All this began when the BBC canceled its broadcast of the pro-Irish-Filistini bandcap during the Glestonbury Music, the chief singer was allegedly charged with terrorism crime to capture a banned Hizbollah flag.
But when the British Punk-Rap Duo Bob Waln was streamless instead, the band led the mantras of “Free, Free Palestine” and “Death to the IDF (Israel Defense Force)”, which were broadcast across the country. A screen on the back of the stage displayed the message: “The United Nations called it a genocideThe BBC calls it ‘struggle’. ,
The backlash was rapid and incredible. The BBC apologizes to broadcasting mantras called “Antisemitic”; The British police launched a criminal investigation into the incident, and Bob Valn’s agent, UTA cut its relations with the Act.
The UK Prime Minister Kir Strandmer called Chant’s “frightening indecent language”, as the US State Department canceled the visa for the band – which was due to the North American tour in November. Bob Valn “Glory of violence and hatred” and “visitors in our country are not welcome,” US Deputy Secretary Christopher Landau said in a statement on X.
It did not stop there. After festivals in Manchester and France, Bob Valn scored his line-up, the band dumped in September from playing concerts in Germany with Band Gogol Bordelo.
The BBC announced that it is changing its procedures around live concerts: no music performance to be considered “high risk” will no longer be broadcast or live stream.
Band calls criticism from events in Gaza a ‘distraction’
The pair defended their anti-IDF mantras, denied allegations of hatred speech and “distracting” from “The Slaughter” in Gaza, “distracted”, which was “distracted”, at least 58,000 Palestinians according to the United Nations after the attacks killed on October 7, 2023, 2023 near October.
According to the World Health Organization, “Hospital bombing, we hate, we hate,” singer and guitar Bobby Waln said at a concert in Greece – 94% of the hospitals in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed.
“If you are talking about sneezing in the heads of innocent civilians and children, we hate him,” he said. “We are generally not hateful people, but we hate, and we hate justice.”
The Frontman is of Jamaica’s dynasty and is often sung about racism and politics formed in 2017.
The band shut down mantras in London
When Bob Waln played his first post-clustonbury Gig in the UK on 9 July, Bobby Waln tried to stop the London audience from starting the IDF anti-IDF chanting.
“No, no, you are going to put me in trouble. Obviously, every other chanting is fine, but you will put me in trouble,” Heer said. Instead, he then broke into a chorus of “free, free Palestine”.
From trouble, he can mention a police investigation and possible prosecution, one of the frontmen for the Pro-P-Filistine Group Kneecap. He faces allegations of terrorism in 2024 for allegedly flying the Hizbullah flag.
“This is a carnival of distribution,” Irish singer said that when accused was accused in May. “14,000 children are about starvation in Gaza, with food sitting on the other side of a wall by the world, and once again the British establishment focuses on us.”
Number refers to integrated food safety phase classification (IPC) Report It has been said that about 71,000 children under the age of 5 in Gaza are expected to experience acute malnutrition from April 2025 to March 2026, and between thesis, “14,100 cases are expected to be Behwe.”
Fellow musicians express support between clear censorship
Chak D, the veteran US hip-hop act with the public enemy in support of Bob Valn.
“When people say ‘death to a country,’ they are not calling people death,” Hair said in an interview with the British. Independent Newspaper. “They are saying ‘death for imperialism,” Death of colonialism. ” Bob Valn did not find any tank.
After Bob Waln was dumped from the Manchester Radar Festival, the hero on July 4-6, several bands refused to play there in solidarity with the punk rap pair.
The Irish band the scratch was one of the three acts from the festival.
He wrote in a social media post, “The censorship and de-platforming of artists speaking against the ongoing massacre in Gaza is great, dangerous and should be challenged.”
The band admitted that the radar festival was put in an “incredibly difficult and complex situation”, with the threat of the entire event with the closure if Bob Valn played.
Organizer Catherine Jackson-Smit said in an interview that the owner of the site released the ultimatum for the festival, as reported. Board magazine.
He said, “It was only one of the most frightening professional discussions I ever did.” “I could not clearly express adequately that I wanted Bob Waln to perform on our festival. But it was not our decision.”
Meanwhile, a debate in the UK Parliament about the controversy saw the conservative party politician Stuart Andrew before implementing the importance of free speech and political activism for “healthy democracy” that Bob Valn crossed the line in the sun before adding chanting. “
Britain culture publication Face magazine Disagreement: “Does anyone really believe that it is provoked to fly to Israel for your average Glastonbury-Goer and attack an IDF soldier?”
“The fact that Bob Valn’s position is leg, the same time has been given as a bizarre and intentional distribution.”
Edited by: Elizabeth Granier, Kaira Levine
