London punk rap duo Bob Vylan have launched an announcement responding to the extraordinary backlash from their controversial efficiency at Glastonbury 2025 this previous weekend, which has resulted in a legal investigation from UK police.
Of their assertion, the band clarified they don’t seem to be calling for the demise of any “race or group of individuals,” however slightly for the “dismantling of a violent navy machine.” They described the federal government’s response as a “distraction” from the useless killings in Gaza and mentioned they’re being “focused for talking up.”
“In the present day, a very good many individuals would have you ever consider a punk band is the primary risk to world peace,” the assertion begins. “We aren’t for the demise of Jews, Arabs, or another race or group of individuals. We’re for the dismantling of a violent navy machine. A machine whose personal troopers had been advised to make use of ‘pointless deadly pressure’ towards harmless civilians ready for help. A machine that has destroyed a lot of Gaza.”
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The observe continues, “We’re a distraction from the story. And no matter sanctions we obtain can be a distraction. The federal government doesn’t need us to ask why they continue to be silent within the face of this atrocity. To ask why they aren’t doing extra to cease the killing? To feed the ravenous?”
“The extra time they speak about Bob Vylan, the much less time they spend answering for his or her legal inaction,” the assertion concludes. “We’re being focused for talking up. We aren’t the primary. We won’t be the final. And if you take care of the sanctity of human freedom of speech, we urge you to talk up, too. Free Palestine.”
Throughout Bob Vylan’s set on Saturday, frontman Bobby Vylan led chants of “Free Palestine” and “Demise to the IDF.” Additionally they displayed a message on the display behind them that learn, “Free Palestine. United Nations have referred to as it a genocide. The BBC calls it a ‘battle.’”
The efficiency was swiftly condemned by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Glastonbury organizer Emily Eavis, and the BBC, which aired Bob Vylan’s efficiency. Starmer characterised their message as “appalling hate speech,” whereas Eavis mentioned, “There isn’t a place at Glastonbury for antisemitism, hate speech, or incitement to violence.” BBC added, “The antisemitic sentiments expressed by Bob Vylan had been totally unacceptable and don’t have any place on our airwaves.”
On Monday, June thirtieth, the Trump administration revoked Bob Vylan’s US visas, citing their “hateful tirade at Glastonbury, together with main the group in demise chants.”
Later that day, the UK police confirmed they’d launched a legal investigation into Bob Vylan and Kneecap. The latter group led the group in chants of “Fuck [UK Prime Minister] Keir Starmer” and “Free, free Palestine” throughout their very own set.