Overview

• All scheduled Bob Vylan appearances in Hamburg, Stuttgart, Cologne and beyond were removed from promoter FKP Scorpio’s Gogol Bordello support lineup.
• The cancellations follow the duo’s June 28 Glastonbury performance in which the singer led the crowd in chants of “Death, death to the IDF,” prompting BBC apologies and Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s rebuke.
• German Federal Commissioner Felix Klein publicly urged organizers to drop Bob Vylan over what he called a “public call for violence,” describing the chants as unworthy of any festival stage.
• British police and media regulator Ofcom have opened probes into whether the Glastonbury chant violated hate-speech statutes and live-broadcast rules.
• Bob Vylan continues to perform at UK venues and posted on Instagram that their slogan was intended as political critique of Israeli military actions rather than a call for killing.