When Pascal Robinson-Foster, 34, a rapper from Ipswich, U.K., who goes by “Bobby Vylan” came on stage Saturday afternoon at Britain’s Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts in front of a Palestine flag, there was already tension in the festival’s executive offices.

As U.K. antisemitism hits record highs with 3,528 incidents in 2024, Jews say hate like Bob Vylan’s Glastonbury chant is ignored by leaders who still downplay threats to the community’s safety.

The BBC says it regrets not cutting off the Glastonbury festival live stream of punk-rap duo Bob Vylan's performance, which included an anti-Israel chant.

British police are reviewing video footage of rap punk duo Bob Vylan’s Glastonbury set after one of the artists led chants slammed by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer as “appalling hate speech.”

Rap group Bob Vylan lead chant in defiance of government pressure on organisers over Kneecap's appearance at famous festival

Organizers of the Glastonbury Festival said Sunday they are "appalled" by the onstage statements of the punk duo Bob Vylan, whose singer led the crowd in a series of chants including "Death, death to the IDF" and "Free Palestine" the day before.