A German music venue said Tuesday that a planned performance by rap duo Bob Vylan would not take place after its frontman led an anti-Israel chant at the Glastonbury festival.
The group are due to support the band Gogol Bordello on a European tour this autumn but the venue in Cologne, the Live Music Hall, said in a post on its Instagram account: “The band ‘Bob Vylan’ will NOT perform as a support act on 13.09.2025!”
An employee at the venue who did not wish to be named told AFP that “we decided together with local organisers that (Bob Vylan) will not perform here after the media uproar”, which followed their set at Glastonbury.
The concert by Gogol Bordello “will, according to our information, still take place,” she said.
On Monday, British police said they were launching a criminal investigation into remarks made by Bob Vylan and fellow rap group Kneecap at the festival in southwestern England.
London-based Bob Vylan, who often tackle racism in their tracks, were slammed by international and British politicians after they led the crowds in chants of “Death to the IDF” — the Israeli military.
The BBC, which broadcast the festival, later apologised for not pulling the live stream of the band’s set.
In the wake of the performance, authorities in the United States said they would revoke visas for Bob Vylan’s members, ahead of their American tour scheduled later this year.
A total of seven other performances are planned in Germany by Gogol Bordello and Bob Vylan.
None of the other German venues have yet publically indicated whether the performances will go ahead.
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