The BBC has issued a statement about the controversy that arose of Each VylanS Glastonbury Sat on Saturday, with the broadcasting company saying that it “should have drawn” the live stream in the performance.
Punk-rap duo led the audience in several songs during his show on Saturday afternoon-precise before Irish Rap Group Kneecap’s long-awaited set on West Holts-Secension “Death, Death to IDF (Israel Defense Forces).”
While the BBC did not broadcast Kneecap’s performance following the latest controversy about their political statements – which led to Member -Mo Chara being recently accused according to Britain’s terrorist power – Bob Vylan’s set of live was shown. In addition to “Death to the IDF” chant, Bob Vylan also led the audience to sing “Free, Free Palestine” and “From the river to the sea, Palestine must be free.”
“The team had to do with a living situation but in retrospect we would have drawn the current during the performance. We regret that this did not happen,” BBC said on Monday. The BBC respects freedom of speech but is firm against incentives for violence. The anti -Semitic feelings expressed by Bob Vylan were completely unacceptable and have no place on our air waves. Against the background of this weekend, we will look at our guidelines around live events so that we can be sure that teams are clear when it is acceptable to keep the excerpt on the air. “
On Sunday, the Glastonbury organizers said they were “frightened” by Bob Vylan’s statements. “Their song crossed a lot a lot and we are completely reminiscent of everyone involved in the production of the festival that there is no place on Glastonbury for anti -Semitism, hatred or incentive for violence,” said the festival in a statement.
Later on Sunday, Bob Vylan released one Statement via Instagram With the caption “I said what I said”, to write: “It is extremely important that we encourage and inspire future generations to pick up the torch that were transferred to us. Let’s show them loudly and visible the right thing to do when we want and need change. Let them see us march on the streets, campaign at ground level, organize online and shouts as we do.
Representatives of Bob Vylan did not immediately respond to AmountRequest for comment on the BBC’s statement.