Bobby Vylan of British duo Bob Vylan performs on the West Holts Stage on the fourth day of the Glastonbury festival at Worthy Farm in the village of Pilton in Somerset, south-west England, on June 28, 2025.
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The artist tried to backtrack on the comments, but critics stress “We all saw and heard what you said.”
Now the press that came off the back of leading a Glastonbury audience in chants of “Death to the IDF” has just about worn off, British music artist ‘Bobby Vylan’ has managed to achieve yet more headlines, this time by poking fun at the death of young family man and political activist Charlie Kirk.
Vylan said on stage at a concert in Amsterdam over the weekend:
The pronouns was/were. Because if you talk s**t, you will get banged. Rest in p***, Charlie Kirk, you piece of s**t.
Other leftist activists have been buoyed by the killing to call for the deaths of their remaining political opponents. Reports say that Nigel Farage, leader of the Reform UK party, has been a particular target of such calls on social media. He has asked whether police will arrest those calling for him to be shot:
Since appearing to mock the death of Kirk while on stage, Vylan has had one of his upcoming gigs in the Netherlands cancelled by the venue, which said, “These new statements go too far. They no longer fall within the scope of what we can offer a platform.” Vylan and his bandmate have already been banned from Germany and have had their visas revoked by U.S. officials who cited incitement concerns.
Vylan has since stressed in a message on social media—posted under the words “calm down”—that “at no point during [the] show was Charlie Kirk’s death celebrated.” Broadcaster Piers Morgan responded by calling the artist a “lying p***k. We all saw and heard what you said.”
Footage from the Amsterdam show can be found below:
“Cause if you chat sh*t, you will get banged!” (Makes gun sign) Bob Vylan.
We are encouraging ppl to KILL those who say things we don’t agree with.
