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BBC to stop broadcasting 'high risk' performances live after Bob Vylan Glastonbury row

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The BBC has said it will no longer broadcast performances deemed "high risk" live following controversy over Bob Vylan's appearance at Glastonbury.
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Bob Vylan’s now legendary set from West Holts Stage at Glastonbury on Friday 28th June 2025, during which he condemned the Israeli government’s treatment of the people of Palestine, and led the crowd in chants in support of the Palestinian people, and against the Israeli and IDF genocide of them.

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Minister says BBC has ‘questions to answer’ over Bob Vylan [Video]

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Education minister Baroness Smith says the BBC has “questions to answer” over why it allowed a Glastonbury set by Bob Vylan containing discriminatory language to be broadcast. The BBC is facing questions after rapper Bob Vylan - of the rap punk duo - led crowds at the festival's West Holts Stage in chants of: "Free, free Palestine" and: "Death, death to the IDF (Israel Defence Forces)" on Saturday. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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Bob Vylan act 'incitement to violence' say Tories [Video]

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