{"id":201657,"date":"2025-12-24T14:17:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T14:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/201657\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T14:17:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T14:17:08","slug":"bob-vylan-uk-police-drop-investigation-into-rap-duo-whose-death-to-the-idf-chants-sparked-glastonbury-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/201657\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Vylan: UK police drop investigation into rap duo whose \u2018death to the IDF\u2019 chants sparked Glastonbury backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>      Reuters<br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjjcfbnh00fn26pc98qhdxpn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            British police said on Tuesday they would take no further action over comments made about the Israeli military during a performance by punk duo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/06\/30\/uk\/bob-vylan-uk-band-glastonbury-us-visa-intl-latam\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bob Vylan<\/a> at the Glastonbury music festival in June.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjjcijwn00063b6piwlq1onk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWe have concluded, after reviewing all the evidence, that it does not meet the criminal threshold outlined by the CPS (Crown Prosecution Service) for any person to be prosecuted,\u201d Avon and Somerset Police said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjjcff9200003b6pwvaj6au9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The performance by Bob Vylan included on-stage chants by lead singer Bobby Vylan of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/06\/29\/uk\/glastonbury-bob-vylan-kneecap-uk-police-intl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">death, death to the IDF<\/a>\u201d, a reference to the Israel Defense Forces which was heavily involved in fighting in Gaza.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjjcir5v000c3b6pgg5g18e8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            There was insufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction, the police said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjjcir5v000d3b6pi6ijbf9d@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The force said it interviewed a man in his mid-30s and contacted about 200 members of the public during the investigation.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjjcir5v000e3b6ptj9bfrzu@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The on-stage comments drew widespread criticism, including from Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the Israeli Embassy in London. The BBC, Britain\u2019s publicly owned broadcaster, also faced backlash for not halting a livestream of the performance.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjjciqf0000a3b6prluy7xms@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In its statement on Tuesday, Avon and Somerset Police said it considered the intent behind the words, the wider context, case law and freedom of speech issues before concluding the investigation.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjjciw4m000j3b6py4bqslwk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWe believe it is right this matter was comprehensively investigated, every potential criminal offence was thoroughly considered, and we sought all the advice we could to ensure we made an informed decision,\u201d it said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjjciw4m000k3b6pzbjtzgxx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThe comments made on Saturday 28 June drew widespread anger, proving that words have real-world consequences,\u201d the statement said, adding the force had engaged with Jewish community groups throughout the process.\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reuters \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 British police said on Tuesday they would take no further action over comments made about the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201658,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[146,85,46,409],"class_list":{"0":"post-201657","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}