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Amyl & The Sniffers Defend Bob Vylan, Kneecap Over Glastonbury Backlash
Amyl & The Sniffers have issued a statement of solidarity with fellow Glastonbury 2025 performers Bob Vylan and Kneecap.
Amyl & The Sniffers have issued a pointed statement of solidarity with Bob Vylan and Kneecap in the wake of growing media backlash surrounding the artists’ pro-Palestinian messages at Glastonbury 2025, accusing the press of misrepresenting what they say was a festival-wide stance. Posting to Instagram Stories on Monday (July 1), the Australian punk rock band criticized the British media’s “frenzy” over select sets that included political speech, specifically targeting how coverage framed Bob Vylan and Kneecap as outliers. “The British media in a frenzy about Bob Vylan and Kneecap but artists all weekend at Glastonbury from pop to rock to rap to punk to DJs spoke up onstage and there were toned of flags on every streamed set,” the band wrote.
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