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Bob Vylan Frontman Interviewed Under Caution Over Glastonbury Chant as Police Probe Continues

A press correction with damages over a false “Nazi salute” claim underscores the wider fallout from the BBC‑broadcast set.

Overview

  • Avon and Somerset Police say a man in his mid-30s attended a voluntary interview under caution on Monday over the “death, death to the IDF” chant.
  • The force sought CPS advice in late October, has recorded the case as a public order incident, and says the investigation remains active.
  • The BBC’s Executive Complaints Unit found the livestream breached harm and offence standards but not incitement rules, and the corporation apologised and tightened live coverage of “high risk” performances.
  • Reach’s Manchester Evening News apologised and agreed to pay substantial damages to singer Pascal Robinson after wrongly saying he “performed Nazi salutes”; a correction accepts the gesture was a sun salutation, with some outlets reporting £16,000.
  • In north London, the Met set Public Order Act conditions for both pro- and anti‑gig protests at Tuesday’s Kentish Town show, designating areas and a 9:30pm cutoff.