UK punk-rap duo sparks outrage with anti-Israel chants at major music festival

A punk-rap duo out of the United Kingdom that shouted, "Death to the IDF," and "Free Palestine" during their set at the Glastonbury Festival, is now being condemned by political and festival officials for their actions.

London-based Bob Vylan describes itself on X as the "prettiest punk/rap/alt thing you’ll ever meet." With songs like "We Live Here," "Dream Bigger," "Makes Me Violent," and "Terms & Conditions," the duo mixes elements of rap and punk.

The duo performed a high-energy set at Glastonbury Festival on Saturday, whic ultimately turned into a political podium for the group’s singer to shout out anti-Israel rhetoric.

While holding the microphone, singer Bobby Vylan shouted, "Death, death to the IDF [Israel Defense Forces]," several times before turning the microphone toward the crowd to get attendees to repeat the chant. The IDF is the national military of Israel. Videos from the crowd’s view showed several Palestinian flags waving as the performer and attendees shouted back and forth.

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At one point, Vylan shouted "Free, Free, Free Palestine," and again, had some in the crowd repeat what he said.

Before returning to his set, though, Vylan ended the chant and said, "Hell yeah, from the river to the sea. Palestine must be, will be inshallah, it will be free."

Videos of the chants spread across the internet like crazy, and now British police in Somerset and Avon are reviewing the videos to "determine whether any offenses may have been committed that would require a criminal investigation."

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The BBC reported that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned Bob Vylan for calling on the death of Israeli troops with the use of "appalling hate speech."

The BBC, which broadcast the festival live, has reportedly chosen to remove the duo’s set from its iPlayer.

The BBC said it issued a warning on screen about "very strong and discriminatory language" during the live stream, The Associated Press reported.

Festival organizers did not take the comments lightly and have since released a statement on Instagram saying, "Glastonbury Festival was created in 1970 as a place for people to come together and rejoice in music, the arts and the best of human endeavour."

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"As a festival, we stand against all forms of war and terrorism. We will always believe in - and actively campaign for - hope, unity, peace and love," the statement read. "With almost 4,000 performances at Glastonbury 2025, there will inevitably be artists and speakers appearing on our stages whose views we do not share, and a performer’s presence here should never be seen as a tacit endorsement of their opinions and beliefs.

"However, we are appalled by the statements made from the West Holts stage by Bob Vylan yesterday," the statement continued. "Their chants very much crossed a line and we are urgently reminding everyone involved in the production of the Festival that there is no place at Glastonbury for antisemitism, hate speech or incitement to violence."

Another group, Kneecap, also performed on Saturday despite a terror charge for one of its members over allegedly supporting Hezbollah. During the performance, Kneecap led a huge crowd in chants of "Free Palestine."

Famously known as Britain's biggest summer music festival, Glastonbury draws a crowd of nearly 200,000 music fans every year to Worthy Farm in southwest England. About 4,000 acts perform during the festival on 120 stages.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

USMNT survives heart-stopping penalty shootout thriller vs Costa Rica to reach Gold Cup semifinal

The United States men’s national soccer team is moving on to the semifinals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup after a dramatic penalty shootout against Costa Rica. 

The match was deadlocked at two goals apiece after 90-plus minutes, leading to the penalty shootout that had all the dramatics to keep everyone on the edge of their seats to see who would be moving on. 

After the USMNT’s Tyler Adams and Costa Rica’s Alonso Martinez buried their attempts to begin the penalty shootout, goalkeeper Matt Freese from the U.S. made a tremendous save on Juan Pablo Vargas’ shot to give his team the upper hand.

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This came after Malik Tillman made up for a missed penalty shot during regular time that could’ve been the game-winner, perfectly placing his shot to his left past Costa Rican legend Keylor Navas. 

But Sebastian Berhalter, the son of former USMNT head coach Gregg Berhalter, evened things up when he sent his attempt flying over the net. Santiago van der Putten’s follow-up shot for Costa Rica got past Freese despite the goalkeeper guessing the right way. 

After Alex Freeman and Jefferson Brenes made their shots respectively, Freese got yet another save on Francisco Calvo’s attempt, giving John Tolkin the shot to end it all for the USMNT. But Navas came up clutch, as he leapt to his left and swatted away Tolkin’s shot. 

An extra round was needed, but Freese was simply locked in. He was able to stop back-to-back shots, this time saving Andy Rojas’s shot.

Again, the USMNT had a chance to end the match, and Damion Downs was given the chance. Navas wasn’t able to guess right this time, as Downs went left and celebrated immediately as the ball hit the back of the net. 

During the 90 minutes before the shootout, there were fireworks as well, starting with "Los Ticos" getting on the board first. It was Calvo who got the best of Freese with a penalty shot in the 12th minute. 

However, the UMSNT rallied toward the end of the first half with Diego Luna scoring in the 43rd minute and Max Arfsten following it up in the 47th minute. 

Then, in the 71st minute midway through the second half, Martinez came sliding in after a rebound off Freese to tie the game up. 

But the USMNT will be the ones moving on to face Guatemala on Wednesday in the semifinal to determine who has a spot in the Gold Cup Final. 

The other semifinal is Mexico against Honduras, which will be played after the U.S. and Guatemala. 

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