Bobby Vylan, leader of the British Every vylantook on a new interview with Louis Theroux, the first he has given since the controversy, which the duo does not regret shouting “death to the IDF”the Israeli army, during the concert they gave at the Glastonbury festival.
“If I went back to Glastonbury tomorrow, I would do the same again. I don’t regret it. I would do the same tomorrow, twice on Sundays”, said the musician, adding that the retaliations that the pair received “are nothing compared to the suffering of the Palestinian people”.
Saying that he does not want to “exaggerate the importance of the chant”, Vylan assumes that “if he has the support from Palestinianswhat is it Do I have to regret it?“It is for them that I do this, it is in defense of those people that I speak. I will regret it because I upset some right-wing politician or media?”.
Bobbie Vylan and Bobby Vylan formed Bob Vylan in London in 2017
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Remember that the controversial performance of Bob Vylan was condemned by British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, who described the attitude as “terrible hate speech”. Then, they were dismissed by the agency who represented them and saw the visas to enter the United States revokedwhich forced them to cancel the tour they had scheduled.
The band went through Portugal at the beginning of this monthhaving performed at Lisboa ao Vivo. On stage, Bob Vylan said: “We will never remain silent in the face of genocide and injustice”. The leader also confessed: “I know there are journalists here waiting for a spicy soundbyte”.