Overview

• Protesters at Royal Albert Hall unfurled banners and shouted slogans including “The MSO has blood on its hands” and “You silenced Jayson Gillham.”
• The performance stopped and security removed demonstrators as sections of the audience booed.
• The BBC said the disturbance paused the Prom and forced Radio 3’s live broadcast to switch to pre-recorded music before performances restarted.
• The group said it was opposing Zionist funding, censorship and complicity in cultural institutions, naming the MSO and the BBC.
• Gillham’s 2024 appearance was canceled after on-stage remarks about Gaza; the MSO later called the decision an error, and a federal court has ordered his suit to proceed to trial on December 1.