Punk duo Bob Vylan鈥檚 Glastonbury performance has led to a police assessment and condemnation from festival organisers and the BBC.
The duo led crowds at the West Holts Stage in a chant of 鈥渄eath, death to the IDF鈥 as they performed before Irish rap trio Kneecap.
In a post on social media on Saturday, Avon and Somerset Police said: 鈥淲e are aware of the comments made by acts on the West Holts Stage at Glastonbury Festival this afternoon.
鈥淰ideo evidence will be assessed by officers to determine whether any offences may have been committed that would require a criminal investigation.鈥
Glastonbury Festival organisers said they are 鈥渁ppalled鈥 by the band鈥檚 conduct.
鈥淭heir chants very much crossed a line and we are urgently reminding everyone involved in the production of the festival that there is no place at Glastonbury for antisemitism, hate speech or incitement to violence,鈥 a statement read.
Meanwhile, the BBC said Bob Vylan鈥檚 language was 鈥渄eeply offensive鈥 and the performance would not be shown on demand on iPlayer.
Here is what to know about the duo at the centre of the controversy.
Formed in Ipswich in 2017, both members of Bob Vylan keep their real names secret to maintain their privacy, and go only by the monikers Bobby Vylan and Bobbie Vylan.
The band鈥檚 musical style is an innovative mix of grime, punk and hard rock, and they have released four albums, Dread (2019), We Live Here (2020), Bob Vylan Presents The Price Of Life (2022), and Humble as the Sun (2024).
They won best alternative music act at the Mobo Awards in 2022, and best album at the Kerrang awards in 2022 for Bob Vylan Presents The Price Of Life.
They have collaborated with Amyl And The Sniffers singer Amy Taylor, Soft Play guitarist Laurie Vincent and rock band Kid Kapichi.
Bob Vylan perform a high energy set of sampled guitar tracks mixed with live drumming from Bobbie, and the band often see their audiences pogoing and moshing, but they make an effort to ensure the crowd acts safely.
The band鈥檚 songs often speak out against racism, homophobia, toxic masculinity and far right politics, and the track 鈥楶retty Songs鈥 is often introduced by Bobby saying that 鈥渧iolence is the only language that some people understand鈥.
In their early days Bobby would sometimes wield a baseball bat, thrashing it in the direction of the crowd, and carry out other provocative actions such as wearing the football shirt of the rivals of the town or city in which they were playing.
Recently the band has become less confrontational, and Bobbie regularly performs a drum solo to the late Roy Ayers鈥 chilled-out 鈥楨verybody Loves The Sunshine鈥.
During their Glastonbury set, Bobby brought out his daughter to sing with him on 鈥楧ream Bigger鈥.
In 2021, the Norwich Evening News reported that one fan was on the end of a tirade from Bobby, after he was hit by an ice cube while performing in an Ipswich Town shirt, and the gig was said to have been halted while the singer ranted.
Bobby is also said to have wielded a baseball bat at the gig, and the news article was headlined 鈥渢he frost and the fury鈥.
Sarah Corbett, from Norwich, who was on the receiving end of the alleged tirade, told the newspaper: 鈥淲e were all having fun on the dance floor. I鈥檇 put an ice cube down my friend鈥檚 top for a laugh.
鈥淎nother girl then threw it at her friend, but it missed and landed at his feet.
鈥淎t that point he stopped the gig and demanded to know who had thrown it.
鈥淪eeing the girl鈥檚 face drop, I decided to take the flak and announced it was me. He started abusing me through the microphone.
鈥淎s I tried to leave, one of his fans tried to grab me by the throat.鈥
A band spokesman told the paper after the incident that they 鈥渃ompletely refute any wrongdoing鈥 and that Bobby 鈥渄id not want to engage鈥.