The U.S. State Department is considering revoking the work visa of Bob Vylan frontman Pascal Robinson-Foster after he chanted “death to the IDF” during the band’s set at Glastonbury, ahead of a planned American tour in October.
The U.S. investigation follows a media backlash in the UK after Robinson-Foster led the crowd in the controversial chant, widely regarded as antisemitic. Even a Glastonbury co-organiser admitted the performers had crossed a “red line.” Local police are also reviewing the footage, which the BBC has since withdrawn from its ‘on-demand’ streaming service.
Amid calls for the act’s prosecution, the Free Speech Union has condemned Vylan’s chant—by promoting a critical article published on Dave Rich’s Substack—while arguing that the “real issue here is not who said what, but the alarming scope of UK speech laws.”
At the time of writing, Bob Vylan was also reportedly dropped by both its management and the United Talent agency. The BBC itself is also under pressure from power-crazed state media regulator Ofcom for live-streaming Bob Vylan’s set in full.
