A BBC spokesperson has described today the Bob Vylan’s Glastonbury set as “deeply offensive” and said that he would not return him to the request.
As we pointed out earlier this evening, the BBC tried to contrive the controversial Irish group Knecap by not showing the group’s Glastonbury set as part of its Glastonbury coverage of wall with live walls today, but instead of that, it was the English punk duo Bob Vylan whose Live performance on Iplayer.
The British duo Bob Vylan led thousands of crowd members in songs of “Death, Death to Tsadf” [Isreal Defence Force] and “free and free Palestine” during their set. The crowded crowd was dotted with Palestinian flags.
The group had a big message for fans on stage: “Palestine Libre. The United Nations described him as genocide. The BBC calls it a “conflict” “. They also reiterated the controversial slogan: “From the river to the sea, Palestine must be, will be free.”
In response, a BBC spokesperson told Deadline this evening: “Some of the comments made during Bob Vylan’s set were deeply offensive. During this live flow on Iplayer, which reflected what was happening on stage, a warning was issued on the screen on very strong and discriminatory language. We do not intend to put the performances available on request. ”
Performance has inevitably aroused condemnation – including government and a number of conservative politicians – and applause on social networks.
Kneceecap interpreted his own set on a crowd at a capacity shortly after Bob Vylan and led the crowd in songs of “Fuck Keir Starmer” and “Free Palestine”. The British Prime Minister had recently declared that he was “inappropriate” that the group plays at the festival given the recent legal problems that the group encountered. The member of the Knecap group, Mo Chara, is currently facing terrorist accusations in the United Kingdom for having allegedly supported Hamas and Hezbollah, which are both considered terrorist organizations by the British government.
Local police forces in Glastonbury displayed a tweet tonight saying that he was examining the comments made on stage by groups tonight.
Part of the context here is the catastrophic loss of life in progress in Gaza and the situation in hostage in progress on the territory. According to local reports, more than 58,000 people were reported in the Gaza War, at least 56,000 Palestinian people. 80% of the dead are civilians. At least 72 people were killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza this weekend, health personnel said. The UN reported that at least 410 Palestinians were killed in search of food since Israel has lifted a blockade of 11 weeks on May 19. Meanwhile, there are 50 hostages in captivity after the Hamas raids on October 7 in 2023, which Israel believes that 27 died.
