The BBC tried to avoid controversy on Saturday by not airing the Glastonbury music festival set of the Irish group Kneecap, which is being investigated in the UK for supporting the Islamist terror groups Hamas and Hezbollah, with one member being charged for waving a Hezbollah flag on stage.
But the Beeb did air the preceding act, Bob Vylan, whose lead singer led the crowd in chants of “Free Palestine” and “Death, Death to the IDF (Israel Defense Forces),” concluding with “Hell yeah, from the river to the sea, Palestine must be, will be, Inshallah (Allah willing), will be free.”
Bob Vylan at Glastonbury got the crowd to chant “death, death to the IDF”.
Adding “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free. Inshallah” at the end.
Completely unacceptable. Underneath the inclusivity facade, Glastonbury has become a hate fest. pic.twitter.com/URaMarlPJe
— Chris Rose (@ArchRose90) June 28, 2025
It was less than two years ago that Palestinians from Hamas-controlled Gaza attacked the Nova music festival in Israel, slaughtering, raping and kidnapping attendees as part of a sneak attack on Israel on October 7, 2023 that killed over 1200 Israelis.
Bob Vylan is the name of a punk/rap British duo who describe themselves as “violent punks.” The name is a play on music icon Bob Dylan and the word “villain.” The duo, who perform as “Bobby Vylan” the singer and “Bobbie Vylan” the drummer, released a song several years ago called “I Heard You Want Your Country Back” that mocks white British people as “gammons”, that they performed at Glastonbury on Saturday.
Gammon defined by Wikipedia: “Gammon is a pejorative term popularised in British political culture since the 2010s. The term refers to the colour of a white person’s flushed face, which purportedly resembles the type of pork of the same name.”
It is traditional at the annual Glastonbury festival for attendees to fly the flags of various nations and causes. Note the lack of British flags, but plenty of Palestinian flags in the crowd scenes.
Bob Vylan at Glastonbury.
“I heard you want your country back, shut the fuck up”.
Livestream on BBC too.
We have hit a all time low pic.twitter.com/y0tBheNATg
— The Baraka Show (@TheBarakaShow) June 28, 2025
Lyrics excerpt:
[Chorus]
I heard you want your country back
Shut the f*** up
I heard you want your country back
Uh-uh, you can’t have that
I heard you want your country back
Shut the f*** up
I heard you want your country back
Well s***, me too[Verse]
You stole it right outta my hands
And pulled the rug right under my feet
I’m Nat Turner meets Nat King Cole
A well-dressed brother with a revolution in my soul
We the people in the street
Got the gammons on retreat
And their blood boils over when we speak
So let it be heard
We ain’t wasting a scrap when we eat
And when we comе for it then we’re coming to keep
Excerpt from the Daily Mail report on Bob Vylan at Glastonbury:
Later during a break between songs, the singer said: ‘We’re seeing some f***ed up things in the world. We’re seeing the UK and the US be complicit in war crimes and genocide happening over there to the Palestinian people.
‘And I know we’re on the BBC, we’re not going to say anything crazy. Leave that for them lads, you know what I mean.
‘But unfortunately we have seen a strange reaction to people that come out and voice support for Palestine. Even though anybody with any moral compass can surely see that what is happening over there in Gaza is a tragedy.
‘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.’
More video of Bobby Vylan preaching hatred at Glastonbury:
No idea who this scumbag Bob Vylan is, but the BBC just livestreamed him from Gaza—sorry, Glastonbury—ranting about Israel and “Zionists” in the music industry.
“We’ve done it all. From working in bars to working for f’ing Zionists.”
What a cesspit. pic.twitter.com/fzKMJ4cHPC
— Starmer Sycophant (@sirwg202110) June 28, 2025
UPDATE: Avon and Somerset Police investigating remarks at Glastonbury, “We are aware of the comments made by acts on the West Holts Stage at Glastonbury Festival this afternoon. Video evidence will be assessed by officers to determine whether any offences may have been committed that would require a criminal investigation.”
We are aware of the comments made by acts on the West Holts Stage at Glastonbury Festival this afternoon.
Video evidence will be assessed by officers to determine whether any offences may have been committed that would require a criminal investigation. pic.twitter.com/w2RQ4LdQf3
— Avon and Somerset Police (@ASPolice) June 28, 2025
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