Overview
- The Jewish Representative Council of Greater Manchester urged the venue to call off the 5 November show in a letter backed by 10 MPs.
- Calls intensified after an attack at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation in Manchester left two worshippers dead and three injured, with the attacker shot by police.
- The BBC’s Executive Complaints Unit ruled that the Glastonbury broadcast breached standards on harm and offence due to chants including “death to the IDF.”
- The ECU decision also stated the broadcast was not likely to encourage or incite crime under BBC guidelines.
- Bob Vylan deny antisemitism and previously lost festival bookings and US visas, while Manchester Academy has not provided a public response.