The U.S. State Department said that it has revoked visas to the Bob Vylan duo for leading a chant of “death” to the Israeli Defense Forces at a music festival in the United Kingdom last weekend.
Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau wrote on X on Monday, “The State Department has revoked the US visas for the members of the Bob Vylan band in light of their hateful tirade at Glastonbury, including leading the crowd in death chants. Foreigners who glorify violence and hatred are not welcome visitors to our country.”
Video of the chant showed Bobby Vylan shouting “free, free Palestine” and “death, death to the IDF.” Vylan also posted the video to his Instagram account. “I said what I said,” he wrote on Sunday.
The group has a North American tour scheduled with Grandson starting in October.
Police in Avon and Somerset are investigating Bob Vylan and Kneecap’s performances for what was described as a “public order incident.”
The BBC has said that it regretted not cutting the livestream of the festival for the “antisemitic sentiments,” while their agents at UTA have dropped them.
