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Bob Vylan’s singer has reportedly told fans not to chant against the IDF in the hip hop duo’s first gig since their Glastonbury controversy.
Earlier this month, Worthy Farm’s West Holt stage saw the punk duo – comprising of frontman Bobby Vylan and drummer Bobbie Vylan – find themselves sparking controversy.
During their set, they led crowds at the festival into a frenzy with chants of ‘free, free Palestine’ and ‘death to the IDF’, which was broadcast on the BBC.
The band is now being investigated by the police, with Glastonbury and the BBC condemning their performance.
Making his first public appearance since the Glastonbury performance, Vylan, whose real name is Pascal Robinson-Foster, appeared at a sold-out surprise gig in London on Wednesday night.
At the intimate concert at The 100 Club on Wednesday night, some fans started to repeat the Glastonbury chant of ‘death to the IDF’.
Vylan is said to have quickly responded to his fans, saying: ‘You are going to get me in trouble,’ before leading the crowd in a chant of ‘Free, free Palestine’.
The 34-year-old added: ‘I am pretty tired. It’s been a busy week, been a busy couple of days. Just putting out fires, you know?
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‘We never ever could have imagined that we would create a conversation that needed to be created and needed to be had.’
He added: ‘What is happening over there is an absolute mess, it is f****** criminal what is happening to these people, they are now being concentrated into camps.
‘They have been trying to silence us, they thought that this would shut us up, but the album is back in the charts.
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‘We just want to see the liberation of the Palestinian people. That’s it. I don’t think it’s too crazy a thing to ask. I don’t think it’s a violent thing to ask, right? The liberation of the Palestinian people from a tyrannical f****** oppressor. That’s all we want. Each and every single time, they will not f****** silence us.”
The duo reportedly wrapped up their packed gig by holding up the Palestinian flag as frontman Vylan said: “We are a loving band, we love you lot for being here with us. We love the Palestinian people.
‘Their strength, their resilience, their ability to keep on going in the face of it all is a beautiful and inspiring thing.
So as hard as this week may have been for us, it has been nothing in comparison to what the Palestinian people are going through right now. That is where the attention should be.’
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