Rock star leads crowd in ‘Death to the IDF’ chant, discovers there are consequences to free speech
A rock performer appearing at the United Kingdom’s big Glastonbury music festival led the crowd in a “Death to the IDF” chant, advocating violence against Israel, and promptly discovered while his speech may be free, it is not without consequences.
Reports reveal that the rocker now has not only been banned from entry into the United States, he’s apparently lost his agent, too.
BREAKING: Bob Vylan has been dropped by United Talent Agency after their Glastonbury set, Sky News understandshttps://t.co/G8gDzyqv3Q
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BBC director : “Cut Kneecap, show someone else, use anyone.”
BBC editor : “That Vylan guy?”
BBC director : “Anyone!”
Bob Vylan : [crowd chanting] “Death, Death to the IDF, Death Death to the IDF”
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BREAKING: Bob Vylan, who chanted “death to the IDF,” has had his visa revoked by the U.S. Department of State and will not be allowed to enter the United States.
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Social media reports have revealed the consequences for a performer named Bob Vylan, real name Pascal Robinson-Foster, 34.
The Daily Mail revealed Robinson-Foster provided the crowd with the chant, then led the radicals who were waving Palestine flags and calling for the deaths of Israeli soldiers.
British police have begun investigating Robinson-Foster as well as drummer “Bobbie Vylan.”
They were to appear in Spokane, Washington, in October, but the report confirmed the U.S. Department of State has intervened and canceled permission for them to enter to America.
“The State Department has revoked the U.S. visas for the members of the Bob Vylan band in light of their hateful tirade at Glastonbury, including leading the crowd in death chants,” according to U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau.
“Foreigners who glorify violence and hatred are not welcome visitors to our country.”
“Republican Senator Ted Cruz also shared a video of Bob Vylan leading ‘free Palestine’ and ‘death to the IDF’ chants at Glastonbury on X, condemning it as ‘sick,” the report said.
The performance was live-streamed on the BBC iPlayer but that abruptly removed.