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VISA CANCELLED :
US REVOKES VISAS FOR MUSICIANS AFTER BAND LEADS CHANTS AGAINST ISRAELI MILITARY

The State Department has revoked visas for a London-based punk duo set to tour the U.S. in October after the band led a crowd of festival-goers in England in calling for the death of the Israeli military over the weekend.

Deputy State Secretary Christopher Landau confirmed Monday that the State Department had revoked U.S. visas for members of the band Bob Vylan over comments the group made at the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts.

“The @StateDept has revoked the US visas for the members of the Bob Vylan band in light of their hateful tirade at Glastonbury, including leading the crowd in death chants. Foreigners who glorify violence and hatred are not welcome visitors to our country,” Landau posted on X.

The State Department’s decision came after Bobby Vylan, lead singer of the duo, led more than 200,000 attendees at the festival in chants of “free, free Palestine” and “death, death to the IDF” — the Israel Defense Forces.

The group has 20 performance dates planned for cities in the U.S. starting in October. It is unclear whether the band will still be able to perform this fall.

The legendary music festival in the southwest of England was livestreamed across the globe, and Vylan — real name Pascal Robinson-Foster — quickly received both backlash and support for his comments.

Warren Stephens, the U.S. ambassador to the U.K., also called the chants “antisemitic” and a “disgrace.”

“There should be no place for this hateful incitement or tolerance of antisemitism in the U.K.,” he added.

The duo is also no longer listed on their talent agency’s website, United Talent Agency.

Righteousness2:
Great One from the US.

Bob Vylan had at least 26 concerts scheduled on his U.S. tour.

ALL CANCELED.

Now this little antisemite has PLENTY of TIME to go to Gaza and help “free Palestine”.

blaise26abj:
Free Palestine ! That death to IDF is bad . Both IDF and Hamas need to stop this . Palestinians are dying . It is a genocide and Hamas is giving the IDF the excuse to do it

DoctorAyukebot:
Let him go and perform in the state of Palestine
Let him go and perform in the state of Palestine
Let him go and perform in the state of Palestine

eherbal:
This is the Israel you're siding with,soulless man. A wolf in sheep's clothing. Would Jesus have supported this kind of mass murder? A chosen of the wicked.

omoredia:
Good one. Trump doesn't tolerate nonsense if una no go get sense

DrRasheed:
This is authoritarianism masquerading as diplomacy. The U.S. government didn’t revoke Bob Vylan’s visa because of "hate speech"—they did it because the band dared to say what millions of people around the world, including within America, are screaming at the top of their lungs: Israel is slaughtering Palestinians, and the U.S. is funding every bomb, every bullet, every massacre.

Let’s stop pretending this is about “antisemitism.” This is about power, money, and the bloodlust of an apartheid regime that the American political class continues to shield—no matter how many civilians it incinerates. The chant was “Death to the IDF,” the same military machine currently carpet-bombing Gaza, executing children, bulldozing homes, and starving an entire population. That’s not hate speech—it’s rage at a genocidal war machine.

And let’s talk about the real disgrace: the U.S. government. A government so far up Israel’s spine it can’t even pretend to represent its own citizens. Americans have taken to the streets, filled college campuses, occupied city halls—not just in protest but in raw desperation—pleading with their so-called leaders to stop arming genocide. And what does the State Department do? Cancel a punk band’s visa. Cowards.

This isn't about safety. This isn't about protecting democracy. This is fascism—plain and unfiltered. Silencing artists while funding a military that drops U.S.-made 2,000-pound bombs on refugee camps is not democracy. It’s violent imperialist hypocrisy. The U.S. doesn't just ignore public outcry—it crushes it, demonizes it, and punishes those who give it a mic.

Warren Stephens calling the chants antisemitic is laughable. The real disgrace is standing by a state that’s turned Gaza into an open-air graveyard and then crying “hate speech” when people finally say enough. It’s not antisemitic to call out war crimes. It is evil to defend them.

Bob Vylan spoke truth. The U.S. government is showing us—again—that truth is what they fear most. And as for those officials backing Israel despite the outcry of their own people: you’re not leaders. You’re enablers of mass murder. History won’t forget. And neither will we.

Sensiblerealist:
Thees ones don use mumuness lose a whole lot of money. Money they would have dreamt about how to spend it at the end of their tour