The punk/hip-hop band responsible for “death to the IDF” chants at the Glastonbury festival on Saturday will be unable to tour the United States later this year, after the American government cancelled their travel visa due to their “hateful tirade”.
‘Bob Vylan’ frontman Pascal Robinson-Foster led a Glastonbury crowd in chants of “death to the IDF” from the festival’s West Holts stage, also saying that he had “done it all including working for f***ing Zionists” and talking about a former “Zionist boss.”
A statement on Monday from the Deputy US Secretary of State, Christopher Landau, confirmed that “the State Department has revoked the US visas for the members of the Bob Vylan band in light of their hateful tirade at Glastonbury, including leading the crowd in death chants. Foreigners who glorify violence and hatred are not welcome visitors to our country.”
The band were due to travel to the US later this year, with 19 shows scheduled over October and November in cities including New York, Chicago, Boston and Los Angeles.
The news of the visa revocation comes shortly after both the band’s talent agent and management team announced that they would be dropping the group, with the BBC also apologising for continuing to broadcast the performance from the pair despite the on-stage outbursts. The organisers of the Glastonbury festival also criticised the band’s actions as “appalling.”
Bob Vylan are due to be playing in Manchester in July; the Jewish Representative Council of Greater Manchester & Region has called on the city’s Victoria Warehouse venue to cancel the planned performances.
