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Bob Vylan faces more cancellations following their controversial set at Glastonbury, getting dropped from the lineups of music festivals in Manchester and France.
Punk duo Bob Vylan were set to headline Manchester’s Radar Festival at Victoria Warehouse this weekend, but organizers have confirmed they had been dropped from the lineup. The group was also set to perform at French festival Kave Fest on Sunday, but organizers confirmed to the BBC that the appearance had also been nixed.
Both cancellations come on the heels of the group’s controversial appearance at Glastonbury, where their lead singer led the crowd in chants of “death, death to the IDF [Israel Defense Force].” That move sparked worldwide criticism, with the UK Prime Minister calling it “appalling hate speech.”
Bob Vylan has responded to the criticism on social media, saying they have been “targeted for speaking up.” “We are not for the death of Jews, Arabs, or any other race or group of people,” they wrote. “We are for the dismantling of a violent military machine.”