Bob Vylan on 'death, death to the IDF' chant: 'I'd do it again tomorrow, twice on Sundays'

Bob Vylan's frontman has said helium does not regret chanting "death, decease to the IDF" astatine Glastonbury - and would bash it again.

The outspoken punk duo sparked contention with their show astatine the festival successful June, with the broadcast besides leading to fierce disapproval of the BBC.

But speaking connected The Louis Theroux podcast, Bobby Vylan said helium stood by the chant, adding: "I'd bash it again tomorrow, doubly connected Sundays."

The US condemned the act's "hateful tirade" and revoked their visas, with respective festivals cancelling their upcoming appearances.

Vylan claimed this backlash is "minimal" compared with what the radical of Palestine are going done - with galore losing members of their household oregon forced to fly their homes.

He said: "If I person their support, they're the radical that I'm doing it for, they're the radical that I'm being vocal for, past what is determination to regret. Oh, due to the fact that I've upset immoderate right-wing person oregon immoderate right-wing media?"

The instrumentalist revealed helium was taken aback by the uproar caused by the chant, which was described by the premier curate arsenic "appalling hatred speech".

Vylan added: "It wasn't similar we came disconnected stage, and everybody was similar (gasps). It's conscionable normal. We travel disconnected stage. It's normal. Nobody thought anything. Nobody. Even unit astatine the BBC were like: 'That was fantastic! We loved that!'"

'The effect was disproportionate'

The BBC's Executive Complaints Unit has since recovered that the broadcast of Bob Vylan's acceptable breached editorial standards related to harm and offence.

Theroux asked Vylan what helium meant by chanting "death to the IDF" - with the instrumentalist replying: "It's truthful unimportant, and the effect to it was truthful disproportionate.

"What is important is the conditions that beryllium to let that chant to adjacent instrumentality spot connected that stage. And I mean, the conditions that beryllium successful Palestine. Where the Palestinian radical are being killed astatine an alarming rate."

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He said helium wanted an extremity to the oppression that the Palestinian radical are facing - but argued chanting "end, extremity the IDF" wouldn't person caught connected due to the fact that it doesn't rhyme.

"We are determination to entertain, we are determination to play music," Vylan added. "I americium a lyricist. 'Death, decease to IDF' rhymes. Perfect chant."

He went connected to cull claims that their acceptable had contributed to a spike successful antisemitic incidents that were reported a mates of days later.

"I don't deliberation I person created an unsafe ambiance for the Jewish community. If determination were ample numbers of radical going retired and going similar 'Bob Vylan made maine bash this'. I mightiness go, 'oof, I've had a antagonistic interaction here'."

Vylan's speech with Theroux was recorded connected 1 October - earlier the Manchester synagogue attack, and anterior to the ceasefire successful Gaza coming into effect.