Bob Vylan have been faraway from the lineups of England’s Radar Pageant and France’s Kave Fest as backlash continues from their Glastonbury set.
The London punk-rap duo additionally misplaced their U.S. visas and representation with United Talent Agency following their politically charged West Holts Stage look, the place frontman Bobby Vylan led the group in chants of “Free, free Palestine” and “Dying to the IDF.”
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Kave Fest organizers explained the band’s removal, saying: “In mild of current occasions, Bob Vylan have been dropped by their agent. The Eure division and the town of Gisors have knowledgeable us they may oppose Bob Vylan’s presence at Kave Fest. We absolutely assist freedom of expression for ALL artists world wide. Our ideas are with the victims of battle in Palestine and their households. We stand firmly towards all acts of battle and hatred.”
An announcement posted on Radar festival’s Instagram account additionally confirmed their elimination, saying, “Bob Vylan is not going to be showing at Radar pageant this weekend.”
Bob Vylan responded defiantly to the cancellations in an announcement shared to Instagram on Tuesday (July 1), captioning the submit, “Silence shouldn’t be an possibility.”
Textual content shared on the submit learn, “Immediately, many individuals would have you ever consider a punk band is the primary risk to world peace. Final week it was a Palestine strain group, the week earlier than that it was one other band.
“We’re not for the demise of Jews, Arabs or another race or group of individuals,” the assertion continued. “We’re for the dismantling of a violent navy machine. A machine whose personal troopers had been instructed to make use of ‘pointless deadly power’ towards harmless civilians ready for support. A machine that has destroyed a lot of Gaza.”
They added, “The extra time they speak about Bob Vylan, the much less time they spend answering for his or her felony inaction. We’re being focused for talking up. We’re not the primary. We is not going to be the final. And if you take care of the sanctity of human life and freedom of speech, we urge you to talk up, too. FREE PALESTINE.”
Earlier this week, Bob Vylan’s U.S. visas had been revoked, forcing the cancellation of their deliberate North American tour dates.