig cancelled after Glastonbury IDF chant controversy
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Bob Vylan's gig in Manchester has been cancelled after backlash surrounding their Glastonbury performance.
The punk band was due to headline the Radar Festival at Victoria Warehouse on Saturday 5 July, but organisers confirmed in a social media post that they will no longer appear.
It follows calls by the Jewish community for the gig to be scrapped after the rap punk duo used "appalling" discriminatory language during their Glastonbury Festival set.
Lead singer Bobby Vylan, led crowds in chants of 'Free, free Palestine' and 'Death, death to the IDF' on Saturday, 28 May, which was live streamed on BBC iPlayer.
The Jewish Representative Council of Greater Manchester & Region (JRC) urged the venue to call off the show, describing Bob Vylan's performance at Worthy Farm as "hate-filled".
In a statement, a spokesperson said: "The fallout from his appalling, hate filled concert at Glastonbury has shocked the Jewish community.
"Whilst appreciating the importance of artistic freedom, this individual now has a history of openly inciting violence against Jewish and Israeli people.
UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) also said it wrote to the Academy Music Group, owners of the Trafford Park venue, calling for the show to be cancelled, "given the risk that the punk duo would repeat their offensive display of antisemitic chants".
It was announced on Monday, a police investigation into the incident is now underway.
ITV News understands that Bob Vylan have been dropped by the Kave Fest festival in France, where they were due to perform on Sunday.
They've also been banned from the US ahead of a tour later this year, with Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau announcing the decision to revoke their visas.
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