The punk band Bob Vylan has now officially been dropped by the talent agency UTA following the comments being made during their Glastonbury set.
During the performance, the band led a pro-Palestine chant with their crowd, proclaiming “death to the IDF”. Following comments from the festival staff as well as various politicians, UTA has announced their decision to part ways with the group.
Insiders have said that UTA senior executives agreed with the festival, saying that the band had taken their political beliefs too far when making their comments. Despite not coming out with any official statement, all images and information relating to the musical duo have been wiped from the company’s website.
The BBC continued in a statement, “The antisemitic sentiments expressed by Bob Vylan were utterly unacceptable and have no place on our airwaves. We welcome Glastonbury’s condemnation of the performance.”
I am a new Bob Vylan fan… Free Palestine!
I’m sure I’m not the only one who’s discovered them through their Glastonbury performance and who’s been listening to a ton of their music since. If they ever play near me I’m definitely going and will proudly wear their merch.
Same. Literally never heard of them before. Just bought a bunch of their shit and it’s actually so good
A comment I read elsewhere that has really stuck with me said that if you haven’t been accused of antisemitism these days, then you are way too quiet about the genocide.
The antisemitic sentiments expressed by Bob Vylan were …
Were what? There were none in the article.
Criticising a genocide is antisemitism?
That implies that genocide is an inherent Jewish value, and that is extremely antisemitic.
glad Vylan no longer works with anti-semites.
This dude is gonna be picked up by everybody
it’s been revealed that police are assessing the comments to decide whether any offences have been committed.
No free speech in UK if you aren’t towing the party line about Israel.
