Bob Vylan Does Not Regret ‘Death to the IDF’ Chant at Glastonbury: ‘I Would Do it Again Tomorrow’

Bob Vylan has said that helium is “not regretful” of his “death, decease to the IDF” chant astatine Glastonbury Festival earlier this year, and said helium would “do it again tomorrow, doubly connected Sundays.”

Bobby Vylan – frontman of the British punk duo – appeared connected The Louis Theroux Podcast to talk astatine magnitude astir the incidental and the consequent fall-out from their show connected the West Holts signifier connected June 28. The chant makes notation to the Israeli Defense Forces, and was subsequently investigated by Avon and Somerset police. 

The chant was condemned by Glastonbury Festival and U.K. premier curate Keir Starmer, who described it arsenic “appalling hatred speech.” After the festival, Bob Vylan said successful a statement: “We are not for the decease of Jews, Arabs oregon immoderate different contention oregon radical of people. We are for the dismantling of a convulsive subject machine.”

The band’s U.S. visas were subsequently revoked by the authorities section and they were dropped by their cause UTA. A fig of unrecorded performances including 1 astatine a Manchester festival and 1 successful Amsterdam were cancelled pursuing the chant.

Speaking connected the podcast, Bobby (real sanction Pascal Robinson-Foster) said that helium did not regret the chant and helium would bash it again. “Like what if I was to spell to Glastonbury again tomorrow? Yes I would bash it again. I’m not regretful of it. I’d bash it again tomorrow, doubly connected Sundays. I’m not regretful of it astatine all, similar the consequent backlash that I’ve faced. It’s minimal. It’s minimal compared to what radical successful Palestine are going through,” helium said.

The podcast speech was released astatine midnight connected Tuesday (Oct. 21), though astatine the commencement of the occurrence a disclaimer reads that the speech took spot earlier a violent onslaught astatine a synagogue successful Manchester connected Oct. 2, successful which 2 worshippers were killed. It besides preceded the quality of a caller ceasefire betwixt Israel and Hamas (Oct. 10) and the speech of hostages and prisoners.

Elsewhere successful the conversation, Bobby characterized Damon Albarn’s effect to the chant arsenic lacking “self-awareness” and “disappointing.” The Blur frontman called the chant “one of the astir spectacular misfires I’ve seen successful my life, particularly erstwhile helium started goose-stepping successful tennis gear.” 

Vylan said connected the podcast that, “I instrumentality large contented with the operation ‘goose-stepping’ being utilized due to the fact that it’s lone utilized astir Nazi Germany. That’s it. And for him to usage that langua...