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BBC Says It “Regrets” Not Pulling Bob Vylan Glastonbury Set After Controversial Chants


The BBC "Regrets" not pulling Bob Vylan Glastonbury set after IDF Chants, it has said, following pressure from Keir Starmer, Ofcom.

The BBC has said it “regrets” not cutting its live stream of Bob Vylan ‘s controversial performance at Glastonbury after the duo expressed “antisemitic sentiments.” The BBC initially said it would not be making the set available on-demand but has now gone further, expressing regret at a failure to pull the live stream halfway through. Vylan, a hip-hop, punk duo, chanted “death to the IDF” and the “from the river to the sea, Palestine must be, will be, free,” while complaining about working for a “f***ing Zionist.”

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