Glastonbury officers launched a press release Sunday denouncing by the chants and feedback made by British punk and hip hop duo Bob Vylan from the pageant’s stage Saturday.
The duo – Bobby Vylan serves because the singer and guitarist, whereas Bobbie Vylan performs drums – led the pageant crowd in chants of “Loss of life, Loss of life To The IDF” and “Free, Free Palestine.” The duo additionally made use of the offensive slogan, “From the river to the ocean, Palestine should be, might be, free.”
In a prolonged assertion launched right this moment, pageant organizers mentioned:
“Glastonbury Pageant was created in 1970 as a spot for folks to return collectively and rejoice in music, the humanities and the very best of human endeavour. As a pageant, we stand in opposition to all types of battle and terrorism. We’ll at all times imagine in – and actively marketing campaign for – hope, unity, peace and love.
“With nearly 4,000 performances at Glastonbury 2025, there’ll inevitably be artists and audio system showing on our levels whose views we don’t share, and a performer’s presence right here ought to by no means be seen as a tacit endorsement of their opinions and beliefs.
“Nonetheless, we’re appalled by the statements constructed from the West Holts stage by Bob Vylan yesterday. Their chants very a lot crossed a line and we’re urgently reminding everybody concerned within the manufacturing of the Pageant that there isn’t any place at Glastonbury for antisemitism, hate speech or incitement to violence.”
Earlier, a BBC spokesperson Bob Vylan’s Glastonbury set right this moment as “deeply offensive” and mentioned it received’t be making it accessible on demand. “A number of the feedback made throughout Bob Vylan’s set had been deeply offensive,” the BBC assertion mentioned. “Throughout this reside stream on iPlayer, which mirrored what was occurring on stage, a warning was issued on display screen concerning the very sturdy and discriminatory language. We’ve no plans to make the efficiency accessible on demand.”