Overview

• At a surprise July 9 show in London’s 100 Club, frontman Bobby Vylan halted chants of “death to the IDF” and steered the crowd toward “Free, free Palestine” to avoid legal repercussions.
• Avon and Somerset and Metropolitan police continue investigations into the duo’s Glastonbury set and earlier concert remarks under UK public-order and hate-speech statutes.
• The BBC has apologized for broadcasting the Glastonbury performance and imposed a new policy barring livestreams of acts deemed “high risk.”
• United Talent Agency dropped Bob Vylan, their US visas were revoked and multiple European festival slots were cancelled, prompting masked protest threats ahead of a planned Amsterdam concert.
• Despite deplatforming, Bob Vylan’s album Humble As The Sun has rebounded to number one on the UK Hip Hop and R&B chart while the duo schedules last-minute UK gigs.