![To the backdrop of a Palestinian flag, Bobby Vylan of British duo Bob Vylan performs on the West Holts Stage on the fourth day of the Glastonbury festival at Worthy Farm in the village of Pilton in Somerset, south-west England, on June 28, 2025. [Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/GettyImages-2221936150-1-1.jpg)
British punk-rap duo Bob Vylan on Saturday led the crowd in chants of “Free Palestine” and “Death to IDF” during their Glastonbury Festival performance, prompting British police to review comments made on stage by both Bob Vylan and Irish hip hop group Kneecap, Anadolu reports. Kneecap, also performing at the festival, expressed pro-Palestine messages. Rapper Liam O’Hanna, a member of the group, sent greetings from the stage to “Palestine Action,” a pro-Palestine organization reportedly facing a ban by the UK government. O’Hanna recalled UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s statement that Kneecap performing at the festival “was not appropriate” and criticized Starmer, telling the crowd: “The Prime Minister of your country, not mine, said he didn’t want us to play, so […]
