BBC Airs Glastonbury Music Festival Act Leading Crowd in Chants of “Death to the IDF” and “Free Palestine”

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.”

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.

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:

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.”