"You are going to get me in trouble": Bob Vylan singer urges fans to not chant on IDF amid recent controversy 

Bob Vylan's singer has reportedly asked fans not to chant against the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) since their Glastonbury controversy in late June, 2025.

The hip-hop duo made their first public performance since Glastonbury at a sold-out gig in London's The 100 Club on July 9. During the concert, when some fans began repeating Bob Vylan's Glastonbury chant of "death to the IDF," Vylan quickly responded and said,

"You are going to get me in trouble."

He led the crowd to chanting 'Free, Free Palestine' instead, and added,

"I am pretty tired. It's been a busy week, been a busy couple of days. Just putting out fires, you know. We never could have imagined that we would create a conversation that needed to be created and needed to be had. What is happening over there is an absolute mess, it is f****** criminal what is happening to these people, they are now being concentrated into camps."

He continued,

"They have been trying to silence us, they thought that this would shut us up, but the album is back in the charts. We just want to see the liberation of the Palestinian people. That's it."

The duo wrapped up their gig by holding up a Palestinian flag.

What is the Bob Vylan Glastonbury 2025 incident?

British hip-hop duo Bob Vylan, during their Glastonbury 2025 set, led the crowd into several chants of "death, death to the IDF (Israel Defense Forces)," "Free, Free Palestine," and "From the river to the sea, Palestine must be free."

The chant was met with widespread outrage, with many calling it antisemitic. Glastonbury Festival said the remarks "crossed a line." US deputy secretary of state Christopher Landau said that the band's US visas had been revoked. The band had planned a U.S. tour in autumn 2025. Landau, in a tweet at the time, said,

"Foreigners who glorify violence and hatred are not welcome visitors to our country."

The duo was also dropped from the line-up for the Radar Festival at Victoria Warehouse in Manchester in July. While responding to the backlash, Bob Vylan, in a July Instagram post, noted that they had been "targeted for speaking up":

"We are not for the death of Jews, Arabs or any other race or group of people. We are for the dismantling of a violent military machine."

A criminal investigation was also launched over their Glastonbury performance by Avon and Somerset Police.

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