On Wednesday evening, London punk-rap duo Bob Vylan performed their first gig since their controversial efficiency at Glastonbury 2025, the place they led chants of “Dying to the IDF.” Throughout the shock present at London’s 100 Membership on July ninth, some followers started to repeat the mantra, prompting frontman Bobby Vylan to intervene.
“I’m gonna attempt to hold my speaking at a minimal as we speak ’trigger that’s what bought us in bother within the first fuckin’ place,” he stated whereas introducing their tune “Take That.” Because the “Dying to the IDF” chant started, Bobby Vylan (born Pascal Robinson-Foster) rapidly shut it down.
“No, no, no, no, no, no, no, you’re going to get me in bother! You’re going to get me in bother,” Robinson-Foster stated. “Apparently, each different chant is ok, however what you stated will get me in bother.” He then led a “Free Palestine” chant as a substitute and cheekily added, “We gotta persist with the classics. Nobody needs to listen to the brand new songs anyway.”
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The gig befell simply over every week after Bob Vylan’s Glastonbury efficiency led to extreme penalties, together with the Trump administration revoking their US visas and the UK police launching a legal investigation.
Responding to the backlash, Bob Vylan launched an announcement clarifying they aren’t calling for the dying of any “race or group of individuals,” however reasonably for the “dismantling of a violent army machine.” In addition they described the UK authorities’s response as a “distraction” from the unnecessary killings in Gaza and stated they’re being “focused for talking up.”
Amid the scrutiny, there was a renewed curiosity in Bob Vylan’s music. Their newest album, Humble because the Solar, just lately re-entered the UK hip-hop and R&B album charts at No. 1.