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Bob Vylan Remains Deplatformed at Radar Festival as Organisers Face Boycotts and Threats

The BBC has suspended live-stream coverage of high-risk festival acts after admitting errors in its Glastonbury broadcast

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Bob Vylan's Career Has Been Destroyed

Overview

  • Radar Festival co-founder Catherine Jackson-Smith confirmed that Bob Vylan’s headline set remains cancelled with no replacement announced
  • Two acts, The Scratch and ĠENN, withdrew from Radar in solidarity with Bob Vylan, citing concerns over censorship of pro-Palestinian speech
  • Avon and Somerset Police continue their criminal inquiry into the duo’s “Death to the IDF” chants at Glastonbury and U.S. visas remain revoked
  • BBC director of music Lorna Clarke has stepped back and the broadcaster will no longer live-stream performances it deems high-risk
  • Radar organisers reported anonymous death threats after cancelling Bob Vylan and said venue owners, AMG, Live Nation and local authorities threatened to pull the Saturday program if the duo remained