After Calling for “Death to the IDF” at Glastonbury, US Fall Tour by “Violent” British Punk Band Bob Vylan Being Looked at By DOJ Anti-Semitic Task Force Led by Leo Terrell

The Justice Department’s Anti-Semitic Task Force, led by Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Leo Terrell, is looking at a planned fall U.S. tour by the terrorist supporting, anti-Semitic and self described “violent” British punk band Bob Vylan after violence promoting, anti-Semitic remarks were made by the group at the Glastonbury Festival.

Terrell posted about the investigation on Sunday, saying he would be contacting the State Department and tagging President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio:

Statement from Leo Terrell on Antisemitic Chants by Bob Vylan:

Leo Terrell, Chair of the DOJ Task Force to Combat Antisemitism, strongly condemns the antisemitic chants made by Bob Vylan at the Glastonbury Festival. These abhorrent chants, which included calls for the death of members of the Israeli Defense Forces, are abhorrent and have no place in any civil society.

We understand that Mr. Vylan is planning to travel to the United States as part of the Inertia Tour. In response, Mr. Terrell’s Task Force will be reaching out to the U.S. Department of State on Monday to determine what measures are available to address the situation and to prevent the promotion of violent antisemitic rhetoric in the United States.

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Bob Vylan (a play on the name of music icon Bob Dylan and the word “villain”), is a duo featuring singer Bobby Vylan and drummer Bobbie Vylan (both stage names). The group made international headlines with a performance Saturday at the Glastonbury Festival in the UK that was broadcast live on the BBC and featured explicit calls by singer Bobby Vylan for violence, murder against Israelis serving in the Israeli Defense Forces and calls for the eradication of Israel: “Free Palestine”, “Death, Death to the IDF” and “Hell yeah, from the river to the sea, Palestine must be, will be, Inshallah (Allah willing), will be free.”

Bobby Vylan also said on stage, “We are not pacifist punks here over at Bob Vylan Enterprises. We are the violent punks, because sometimes, you have to get your message across with violence because that is the only language some people speak.”

Screen images of Bob Vylan performing at the Glastonbury Festival via the BBC, June 28, 2025.

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According to Bands in Town, Bob Vylan is scheduled to open for Grandson on the 19 date Intertia tour of the U.S. in October and November, including shows in Dallas on November 14…

and Washington, D.C. on November 9: